Verse 2

And he fenced it, and removed its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress in it: and he expected it to bring forth grapes, but it brought forth wild grapes.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han gravde jorden, fjernet steinene, og plantet de beste vinstokkene. Han bygde et vakttårn der og hogg ut en vinpresse. Han forventet gode druer, men det vokste bare ville druer.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han inngjerdet den, fjernet steinene og plantet de beste vinstokkene. Han bygde et vakttårn midt i den, og laget også en vinpresse. Han ventet at den skulle bære druer, men den bar ville druer.

• Norsk King James

  Og han inngjerdet den, fjernet steinene, plantet den med de beste vinstokkene, bygde et tårn midt i den, og laget en vinpresse der; han håpet at den skulle bære druer, men den bar sure druer.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han bygde et gjerde rundt den, fjernet steinene fra den, plantet edle vinstokker, bygde et tårn midt i den, og hogget ut en vinpresse der også. Han håpet at den skulle bære gode druer, men den bar ville druer.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han gravde opp jorden og fjernet steinene, plantet den med edle vinstokker. Han bygde et vakttårn i midten, og hogde ut en vinpresse. Han ventet at den skulle bære druer, men den bar ville druer.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han gjerdet den inn, fjernet steinene, plantet de beste vinstokkene, bygde et vakttårn midt i den og lagde også en vinpresse der. Han ventet at den skulle bære druer, men den ga ville druer.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han har gjerdet den, fjernet steinene derfra, plantet de aller fineste vinrankene, reist et tårn midt i den og anlagt en vindekker. Men da han forventet at den skulle gi druer, kom den ute med ville druer.

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

  Han gjerdet den inn, fjernet steinene, plantet de beste vinstokkene, bygde et vakttårn midt i den og lagde også en vinpresse der. Han ventet at den skulle bære druer, men den ga ville druer.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han grov rundt den og renset den for steiner og plantet den med edle vinstokker. Han bygde et vakttårn midt i den og hogg ut en vinpresse. Og han ventet at den skulle gi gode druer, men den ga ville druer.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He dug it and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a tower in its center and also carved out a winepress in it. He hoped it would produce good grapes, but it yielded only wild ones.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han gravde og renset den for steiner, plantet den med edle vinstokker. Han bygde et vakttårn i midten og også uthogde en vinpresse. Han håpet på gode druer, men det vokste fram ville druer.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han havde gjort Gjærde omkring den, og kastet Stenene af den, og plantet den med (ædle) Viinqviste, byggede og et Taarn midt derudi, og udhuggede ogsaa en Viinperse derudi, og forventede, at den skulde bære (gode) Druer, men den bar vilde Druer.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han inngjerdet den, ryddet den for steiner og plantet den med de beste vinstokkene. Han bygde også et tårn midt i den og lagde en vinpresse der. Han forventet at det skulle gi druer, men den gav ville druer.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han gravde den opp, fjernet steinene, plantet den med de beste vinstokker, bygde et tårn midt i den, og lagde også en vinpresse der. Han ventet at den skulle bære druer, men den bar ville druer.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han gjorde et gjerde rundt den, fjernet steinene, plantet den med de edleste vinstokker, bygde et tårn i midten og hogg ut en vinpresse. Han ventet på at den skulle bære druer, men den bar ville druer!

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han gravde den opp, fjernet steinene og plantet den med de edleste vinstokkene, bygde et vakttårn i midten og hogde ut en vinpresse der. Han håpet den skulle gi druer, men den ga villdruer.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han gravde opp jorden med en spade, fjernet steinene, og plantet en spesiell vinranke der; han satte opp et vakttårn i midten av den, og uthulte en plass for drueknusing i fjellet; og han håpet på de beste druene, men det ga vanlige druer.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  This he hedged, this he walled rounde aboute, and planted it with goodly grapes. In the myddest of it buylded he a towre, and made a wyne presse therin And afterwarde when he loked yt it shulde bringe him grapes, it brought forth thornes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And hee hedged it, and gathered out the stones of it, and he planted it with the best plants, and hee builte a towre in the middes thereof, and made a wine presse therein: then hee looked that it should bring foorth grapes: but it brought foorth wilde grapes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  This he hedged, and gathered out the stones from it, and planted it with the choysest vine: In the middest of it builded he a towre, also made a wine presse therin: and he loked that it shoulde bring him grapes, and it brought foorth wylde grapes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He dug it up, Gathered out its stones, Planted it with the choicest vine, Built a tower in its midst, And also cut out a winepress therein. He looked for it to yield grapes, But it yielded wild grapes.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he fenceth it, and casteth out its stones, And planteth it `with' a choice vine, And buildeth a tower in its midst, And also a wine press hath hewn out in it, And he waiteth for the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and he digged it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in its midst, and also cut out a winepress therein. He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 2:21 : 21 Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then have you turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine to me?
• Mark 11:13 : 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if perhaps he might find something on it: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season for figs.
• Matt 21:19 : 19 And when he saw a fig tree by the road, he came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, Let no fruit grow on you ever again. And immediately the fig tree withered away.
• Exod 33:16 : 16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and your people have found grace in your sight? is it not in that you go with us? so shall we be separate, I and your people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
• Num 23:9 : 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him and from the hills I behold him; behold, the people shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
• Deut 32:6 : 6 Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father who has bought you? Has he not made you, and established you?
• Deut 32:8-9 : 8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the boundaries of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. 9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the place of his inheritance.
• Deut 32:32-33 : 32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: 33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
• Judg 16:4 : 4 It came to pass after this, that he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
• Neh 13:15 : 15 In those days I saw people in Judah treading wine presses on the Sabbath, bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys, as well as bringing in wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I warned them on the day they sold provisions.
• Ps 44:1-3 : 1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work You did in their days, in the times of old. 2 How You drove out the heathen with Your hand, and planted them; how You afflicted the peoples and cast them out. 3 For they did not gain the land in possession by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them: but Your right hand, and Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, because You had favor unto them.
• Isa 1:2-4 : 2 Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth: for the LORD has spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 3 The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib: but Israel does not know, my people do not consider. 4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children who are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, they have gone away backward.
• 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 1:21-23 : 21 How the faithful city has become a harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. 22 Your silver has become dross, your wine mixed with water: 23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they do not judge the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.
• Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but behold, oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry.
• Isa 63:2-3 : 2 Why are you red in your apparel, and your garments like one who treads in the winepress? 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people, there was none with me: for I will tread them in my anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my clothing.
• Matt 21:34 : 34 And when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the vine dressers, that they might receive the fruits of it.
• Hos 10:1 : 1 Israel is an empty vine, he brings forth fruit for himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he has increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made beautiful images.
• Mic 4:8 : 8 And you, O tower of the flock, the stronghold of the daughter of Zion, to you it shall come, even the former dominion. The kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
• Mark 12:2 : 2 At harvest time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.
• Luke 13:6-7 : 6 He also spoke this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. 7 Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why does it use up the ground?
• Luke 20:10-18 : 10 And at harvest time he sent a servant to the tenant farmers, that they would give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the tenant farmers beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. 11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed. 12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. 13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will respect him when they see him. 14 But when the tenant farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. 15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them? 16 He shall come and destroy those tenant farmers, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. 17 And he looked at them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the cornerstone? 18 Whoever falls upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it falls, it will grind him to powder.
• Rom 9:4 : 4 Who are Israelites; to whom belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises;
• 1 Cor 9:7 : 7 Who goes to war at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk of the flock?
• Rev 14:18-20 : 18 And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe. 19 And the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the horses' bridles, for one thousand six hundred furlongs.