Verse 23

They shall not labor in vain nor bear children for calamity; for they are the descendants of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    De skal ikke streve forgjeves eller føde barn for brå død, for de er en ætt velsignet av Herren, og deres etterkommere med dem.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    De skal ikke arbeide forgjeves eller føde til uroligheter; for de er et avkom av Herrens velsignede og deres etterkommere med dem.

  • Norsk King James

    De skal ikke arbeide forgjeves, eller føde for ulykker; for de er barn av de velsignede av HERREN, og deres etterkommere sammen med dem.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    De skal ikke slite forgjeves og ikke føde til skrekk, for de er en ætt velsignet av Herren, og deres etterkommere med dem.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    De skal ikke arbeide forgjeves, og ikke føde barn til brå død, for de er en ætt velsignet av Herren, de og deres etterkommere med dem.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    De skal ikke arbeide forgjeves, heller ikke føde til ulykke. For de er Herrens velsignede ætt, og deres etterkommere med dem.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    De skal ikke arbeide forgjeves eller skape trøbbel, for de er ætt av Herrens velsignede, og deres etterkommere lever sammen med dem.

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

    De skal ikke arbeide forgjeves, heller ikke føde til ulykke. For de er Herrens velsignede ætt, og deres etterkommere med dem.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    De skal ikke arbeide forgjeves, og de skal ikke føde barn for brå død, for de er en ætt velsignet av Herren, og deres etterkommere skal være med dem.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    They will not labor in vain or bear children for sudden disaster, for they are a people blessed by the LORD, they and their offspring with them.

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Isaiah.65.23", "source": "לֹ֤א יִֽיגְעוּ֙ לָרִ֔יק וְלֹ֥א יֵלְד֖וּ לַבֶּהָלָ֑ה כִּ֣י זֶ֜רַע בְּרוּכֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ הֵ֔מָּה וְצֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֖ם אִתָּֽם׃", "text": "not *yigʿu* to-the-*riq* and-not *yeledu* to-the-*behalah* for *zeraʿ* *berukhey* *YHWH* *hemmah* and-*tseʾetsaʾeyhem* with-them", "grammar": { "*yigʿu*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will labor", "*riq*": "masculine singular noun - emptiness/vanity", "*yeledu*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will bear children", "*behalah*": "feminine singular noun - terror/sudden destruction", "*zeraʿ*": "masculine singular construct - seed/offspring of", "*berukhey*": "Qal passive participle, masculine plural construct - blessed ones of", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*hemmah*": "3rd person masculine plural pronoun - they", "*tseʾetsaʾeyhem*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their offspring" }, "variants": { "*yigʿu*": "they will labor/they will toil/they will work hard", "*riq*": "emptiness/vanity/worthlessness", "*yeledu*": "they will bear children/they will give birth/they will produce offspring", "*behalah*": "terror/sudden destruction/calamity", "*zeraʿ*": "seed/offspring/descendants", "*berukhey*": "blessed ones of/ones blessed by", "*hemmah*": "they (emphatic)", "*tseʾetsaʾeyhem*": "their offspring/their descendants/their children" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    De skal ikke arbeide forgjeves, og ikke føde til brå død. For de er en slekt velsignet av Herren, de og deres etterkommere med dem.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    De skulle ikke bemøie sig forgjæves og ei føde til Forskrækkelse; thi de ere deres Sæd, som ere velsignede af Herren, og deres Afkom med dem.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    De skal ikke streve forgjeves eller føde barn til ulykke, for de er en sæd velsignet av Herren, og deres etterkommere med dem.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    De skal ikke arbeide forgjeves, og ikke gi liv til ulykke; for de er Herrens velsignede ætt, og deres etterkommere med dem.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    De skal ikke arbeide forgjeves, og ikke føde til skrekk, for de er velsignet av Herren, og deres etterkommere med dem.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    De skal ikke arbeide forgjeves eller føde for katastrofer, for de er en ætt velsignet av Herren, de og deres etterkommere med dem.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Deres arbeid skal ikke være forgjeves, og de skal ikke føde barn til undergang; for de er ætt som Herren har velsignet, og deres etterkommere skal være med dem.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    My chosen shal lyue longe, they shall not laboure in vayne, ner beget wt trouble: for they are the hie blessed sede of the LORDE, & their frutes with them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    They shall not labour in vaine, nor bring forth in feare: for they are the seede of the blessed of the Lord, and their buds with them.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    They shall not labour in vayne, nor beget with trouble: for they are the hye blessed seede of the Lorde, and their fruites with them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they [are] the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Yahweh, and their offspring with them.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    They labour not for a vain thing, Nor do they bring forth for trouble, For the seed of the blessed of Jehovah `are' they, And their offspring with them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Their work will not be for nothing, and they will not give birth to children for destruction; for they are a seed to whom the Lord has given his blessing, and their offspring will be with them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Yahweh, and their offspring with them.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the LORD will bless their children and their descendants.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 61:9 : 9 And their descendants shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the descendants whom the Lord has blessed.
  • Acts 2:39 : 39 For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.
  • Jer 32:38-39 : 38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and their children after them:
  • Deut 28:3-9 : 3 Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your kine, and the flocks of your sheep. 5 Blessed shall be your basket and your store. 6 Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. 7 The LORD shall cause your enemies that rise up against you to be smitten before your face: they shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways. 8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon you in your storehouses, and in all that you set your hand unto; and He shall bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you. 9 The LORD shall establish you a holy people unto Himself, as He has sworn unto you, if you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and walk in His ways. 10 And all people of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of you. 11 And the LORD shall make you plentiful in goods, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give you. 12 The LORD shall open unto you His good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend unto many nations, and you shall not borrow.
  • Ps 115:14-15 : 14 The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. 15 You are blessed by the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
  • Isa 49:4 : 4 Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
  • Isa 55:2 : 2 Why do you spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.
  • Gen 12:2 : 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
  • Gen 17:7 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
  • Lev 26:3-9 : 3 If you walk in my statutes and keep my commandments and do them; 4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. 6 And I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. 7 And you shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. 8 And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. 9 For I will have respect for you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. 10 And you shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
  • Hag 2:19 : 19 Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. From this day I will bless you.
  • Zech 10:8-9 : 8 I will signal for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them. And they shall increase as they have increased. 9 And I will sow them among the people, and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children and turn again.
  • Rom 9:7-8 : 7 Neither, because they are Abraham's descendants, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your descendants be called. 8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
  • Gal 3:29 : 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
  • Rom 4:16 : 16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end that the promise might be sure to all the descendants; not to those only who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,
  • Mal 3:10 : 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and try me now in this, says the LORD of hosts, if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you a blessing, that there will not be room enough to receive it.
  • Hos 9:11-14 : 11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from birth, from the womb, and from conception. 12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left; yes, woe also to them when I depart from them! 13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place; but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. 14 Give them, O LORD: what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
  • Hag 1:6 : 6 You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but do not have enough; you drink, but are not filled; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes.
  • Lev 26:20 : 20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
  • Lev 26:22 : 22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your livestock, and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate.
  • Lev 26:29 : 29 And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall you eat.
  • Deut 28:38-42 : 38 You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. 39 You shall plant vineyards, and dress them, but shall neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. 40 You shall have olive trees throughout all your coasts, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olive shall cast its fruit. 41 You shall beget sons and daughters, but you shall not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. 42 All your trees and fruit of your land shall the locust consume.
  • Acts 3:25-26 : 25 You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 26 To you first, God, having raised up His Son Jesus, sent Him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.