Verse 21

Then you shall say in your heart, Who has begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and moving to and fro? and who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where have they been?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: 'Hvem har født meg disse, siden jeg var barnløs og ufruktbar? Hvem har oppdratt disse? Se, jeg var etterlatt alene, hvor har de blitt fra?'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: 'Hvem har født meg disse? Jeg har jo vært barnløs, forlatt, en fanget kvinne som er drevet hit og dit. Hvem har fostret disse opp? Se, jeg var alene; hvor har disse kommet fra?'

• Norsk King James

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har født meg disse, da jeg har mistet mine barn, og er øde, som en fange, og ferdes frem og tilbake? Og hvem har oppfostret disse? Se, jeg var forlatt alene; disse, hvor hadde de vært?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og du skal si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har født meg disse? Jeg var barnløs og alene, vandret bort og ble bortført, men hvem har oppfostret disse? Jeg var igjen alene, hvor kom så disse fra?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har født meg disse? Jeg var barnløs og alene, landsforvist og bortdrevet. Hvem har oppdratt disse for meg? Jeg var alene igjen, hvor var de?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har født meg disse? Jeg har mistet mine barn og er forlatt, en fange og hjemløs. Hvem har fostret opp disse? Se, jeg var alene; hvor har de vært?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har født meg disse, siden jeg har mistet mine barn, blitt forlatt, tatt til fange og drevet hit og dit? Og hvem har oppdratt dem? Se, jeg var alene – men hvor var de da?

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

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har født meg disse? Jeg har mistet mine barn og er forlatt, en fange og hjemløs. Hvem har fostret opp disse? Se, jeg var alene; hvor har de vært?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da vil du si i ditt hjerte: 'Hvem har født meg disse? Jeg var barnløs og ensom, en landflyktig og drevet omkring. Hvem har oppdratt disse? Jeg var alene igjen, hvor var de da?'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then you will say in your heart, 'Who bore me these children? I was bereaved and barren, exiled and rejected. Who raised these? I was left all alone—where have these come from?'

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Isaiah.49.21", "source": "וְאָמַ֣רְתְּ בִּלְבָבֵ֗ךְ מִ֤י יָֽלַד־לִי֙ אֶת־אֵ֔לֶּה וַאֲנִ֥י שְׁכוּלָ֖ה וְגַלְמוּדָ֑ה גֹּלָ֣ה ׀ וְסוּרָ֗ה וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ מִ֣י גִדֵּ֔ל הֵ֤ן אֲנִי֙ נִשְׁאַ֣רְתִּי לְבַדִּ֔י אֵ֖לֶּה אֵיפֹ֥ה הֵֽם׃ פ", "text": "*Wə-ʾāmart* in-*liḇāḇēḵ*: who *yālaḏ*-to-me *ʾeṯ*-these, and-I *šəḵûlâ* *wə-galmûḏâ*, *gōlâ* *wə-sûrâ*? And-these who *giddēl*? *Hēn* I *nišʾartî* *ləḇaddî*; these, where are-they?", "grammar": { "*Wə-ʾāmart*": "conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 2nd feminine singular - and you will say", "*liḇāḇēḵ*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd feminine singular suffix - your heart", "*yālaḏ*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - begot/bore", "*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker", "*šəḵûlâ*": "adjective, feminine singular - bereaved/childless", "*wə-galmûḏâ*": "conjunction + adjective, feminine singular - and barren/desolate", "*gōlâ*": "verb, qal participle, feminine singular - exiled", "*wə-sûrâ*": "conjunction + verb, qal passive participle, feminine singular - and removed/turned aside", "*giddēl*": "verb, piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - raised/brought up", "*Hēn*": "interjection - behold/see", "*nišʾartî*": "verb, niphal perfect, 1st singular - I was left", "*ləḇaddî*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular + 1st singular suffix - by myself/alone" }, "variants": { "*ʾāmart*": "you will say/you will speak/you will think", "*liḇāḇēḵ*": "your heart/your mind/your inner self", "*yālaḏ*": "begot/bore/gave birth to", "*šəḵûlâ*": "bereaved/childless/having lost children", "*galmûḏâ*": "barren/desolate/solitary/abandoned", "*gōlâ*": "exiled/banished/removed", "*sûrâ*": "removed/turned aside/rejected", "*giddēl*": "raised/brought up/reared", "*nišʾartî*": "I was left/I remained/I was spared", "*ləḇaddî*": "by myself/alone/on my own" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Da vil du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har født meg disse? Jeg var jo barnløs og ufruktbar, bortført og forvist. Hvem har oppfostret disse? Se, jeg var alene igjen, hvor var disse da?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og du skal sige i dit Hjerte: Hvo haver avlet mig disse? eftersom jeg var barnløs og eenlig; jeg var henflyttet og henvegen, og hvo haver opdraget disse? see, jeg, jeg var overbleven alene, hvor (vare da) disse?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har gitt meg disse? Jeg har jo mistet mine barn, er forlatt, fanget og drevet bort — men hvem har oppfostret disse? Se, jeg var alene, hvor har disse vært?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har født disse for meg, siden jeg var bereøvd mine barn, og jeg er ensom, en flyktning, vandrende frem og tilbake? Og hvem har oppfostret disse? Se, jeg var igjen alene; disse, hvor var de?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og du skal si i ditt hjerte: 'Hvem har født disse for meg, siden jeg var barnløs og trist? Jeg var fanget og drevet bort, hvem har fostret disse? Jeg var alene; hvor har de kommet fra?'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Da skal du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har født disse for meg, siden jeg har vært barnløs og alene, en bortvist, og vandret til og fra? Og hvem har oppfostret disse? Se, jeg ble igjen alene; hvor var disse?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Da vil du si i ditt hjerte: Hvem har gitt meg alle disse barna? Da mine barn hadde blitt tatt fra meg, og jeg ikke lenger kunne få flere, hvem tok vare på disse? Da jeg var alene, hvor var disse?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then shalt thou thinke by thy self: Who hath begotte me these? seinge I am bare & aloe, a captyue & an outcast? And who hath norished the vp for me? I am desolate & alone, but fro whece come these?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten mee these, seeing I am baren and desolate, a captiue and a wanderer to and fro? And who hath nourished them? Beholde, I was left alone: whence are these?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then shalt thou thinke by thy selfe, who hath begotten me these, seeyng I am barren and alone, a captiue and an outcast? and who hath norished them vp for me? I am desolate and alone, but from whence come these?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where [had] they [been]?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then shall you say in your heart, Who has conceived these for me, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? and who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And thou hast said in thy heart: `Who hath begotten for me -- these? And I bereaved and gloomy, A captive, and turned aside, And these -- who hath nourished? Lo, I -- I was left by myself, these -- whence `are' they?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then shalt thou say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then you will say in your heart, Who has given me all these children? when my children had been taken from me, and I was no longer able to have others, who took care of these? when I was by myself, where then were these?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then you will say in your heart, 'Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? Who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then you will think to yourself,‘Who bore these children for me? I was bereaved and barren, dismissed and divorced. Who raised these children? Look, I was left all alone; where did these children come from?’”

Referenced Verses

• Isa 1:8 : 8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
• Isa 3:26 : 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she being desolate shall sit on the ground.
• Isa 5:13 : 13 Therefore my people have gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
• Isa 51:17-20 : 17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, who have drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; you have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. 18 There is none to guide her among all the sons she has brought forth; neither is there any who takes her by the hand of all the sons she has raised. 19 These two things have come upon you; who shall feel sorry for you? Desolation and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort you? 20 Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, like a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
• Isa 52:2 : 2 Shake yourself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose yourself from the bands of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
• Isa 54:3-8 : 3 For you shall break forth on the right hand and on the left; and your descendants shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. 4 Fear not; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be you confounded; for you shall not be put to shame: for you shall forget the shame of your youth, and shall not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore. 5 For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of hosts is His name; and your Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall He be called. 6 For the LORD has called you as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when you were refused, says your God. 7 For a small moment have I forsaken you; but with great mercies will I gather you. 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on you, says the LORD your Redeemer.
• Isa 60:15 : 15 Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no one went through you, I will make you an eternal excellence, a joy of many generations.
• Isa 62:4 : 4 You shall no longer be called Forsaken; nor shall your land any longer be called Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah: for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married.
• Isa 64:10 : 10 Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
• Jer 31:15-17 : 15 Thus says the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they are no more. 16 Thus says the LORD; Restrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears: for your work shall be rewarded, says the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. 17 And there is hope in your future, says the LORD, that your children shall come again to their own border.
• Lam 1:1-3 : 1 How does the city sit solitary, that was full of people! How has she become like a widow! She who was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, has become a tributary! 2 She weeps bitterly in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she has none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they have become her enemies. 3 Judah has gone into captivity because of affliction and great servitude: she dwells among the heathen, she finds no rest: all her persecutors have overtaken her between the straits.
• Matt 24:29-30 : 29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
• Luke 21:24 : 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
• Rom 11:11-17 : 11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy. 12 Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness? 13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if by any means I may provoke to emulation those who are my flesh and save some of them. 15 For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? 16 For if the first fruit is holy, the batch is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree,
• Rom 11:24 : 24 For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
• Rom 11:26-31 : 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; 27 For this is My covenant with them, when I take away their sins. 28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable. 30 For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience, 31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown to you they also may obtain mercy.
• Gal 3:29 : 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
• Gal 4:26-29 : 26 But the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written: 'Rejoice, O barren, you who do not bear! Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor! For the desolate has many more children than she who has a husband.' 28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. 29 But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now.