Verse 9

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in ancient days, in the generations of old. Are you not the one who cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Våkn opp, våkn opp, kle deg i styrke, Herrens arm. Våkn opp som i de gamle dager, som i fortidens generasjoner. Var det ikke du som hogde sønder Rahab og drepte dragen?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Våkn opp, våkn opp, kle deg i styrke, du Herrens arm; våkn opp som i de gamle dager, i fordums generasjoner. Er det ikke du som har hugget Rahab i stykker og såret dragen?

• Norsk King James

  Våkn opp, våkn opp, bli sterk, O Herrens arm; våkn opp, som i gamle dager, i de historiske slekter. Er det ikke du som har hugget Rahab, og såret dragen?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Våkn opp, våkn opp, ikle deg styrke, du Herrens arm! Våkn opp som i fordums dager, blant tidligere generasjoner; er du ikke den som hogg en hovmodig ned, den som såret dragen?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Våkn opp, våkn opp, kle deg med kraft, Herrens arm. Våkn opp som i fortidens dager, de eldgamle generasjoner. Er det ikke du som hogde ned Rahab, som gjennomboret havdyret?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Våkn opp, våkn opp, ifør deg styrke, Herrens arm; våkn opp, som i eldgamle dager, i de gamle generasjonenes tid. Er det ikke du som hogd Rahab i stykker og såret dragen?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Våk, våk, ta opp styrken, o HERRENS arm; våk, slik som i de gamle dager, i eldgamle slekter. Er det ikke du som har kuttet Rahab og såret dragen?

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

  Våkn opp, våkn opp, ifør deg styrke, Herrens arm; våkn opp, som i eldgamle dager, i de gamle generasjonenes tid. Er det ikke du som hogd Rahab i stykker og såret dragen?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Våkn opp, våkn opp, kle deg i styrke, Herrens arm. Våkn opp som i gamle dager, som i tidligere slekter. Var det ikke du som hogg Rahab i stykker og stakk sjøuhyret?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the Lord! Awake, as in days of old, as in generations long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces and pierced the dragon?

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Isaiah.51.9", "source": "עוּרִ֨י עוּרִ֤י לִבְשִׁי־עֹז֙ זְר֣וֹעַ יְהוָ֔ה ע֚וּרִי כִּ֣ימֵי קֶ֔דֶם דֹּר֖וֹת עוֹלָמִ֑ים הֲל֥וֹא אַתְּ־הִ֛יא הַמַּחְצֶ֥בֶת רַ֖הַב מְחוֹלֶ֥לֶת תַּנִּֽין", "text": "*'ûrî 'ûrî libšî-'ōz zərôa' YHWH 'ûrî kîmê qedem dōrôt 'ôlāmîm hălô' 'at-hî' hammaḥṣebet rahab məḥôlelet tannîn*", "grammar": { "*'ûrî*": "Qal imperative, feminine singular - awake/rouse yourself", "*libšî*": "Qal imperative, feminine singular - put on/clothe yourself", "*'ōz*": "common noun, masculine singular - strength", "*zərôa'*": "common noun, feminine singular construct - arm of", "YHWH": "proper noun - divine name", "*kîmê*": "preposition + common noun, masculine plural construct - as in days of", "*qedem*": "common noun, masculine singular - ancient times/east", "*dōrôt*": "common noun, masculine plural construct - generations of", "*'ôlāmîm*": "common noun, masculine plural - everlasting/antiquity", "*hălô'*": "interrogative + negative particle - is it not", "*'at-hî'*": "pronoun, 2nd person feminine singular + pronoun, 3rd person feminine singular - you-she", "*hammaḥṣebet*": "definite article + Hiphil participle, feminine singular - the one who hewed/cut", "*rahab*": "proper noun - Rahab (mythological sea monster/Egypt)", "*məḥôlelet*": "Polel participle, feminine singular - piercing/wounding", "*tannîn*": "common noun, masculine singular - sea monster/dragon" }, "variants": { "*'ûrî*": "awake/rouse yourself/arise", "*'ōz*": "strength/might/power", "*qedem*": "ancient times/antiquity/east", "*rahab*": "Rahab (mythological sea monster)/Egypt/pride", "*məḥôlelet*": "piercing/wounding/slaying", "*tannîn*": "sea monster/dragon/serpent" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Våkn opp, våkn opp, klær deg i styrke, Herrens arm. Våkn opp som i gamle dager, som i eldgamle tider. Er det ikke du som hogget Rahab i stykker og stakk dragen?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vaagn op, vaagn op, ifør dig Styrke, du Herrens Arm! vaagn op, ligesom i gamle Dage, iblandt de forrige Slægter; er du ikke den, som haver afhugget en Hovmodig, (den), som saarede Dragen?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Våkn opp, våkn opp, ta kraft på deg, Herrens arm; våkn opp, som i gamle dager, i eldgamle generasjoner. Er det ikke du som har hogd Rahab og såret dragen?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Våkne, våkne, ta på deg styrke, Yahwehs arm; våkne som i de gamle dager, de eldgamle generasjonene. Er det ikke du som delte Rahab i stykker, som gjennomboret uhyret?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Våkn opp, våkn opp, ikle deg styrke, Herrens arm. Våkn opp som i gamle dager, i svunne slekter. Er det ikke du som hugger Rahab i stykker, perforerer dragen?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Våkn opp, våkn opp, ta på deg styrke, Herrens arm; våkn opp som i gammel tid, de tidligere slekters dager. Er det ikke du som hogg Rahab i stykker, du som gjennomboret monsteret?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Våkn opp! Våkn opp! Ta på deg styrke, O Herrens arm, våkn opp! som i gamle dager, i generasjoner langt tilbake. Var det ikke du som kuttet Rahab i to, og såret dragen?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wake vp, wake vp, & be stronge: O thou arme of the LORDE: wake vp, lyke as in tymes past, euer and sence the worlde beganne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Rise vp, rise vp, and put on strength, O arme of the Lorde: rise vp as in the olde time in the generations of the worlde. Art not thou the same, that hath cutte Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wake vp, wake vp, and be strong O thou arme of the Lorde, wake vp, lyke as in tyme past, euer, and since the world began.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. [Art] thou not it that hath cut Rahab, [and] wounded the dragon?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn't it you who did cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah, Awake, as `in' days of old, generations of the ages, Art not Thou it that is hewing down Rahab, Piercing a dragon!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce the monster?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Awake! awake! put on strength, O arm of the Lord, awake! as in the old days, in the generations long past. Was it not by you that Rahab was cut in two, and the dragon Wounded?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn't it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the LORD! Wake up as in former times, as in antiquity! Did you not smash the Proud One? Did you not wound the sea monster?

Referenced Verses

• Ps 74:13-14 : 13 You divided the sea by Your strength: You broke the heads of the dragons in the waters. 14 You broke the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gave him as food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
• Isa 27:1 : 1 In that day the LORD with His cruel and great and strong sword shall punish Leviathan the piercing serpent, even Leviathan that twisted serpent; and He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
• Isa 52:1 : 1 Awake, awake; put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.
• Isa 51:17 : 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.
• Ezek 29:3 : 3 Speak, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his rivers, which has said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
• Luke 1:51 : 51 He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
• Isa 53:1 : 1 Who has believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
• Ps 89:10 : 10 You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; you have scattered your enemies with your strong arm.
• Ps 93:1 : 1 The LORD reigns, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, with which he has girded himself: the world also is established, that it cannot be moved.
• Ps 44:1 : 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.
• Job 26:12 : 12 He divides the sea with His power, and by His understanding He strikes through the proud.
• Ps 7:6 : 6 Arise, O LORD, in your anger, lift up yourself because of the rage of my enemies; and awake for me to the judgment you have commanded.
• Ps 21:13 : 13 Be exalted, LORD, in your own strength, so we will sing and praise your power.
• Deut 4:34 : 34 Or has God attempted to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
• Judg 6:13 : 13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? But now the LORD has forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
• Neh 9:7-9 : 7 You are the LORD God, who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and gave him the name Abraham; 8 You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it to his descendants. And You have fulfilled Your words, for You are righteous; 9 And You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea; 10 You showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, against all his servants, and against all the people of his land. For You knew they acted proudly against them. So You made a name for Yourself, as it is this day. 11 You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and You threw their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters. 12 Moreover, You led them by day with a pillar of cloud, and by night with a pillar of fire, to give them light on the way they should go. 13 You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them just statutes and true laws, good statutes and commandments. 14 You made known to them Your holy Sabbath, and commanded them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses Your servant. 15 You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promised them that they would go in to possess the land which You had sworn to give them.
• Ps 44:23 : 23 Awake, why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise, cast us not off forever.
• Ps 59:4 : 4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault; awake to help me, and see.
• Ps 78:65 : 65 Then the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts because of wine.
• Ps 87:4 : 4 I will mention Rahab and Babylon to those who know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
• Isa 30:7 : 7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
• Isa 51:5 : 5 My righteousness is near; my salvation has gone forth, and my arms will judge the people; the islands will wait upon me, and on my arm they will trust.
• Isa 59:16-17 : 16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his own arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. 17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.
• Isa 62:8 : 8 The LORD has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no longer give your grain to be food for your enemies; and the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your wine, for which you have labored:
• John 12:38 : 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
• Rev 11:17 : 17 saying, We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who is and who was and who is to come, because You have taken Your great power and have reigned.
• Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
• 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.
• Hab 3:13 : 13 You went forth for the salvation of Your people, for salvation with Your anointed. You wounded the head from the house of the wicked, by laying bare the foundation to the neck. Selah.