Verse 3

Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both he who helps will fall, and he who is helped will fall down, and they all will fail together.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For egypterne er mennesker, ikke Gud; deres hester er kjøtt, ikke ånd. Når Herren strekker ut sin hånd, vil både hjelperen snuble og den som får hjelp, falle. De skal alle sammen gå til grunne.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For egypterne er mennesker, ikke Gud; og deres hester er kjøtt, ikke ånd. Herren skal rekke ut sin hånd, og den som hjelper, skal snuble, og den som blir hjulpet, skal falle, og de skal alle omkomme sammen.

• Norsk King James

  For egypterne er mennesker, ikke Gud; og deres hester er kjøtt, ikke ånd. Når Herren strekker ut sin hånd, skal både den som hjelper og den som får hjelp falle; de skal alle falle sammen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For egypterne er mennesker og ikke Gud, og hestene deres er kjøtt og ikke ånd; og Herren vil strekke ut sin hånd, og hjelperen skal snuble, og den som blir hjulpet skal falle, og de skal alle gå til grunne sammen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For egypterne er mennesker og ikke Gud, og hestene deres er kjøtt og ikke ånd. Når Herren strekker ut sin hånd, vil hjelperen snuble, og den hjulpne vil falle, og alle sammen skal gå til grunne.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For egypterne er mennesker og ikke Gud, og deres hester er kjøtt og ikke ånd. Når Herren rekker ut sin hånd, skal både han som hjelper falle, og den som blir hjulpet, falle ned, og de skal alle gå til grunne sammen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For egypterne er mennesker, ikke Gud; deres hester er bare kjøtt, ikke ånd. Når Herren strekker ut sin hånd, vil både den som hjelper, og den som blir hjulpet, falle – og de faller alle sammen.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  For egypterne er mennesker og ikke Gud, og deres hester er kjøtt og ikke ånd. Når Herren rekker ut sin hånd, skal både han som hjelper falle, og den som blir hjulpet, falle ned, og de skal alle gå til grunne sammen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Egypterne er mennesker og ikke Gud, og deres hester er kjøtt og ikke ånd. Herren skal rekke ut sin hånd, og hjelperen skal snuble, og den som får hjelp skal falle, og alle sammen skal de gå til grunne.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The Egyptians are human and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both the helper will stumble and the one being helped will fall; they will all perish together.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Egypterne er mennesker og ikke Gud, og deres hester er kjøtt og ikke ånd. Når Herren rekker ut sin hånd, skal hjelperen snuble, og den som får hjelp, skal falle, og de skal alle gå til grunne sammen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi Ægypterne ere Mennesker og ikke Gud, og deres Heste ere Kjød og ikke Aand; og Herren skal udstrække sin Haand, at Hjælperen skal støde sig, og den, som bliver hjulpen, skal falde, og de alle skulle omkomme tillige.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Nå er egypterne mennesker og ikke Gud, og hestene deres er kjøtt og ikke ånd. Når Herren rekker ut sin hånd, vil både han som hjelper og den som får hjelp, falle, og de vil alle svikte sammen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Egypterne er mennesker, og ikke Gud; deres hester av kjøtt og ikke ånd: og når Herren rekker ut sin hånd, skal både den som hjelper snuble, og den som får hjelp falle, og de skal alle bli fortært sammen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Egypterne er mennesker og ikke Gud, og deres hester er kjøtt og ikke ånd. Når Herren rekker ut sin hånd, vil både hjelperen snuble og den som blir hjulpet falle. Sammen vil de bli tilintetgjort.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Egypt er mennesker og ikke Gud; deres hester er kjøtt og ikke ånd. Når Herren rekker ut sin hånd, skal både han som hjelper snuble og han som blir hjulpet falle, og de skal alle gå til grunne sammen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For egypterne er mennesker, og ikke Gud; og deres hester er kjøtt og ikke ånd: og når Herrens hånd er utstrakt, vil både hjelperen og den som blir hjulpet falt sammen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now the Egiptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh and not sprete. And as soone as the LORDE stretcheth out his honde, then shal the helper fall, and he that shulde haue bene helped, and shal altogether be destroyed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh and not spirite: and when the Lorde shall stretch out his hand, the helper shall fall, and hee that is holpen shal fall, and they shall altogether faile.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Nowe the Egyptians are men and not God, and their horses fleshe, and not spirite: And assoone as the Lord stretcheth out his hande, then shall the helper fall and he that shoulde haue ben helped, and they shall altogether be destroyed.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Now the Egyptians [are] men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Yahweh shall stretch out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the Egyptians `are men', and not God, And their horses `are' flesh, and not spirit, And Jehovah stretcheth out His hand, And stumbled hath the helper, And fallen hath the helped one, And together all of them are consumed.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Jehovah shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit: and when the Lord's hand is stretched out, the helper and he who is helped will come down together.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When Yahweh stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Egyptians are mere humans, not God; their horses are made of flesh, not spirit. The LORD will strike with his hand; the one who helps will stumble and the one being helped will fall. Together they will perish.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 9:17 : 17 Therefore the Lord will have no joy in their young men, nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
• Ezek 28:9 : 9 Will you still say before him who slays you, I am God? but you shall be a man, and no God, in the hand of him who slays you.
• Jer 15:6 : 6 You have forsaken me, says the LORD, you have gone backward: therefore I will stretch out my hand against you, and destroy you; I am weary with repenting.
• Ezek 20:33-34 : 33 As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: 34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries where you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out.
• Jer 37:7-9 : 7 'Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which has come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt, to their own land. 8 And the Chaldeans shall come again and fight against this city and take it and burn it with fire.' 9 Thus says the LORD: 'Do not deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.' 10 For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remain only wounded men among them, yet they shall rise up, every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
• Acts 12:22-23 : 22 And the people shouted, 'It is the voice of a god, and not of a man!' 23 And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
• 2 Thess 2:4-8 : 4 Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 5 Do you not remember that, when I was still with you, I told you these things? 6 And now you know what restrains him, that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity already works: only he who now restrains will do so, until he is taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
• Isa 30:5 : 5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
• Isa 30:7 : 7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
• Isa 36:6 : 6 Indeed, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt, which if a man leans on, it will pierce his hand. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
• Isa 36:9 : 9 How then will you turn away one captain of the least of my master's servants and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
• Deut 32:30-31 : 30 How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had delivered them up? 31 For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
• Ps 9:20 : 20 Put them in fear, O LORD, that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.
• Ps 33:17 : 17 A horse is a vain hope for safety; neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.
• Ps 146:3-5 : 3 Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help. 4 His breath departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. 5 Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: