Verse 27

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blighted before it is grown up.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Deres innbyggere ble maktesløse, de ble slaget av skrekk og forlydelse. De var som markens gress og som grønne planter, som gress på hustak og åkrer som er brent før de vokser opp.'

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Deres innbyggere var derfor av liten kraft; de ble forferdet og til skamme, og ble som gresset på marken, som den grønne urten, som gresset på hustakene, som korn som er svidd av før det vokser opp.

  • Norsk King James

    Derfor var innbyggerne deres maktesløse; de ble forferdet og forvirret, som gresset på marken, det grønne urtet, og som gresset på takene, som kornet som visner før det vokser.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    De som bor i dem, er maktesløse, skrekkslagne og forvirret; de er som gress på markene, som grønn vegetasjon, gress på takene, fortørkede strå før de har vokst opp.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Innbyggerne der er uten styrke, ble skremt og forvirret. De er som gresset på fjellet, som nyvoksende gress, som halm på takene før det blir vokset opp.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    «Derfor hadde deres innbyggere liten styrke; de ble skremt og forvirret; de var som gresset på marken, som det grønne gresset, som gresset på hustakene, og som korn svidd før det vokser.»

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    «Derfor var deres innbyggere svake; de ble forbløffet og forvirret. De ble som markens gress, grønt ugress, som gress på hustak og som korn som rives bort før det rekker å spire.»

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

    «Derfor hadde deres innbyggere liten styrke; de ble skremt og forvirret; de var som gresset på marken, som det grønne gresset, som gresset på hustakene, og som korn svidd før det vokser.»

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Deres innbyggere var maktesløse, forskrekket og skamfulle. De var som gress på marken, som grønt gress, som gress på taket, svidd før det vokser opp.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Their inhabitants, stripped of strength, were dismayed and put to shame. They were like grass in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the housetops, scorched before it grows up.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Deres innbyggere hadde få ressurser, var forferdet og forvirret. De ble som gress på marken og grønt gress, som gress på takene, brent opp før de står opp.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Og de, som boede deri, bleve afmægtige, vare knuste og beskjæmmede; de bleve som Græs paa Marken og (som) de grønne Urter, (som) Hø paa Tagene og en (forbrændt) Ager, før (Kornet) staaer (i Ax).

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Deres innbyggere hadde liten makt, de var skremt og skamfølte; de var som gress på marken, grønt gress, gresset på hustakene, svidde før de spirer.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Derfor var folkene av liten kraft; de ble forskrekket og forvirret. De var som gresset på marken, som det grønne gresset, som gresset på taket, felt av østvinden.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Derfor var deres innbyggere maktesløse, de var forskrekket og forstyrret. De var som gress av marken, som øm gress og gress på hustakene, som korn før det vokser opp.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Deres innbyggere hadde liten kraft, ble slått med skrekk og forvirring; de var som markens gress og grønne urter, som gress på hustakene, en åker før den vokser opp.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Derfor hadde deres innbyggere ingen kraft, de ble redde og skamfulle; de var som markens gress, grønt gress, som gress på hustak, som brødskudd før de vokser.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For their inhabitours shalbe like lame men, brought in feare & confounded. They shalbe like the grasse & grene herbes in the felde, like the hay vpo house toppes, that wythereth, afore it be growne vp.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Whose inhabitants haue small power, and are afrayd & confounded: they are like the grasse of the field & greene herbe, or grasse on the house tops, or corne blassed afore it be growen.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For their inhabitours shalbe like lame men brought in feare and confounded: they shalbe lyke grasse and greene hearbes in the fielde, lyke the hay vpon house toppes, that wythereth before it be growen vp.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Therefore their inhabitants [were] of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were [as] the grass of the field, and [as] the green herb, [as] the grass on the housetops, and [as corn] blasted before it be grown up.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as a field [of grain] before it is grown up.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And their inhabitants are feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up. They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted corn, before it hath risen up.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as a field [of grain] before it is grown up.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field, or a green plant; like the grass on the house-tops, which a cold wind makes waste.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Therefore their inhabitants had little power. They were dismayed and confounded. They were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like a field before its crop has grown.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Their residents are powerless; they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field or green vegetation. They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops when it is scorched by the east wind.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 129:6 : 6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up:
  • Isa 19:16 : 16 In that day Egypt shall be like women, and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which He shakes over it.
  • Isa 40:6-8 : 6 The voice said, Cry out. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field: 7 The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surely the people are grass. 8 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.
  • Jer 5:10 : 10 Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but do not make a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S.
  • Jer 37:10 : 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.
  • Jas 1:10-11 : 10 But the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with a burning heat, and it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 Because "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,
  • Num 14:9 : 9 Only do not rebel against the LORD, neither fear the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their protection is removed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
  • 2 Kgs 19:26 : 26 Therefore their inhabitants were of little power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like grain blighted before it is grown up.
  • Ps 37:2 : 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.
  • Ps 90:5-6 : 5 You carry them away like a flood; they are like a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up. 6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up; in the evening it is cut down and withers.
  • Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked spring up like the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is so they may be destroyed forever.
  • Ps 103:15 : 15 As for man, his days are like grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
  • Ps 127:1-2 : 1 Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain; unless the LORD keeps the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for He gives His beloved sleep.