Verse 1

Woe to you who plunder, though you were not plundered; and who deal treacherously, though they did not deal treacherously with you! When you cease to plunder, you will be plundered; when you stop dealing treacherously, they will deal treacherously with you.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Ve til deg som raserer uten å bli rammet, og deg som sviker uten å ha blitt sviktet! Når du har fullført din ransaking, vil du selv bli ranet; når du avslutter ditt svik, vil du selv bli sviktet.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Ve deg som plyndrer uten å være plyndret; og som bedrar uten å ha blitt bedratt! Når du slutter å plyndre, skal du bli plyndret; og når du slutter å bedra, skal de bedra deg.

• Norsk King James

  Ve deg som stjeler, men ikke blir stjålet; og som handler svikfullt, men de svikter deg ikke! Når du slutter å stjele, vil du bli stjålet; og når du stopper svikene, vil de svike deg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ve deg, ødelegger, du som ennå ikke er blitt ødelagt! Troløse, selv om ingen har vært troløs mot deg! Når du har fullført din ødeleggelse, skal du selv bli ødelagt. Når du er ferdig med din troløshet, skal man handle troløst mot deg.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Ve deg, du som plyndrer, uten at du selv er blitt plyndret, du som forråder, uten at noen har forrådt deg! Når du er ferdig med å plyndre, skal du selv bli plyndret, og når du er slutt med å forråde, skal de forråde deg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Ve deg som plyndrer, uten selv å ha blitt plyndret; som handler svikefullt, uten at noen har handlet svikefullt mot deg! Når du slutter å plyndre, skal du bli plyndret. Når du slutter med svik, skal de handle svikefullt mot deg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Ve deg, du som plyndrer, men som selv ikke har blitt plyndret; du som handler uredelig, mens de ikke handlet uredelig mot deg! Når du slutter å plyndre, skal du selv bli plyndret; når du slutter med å handle svikfullt, skal de gjøre det samme mot deg.

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

  Ve deg som plyndrer, uten selv å ha blitt plyndret; som handler svikefullt, uten at noen har handlet svikefullt mot deg! Når du slutter å plyndre, skal du bli plyndret. Når du slutter med svik, skal de handle svikefullt mot deg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ve deg som ødelegger uten at du selv er ødelagt, og som bedrar uten å ha blitt bedratt. Når du er ferdig med å ødelegge, skal du selv bli ødelagt, og når du slutter å bedra, skal du bli bedratt.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Woe to you, destroyer, who has not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, who has not been betrayed! When you finish destroying, you will be destroyed. When you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Ve deg som herjer, men selv ikke er blitt herjet! Ve deg som sviker, men selv ikke er blitt sveket! Når du har avsluttet ditt herjetokt, skal du bli herjet. Når du har sluttet å svike, skal du bli sveket.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vee (dig, du) Ødelægger, du, som dog ikke er bleven ødelagt! og du Troløse, dog man ikke haver handlet troløst imod dig! naar du haver fuldendt at ødelægge, skal du ødelægges, naar du haver gjort Ende paa at handle troløst, skal man handle troløst imod dig.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Ve deg som plyndrer, men ikke selv er blitt plyndret; og som handler svikefullt, men ingen har handlet svikefullt mot deg! Når du slutter å plyndre, skal du bli plyndret; når du avslutter din svikefullhet, skal de handle svikefullt mot deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Ve dere som ødelegger uten selv å ha blitt ødelagt; som handler forrædersk uten at noen har handlet forrædersk mot dere! Når dere slutter å ødelegge, skal dere bli ødelagt; og når dere opphører å handle forrædersk, skal de handle forrædersk mot dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Ve, du ødelegger, og selv ikke er blitt ødelagt, og sviker, og selv ikke er blitt sveket. Når du er ferdig med å ødelegge, blir du ødelagt. Når du er ferdig med å svike, blir du sviktet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Ve deg som ødelegger, men ikke selv er blitt ødelagt; som handler svikefullt, uten at de har vært svikefulle mot deg! Når du slutter å ødelegge, skal du bli ødelagt; og når du opphører med svik, skal de handle svikefullt mot deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Å, dere som ødelegger uten å selv bli ødelagt; som svikter dem som ikke har sviktet dere. Når dere er ferdige med å ødelegge, skal dere selv bli ødelagt, og etter deres falske gjerninger, skal det bli gjort det samme mot dere.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore wo vnto the (o robber) shalt not thou be robbed also? and vnto the that laiest wait, as who saye there shulde no waite be layde for the? Wo vnto the which doest hurte, euen so shalt thou be hurt also. And as thou layest waite, so shal wait be layde for the also.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Woe to thee that spoylest, and wast not spoyled: and doest wickedly, and they did not wickedly against thee: when thou shalt cease to spoyle, thou shalt be spoyled: when thou shalt make an ende of doing wickedly, they shall doe wickedly against thee.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wo to thee that destroyest when thou wast not destroyed, thou breakest ye league where as none hath broken it with thee: for when thou shalt leaue destroying, thou thy selfe shalt be destroyed: and when thou ceassest from breakyng the league, then shall they breake it to thee.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou [wast] not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; [and] when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Woe to you who destroy, and you weren't destroyed; and deal treacherously, and they didn't deal treacherously with you! When you have ceased to destroy, you shall be destroyed; and when you have made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Wo, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destroy, thou shalt be destroyed; and when thou hast made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Ho! you who make waste those who did not make you waste; acting falsely to those who were not false to you. When you have come to an end of wasting, you will be made waste, and after your false acts, they will do the same to you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Woe to you who destroy, but you weren't destroyed; and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have made an end of betrayal, you will be betrayed.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Lord Will Restore Zion The destroyer is as good as dead, you who have not been destroyed! The deceitful one is as good as dead, the one whom others have not deceived! When you are through destroying, you will be destroyed; when you finish deceiving, others will deceive you!

Referenced Verses

• Isa 21:2 : 2 A harsh vision is revealed to me; the treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All its sighing have I made to cease.
• Matt 7:2 : 2 For with the same judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you again.
• Jer 25:12-14 : 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are completed, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, says the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. 13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings shall enslave them also: and I will repay them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
• Isa 24:16 : 16 From the uttermost part of the earth we have heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, 'My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! The treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; indeed, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.'
• Isa 10:12 : 12 Therefore, it shall come to pass, that when the Lord has performed all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
• Isa 17:14 : 14 And behold, at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of those who spoil us, and the lot of those who rob us.
• Isa 37:36-38 : 36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and struck down in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies. 37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 38 And it happened, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons killed him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
• Judg 1:7 : 7 And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and big toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
• 2 Kgs 18:13-17 : 13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, I have done wrong; withdraw from me. Whatever you impose on me, I will bear. So the king of Assyria imposed upon Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 Hezekiah gave him all the silver found in the house of the LORD and the treasuries of the king's house. 16 At that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. 17 The king of Assyria sent Tartan, Rabsaris, and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a great army against Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem, and when they had gone up, they stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the fuller's field.
• 2 Chr 28:16-21 : 16 At that time, King Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria to help him. 17 For again the Edomites had come and struck Judah, and carried away captives. 18 The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, Ajalon, and Gederoth, Shocho with its villages, Timnah with its villages, Gimzo also and its villages, and they dwelt there. 19 For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he made Judah act wickedly and transgressed grievously against the LORD. 20 And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but did not strengthen him. 21 For Ahaz took a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the leaders, and gave it to the king of Assyria, but he did not help him.
• Isa 10:5-6 : 5 O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation. 6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• Obad 1:10-16 : 10 For your violence against your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off forever. 11 In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered his gates, and cast lots for Jerusalem, even you were as one of them. 12 But you should not have gazed on the day of your brother in the day of his calamity; nor should you have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nor should you have spoken proudly in the day of distress. 13 You should not have entered the gate of My people in the day of their calamity; indeed, you should not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity. 14 You should not have stood at the crossroads to cut off those among them who escaped; nor should you have delivered up those among them who remained in the day of distress. 15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations: as you have done, it shall be done to you; your recompense shall return upon your own head. 16 For as you have drunk on My holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually; yes, they shall drink, and swallow, and they shall be as though they had never been.
• Hab 2:5-8 : 5 Indeed, because he transgresses by wine, he is a proud man, neither stays at home, who enlarges his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathers to himself all nations, and heaps to himself all people: 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his! How long? And to him who loads himself with thick clay! 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that will bite you, and awake that will vex you, and you shall be for plunder to them? 8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all who dwell therein.
• Zech 14:1-3 : 1 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, and your spoil shall be divided in the midst of you. 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women violated; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
• Rev 13:10 : 10 He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
• Rev 16:6 : 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
• Rev 17:12-14 : 12 The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but receive authority as kings for one hour with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. 14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with him are called, chosen, and faithful.
• Rev 17:17 : 17 For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill his purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled.