Verse 14

He cuts down cedars, and takes the cypress and the oak, which he strengthens for himself among the trees of the forest: he plants an ash, and the rain nourishes it.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han hugger ned sedertrærne og tar einer eller eik. Han plukker et sterkt tre fra skogen og planter en furu; regnet gir den vekst.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han hugger ned sedrer for seg, tar en sypress eller eik. Han lar den vokse seg sterk blant skogens trær. Han planter en furu, og regnet får den til å vokse.

• Norsk King James

  Han hogger ned sedertre, og tar sypress og eik, som han styrker for seg selv blant trærne i skogen; han planter et asketre, og regn nærer det.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han hugger seg sedrer, tar sikter på sypresser og eik, og velger sine trær i skogen; han planter alm, og regnet får det til å vokse.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han hugger ned sedertrær, eller tar en cypress eller en eik, og lar dem vokse seg sterke blant skogens trær; han planter en furu, og regnet lar den vokse.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han feller sedrer, og tar sypress og eik, som han lar vokse sterk blant skogens trær. Han planter et asketre, og regnet får det til å gro.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han hugger ned sedertre og henter sypress og eik, som han forsterker blant skogens trær; han planter en ask, og regnet nærer den.

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

  Han feller sedrer, og tar sypress og eik, som han lar vokse sterk blant skogens trær. Han planter et asketre, og regnet får det til å gro.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han hugger sig sedertrær, tar en sypress eller en eik og lar den bli sterk blant trærne i skogen. Han planter en furu, og regnet gjør den stor.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He cuts down cedars or chooses a cypress or an oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a pine, and the rain makes it grow.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han hogger seg sedrer, tar en sypress eller en eik, lar dem vokse seg sterke blant skogens trær. Han planter en furu, og regnet får den til å vokse.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (Han gaaer hen) at afhugge Ceder for sig, og tager Cypres og Eeg, og han bruger sin Styrke iblandt Træerne i Skoven; han planter Valbirk, og Regnen kommer den til at voxe.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han hugger ned sedertrær, tar med furuer og eik, som han lar vokse sterk i skogen. Han planter et asketre, og regnet får det til å vokse.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han feller sedrer for seg selv, tar en sypress og en eik, og velger ut blant skogens trær; han planter en furu, og regnet gir den vekst.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han har felt for seg sedertrær, han tar også en sypress og en eik, styrker det blant skogens trær. Han har plantet en ask, og regnet får den til å vokse.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han hugger trær, tar en einer og en eik, styrker seg med et tre fra skogen; han planter et furutre, og regnet lar det vokse.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han har sedrer hugget til seg, han tar en eik og lar den vokse blant skogens trær; han har en ask plantet, og regnet gir det vekst.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Morouer, he goeth out to hewe downe Cedre trees: He bringeth home Elmes and okes, and other tymbre of the wodd. Or els the Fyrre trees which he planted himself, ad soch as the rayne hath swelled,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  He will hewe him downe cedars, and take the pine tree and the oke, and taketh courage among the trees of the forest: he planteth a firre tree, and the raine doeth nourish it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Moreouer, he goeth out to hewe Cedar trees, he bringeth home Elmes and Okes, and taking a bolde courage, he seeketh out the best timber of the wood: he him selfe hath planted a Pine tree, whiche the rayne hath swelled,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish [it].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest: he plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Cutting down to himself cedars, He taketh also a cypress, and an oak, And he strengtheneth `it' for himself Among the trees of a forest, He hath planted an ash, and the shower doth nourish `it'.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the holm-tree and the oak, and strengtheneth for himself one among the trees of the forest: he planteth a fir-tree, and the rain doth nourish it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  He has cedars cut down for himself, he takes an oak and lets it get strong among the trees of the wood; he has an ash-tree planted, and the rain gives it growth.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He cuts down cedars for himself, and takes the cypress and the oak, and strengthens for himself one among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir tree, and the rain nourishes it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He cuts down cedars and acquires a cypress or an oak. He gets trees from the forest; he plants a cedar and the rain makes it grow.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 40:20 : 20 He who is so impoverished that he has no offering chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks for himself a skillful workman to prepare a graven image that will not be moved.
• Jer 10:3-8 : 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They decorate it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it does not move. 5 They stand upright like a palm tree, but do not speak: they must be carried, because they cannot go. Do not be afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good. 6 There is none like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might. 7 Who would not fear you, O King of nations? for it belongs to you: among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like you. 8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the wooden idol is a doctrine of vanities.
• Hos 4:12 : 12 My people ask counsel from their wooden idols, and their staff declares to them, for the spirit of harlotry has caused them to err, and they have gone astray under their God.
• Hab 2:19 : 19 Woe to him who says to the wood, Awake; to the mute stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in its midst.