Verse 8

Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, till there is no place, that they may dwell alone in the midst of the earth!

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Ve dem som føyer hus til hus, og legger åker til åker, til det ikke er mer plass, og dere bor alene i landet.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Ve dem som forener hus med hus og legger åker til åker, til det ikke er mer plass, slik at de alene bor i landet!

• Norsk King James

  Ve dem som bygger hus ved hus, og utvider jorden, så de blir etterlatt alene midt i landet!

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ve dem som legger hus til hus og føyer åker til åker, inntil det ikke er mer plass, så dere bor alene i landet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Ve dem som legger hus til hus og knytter åker til åker, til det ikke er mer plass igjen, og dere bor alene i landet!

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Ve dem som legger hus ved hus og åker ved åker, til det ikke er noe sted igjen, til de bor alene i landet!

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Ve dem som bygger hus inntil hus og legger jord inntil jord, helt til det ikke er rom igjen, slik at de ender opp isolert midt på jorden!

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

  Ve dem som legger hus ved hus og åker ved åker, til det ikke er noe sted igjen, til de bor alene i landet!

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ve dem som legger hus til hus og slår mark til mark, til det ikke er noen plass igjen, og dere bor alene i landet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field until there is no room, and you live alone in the midst of the land.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Isaiah.5.8", "source": "ה֗וֹי מַגִּיעֵ֥י בַ֙יִת֙ בְּבַ֔יִת שָׂדֶ֥ה בְשָׂדֶ֖ה יַקְרִ֑יבוּ עַ֚ד אֶ֣פֶס מָק֔וֹם וְהֽוּשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם לְבַדְּכֶ֖ם בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָאָֽרֶץ׃", "text": "*hôy* those who *maggîʿê* *bayit* to *bəbayit*, *śādeh* to *bəśādeh* *yaqrîbû*; until *ʿad* *ʾepes* *māqôm* and *wə*-you are *hûšabttem* *ləbaddəkem* in the *bəqereb* of the *hāʾāreṣ*.", "grammar": { "*hôy*": "interjection - woe", "*maggîʿê*": "hiphil participle masculine plural construct - joining/touching", "*bayit*": "masculine singular noun - house", "*bəbayit*": "preposition with masculine singular noun - to house", "*śādeh*": "masculine singular noun - field", "*bəśādeh*": "preposition with masculine singular noun - to field", "*yaqrîbû*": "hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they bring near/join", "*ʿad*": "preposition - until", "*ʾepes*": "masculine singular construct - end of/no more", "*māqôm*": "masculine singular noun - place/space", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*hûšabttem*": "hophal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - you are made to dwell", "*ləbaddəkem*": "preposition with noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - by yourselves", "*bəqereb*": "preposition with masculine singular construct - in the midst of", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article with feminine singular noun - the land" }, "variants": { "*maggîʿê*": "joining/causing to touch/bringing together", "*ʾepes*": "end/extremity/ceasing", "*māqôm*": "place/space/room", "*bəqereb*": "midst/middle/interior" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Ve dem som føyer hus til hus, og legger åker til åker, til det ikke er mer rom igjen, så dere bor alene i landet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vee dem, som drage det ene Huus til det andet, som føie den ene Ager til den anden, indtil der ikke er mere Rum, at I kunne alene blive siddende midt i Landet.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Ve dem som legger hus til hus og åker til åker, inntil det ikke er mer plass og dere bor alene midt i landet!

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Ve dem som legger hus til hus og marker til marker, til det ikke er plass igjen, så dere må bo alene i landet!

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Ve de som legger hus til hus, og slår åker til åker til det ikke er mer plass, så dere bor alene midt i landet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Ve de som legger hus ved hus og åker ved åker til det ikke er mer rom, og dere blir tvunget til å bo alene midt i landet!

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Forbannet er de som legger hus til hus og felt til felt, slik at det ikke er mer plass igjen for andre i landet!

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wo to you that ioyne one house to another, and bringe one londe so nigh vnto another, till ye can get no more grounde. Wil ye dwell vpon the earth alone?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Woe vnto them that ioyne house to house, and laye fielde to fielde, till there bee no place, that ye may be placed by your selues in the mids of the earth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wo vnto them that ioyne one house to another, and bring one lande so nigh vnto another, that there is no more place: Wyll ye be placed alone in the myddest of the earth?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Woe unto them that join house to house, [that] lay field to field, till [there be] no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Woe to those who join house to house, Who lay field to field, until there is no room, And you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Wo `to' those joining house to house, Field to field they bring near, till there is no place, And ye have been settled by yourselves In the midst of the land!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Cursed are those who are joining house to house, and putting field to field, till there is no more living-space for any but themselves in all the land!

• World English Bible (2000)

  Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Disaster is Coming Beware, those who accumulate houses, who also accumulate landed property until there is no land left, and you are the only landowners remaining within the land.

Referenced Verses

• Mic 2:2 : 2 They covet fields and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away; so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
• Hab 2:9-9 : 9 Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! 10 You have consulted shame to your house by cutting off many people, and have sinned against your soul. 11 For the stone shall cry out from the wall, and the beam from the timber shall answer it. 12 Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!
• Jer 22:13-17 : 13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and gives him nothing for his work; 14 Who says, I will build myself a wide house and large rooms, and cuts him out windows; and it is paneled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. 15 Shall you reign, because you enclose yourself in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD. 17 But your eyes and your heart are set only on your covetousness, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression, and on violence, to do it.
• Ezek 11:15 : 15 Son of man, your brethren, even your brethren, the men of your kindred, and all the house of Israel entirely, are they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get far away from the LORD: to us is this land given in possession.
• Ezek 33:24 : 24 Son of man, those who inhabit the ruins in the land of Israel are speaking, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us as a possession.
• 1 Kgs 21:16-20 : 16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. 17 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to possess it. 19 And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the LORD, Have you killed, and also taken possession? And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours. 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you: because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
• Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
• Luke 12:16-24 : 16 And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully. 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops? 18 And he said, This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my crops and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided? 21 So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. 22 And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor for the body, what you shall wear. 23 Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them: how much more are you better than the birds?