Verse 4

For you have broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For alle krigsstøvler som stormet frem med bulder, og kledninger rullet i blod, skal bli brent og bli til føde for ild.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For du har brutt åket av deres byrde og staven over deres skuldre, undertrykkerens septer, som på Midjans dag.

• Norsk King James

  For du har brutt åket av hans byrde, og staven som hvilte på hans skulder, og den undertrykkendes kjepp, akkurat som på Midjans dag.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For du har brutt åket som tynget dem, stokken over skulderen deres, og slavefogdens stav, som på Midians dag.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hver støvel som trampet i striden, og hver kappe som er rullet i blod, skal bli brent som brensel for ilden.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For du har brutt det tunge åket, staven over skulderen, og undertrykkerens kjepp, som på Midians dag.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For du har brutt åket som tynget ham, og knust skulderstokken, undertrykkerens stav, slik som på Midians dag.

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

  For du har brutt det tunge åket, staven over skulderen, og undertrykkerens kjepp, som på Midians dag.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For hver støvel som trampet i bråk, og hver kledning gjennomtrukket av blod, skal brennes, og bli til ildens føde.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Every warrior’s boot used in battle and every garment rolled in blood will be destined for burning, fuel for the fire.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For hvert støveltramp som drønner i striden, og hver kappe som er rullet i blod, skal brennes, bli til føde for ilden.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi hans Byrdes Aag og hans Skuldres Riis, (ja) hans Drivers Kjep haver du sønderbrudt, som paa Midians Dag,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For du har brutt hans tunge åk, staven fra hans skulder, og undertrykkerens stav, som på Midians dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For åket av hans byrde, staven på hans skulder, slitternes kjepp, har du brutt som på Midjans dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For åket som tynget dem, staven på skulderen deres, tyrannens kjepp, har du brutt som på Midjans dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For du har brutt åket av deres byrde, staven på deres skulder, undertrykkerens stav, som på Midians dager.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For ved din hånd har åket på hans nakke og stokken på hans rygg, ja, stokken til hans grusomme herre, blitt brutt, som på Midjans dag.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For thou shalt breake the yocke of the peoples burthen: the staff of hys shulder, and the rod of his oppressoure, as in ye daye at Madia.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the yoke of their burthen, and the staffe of their shoulder and the rod of their oppressour hast thou broken as in the day of Midian.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For thou hast broken the yoke of his burthen, the staffe of his shoulder, and the rod of his oppressour, as in the day of Madian.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Midian.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Because the yoke of its burden, And the staff of its shoulder, the rod of its exactor, Thou hast broken as `in' the day of Midian.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For by your hand the yoke on his neck and the rod on his back, even the rod of his cruel master, have been broken, as in the day of Midian.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Midian.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For their oppressive yoke and the club that strikes their shoulders, the cudgel the oppressor uses on them, you have shattered, as in the day of Midian’s defeat.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 14:25 : 25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him underfoot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
• Isa 10:26-27 : 26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. 27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
• Nah 1:13 : 13 Now I will break his yoke from off you and will burst your bonds apart.
• Isa 10:5 : 5 O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation.
• Isa 54:14 : 14 In righteousness shall you be established: you shall be far from oppression; for you shall not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near you.
• Judg 7:22-25 : 22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout the whole army, and the army fled to Beth Shittah in Zererath, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath. 23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. 24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all Mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites and take before them the waters as far as Beth Barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together and took the waters as far as Beth Barah and Jordan. 25 And they captured two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they killed Oreb on the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued the Midianites, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of Jordan.
• Judg 8:10-12 : 10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of all the armies of the children of the east: for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men who drew sword. 11 And Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and attacked the army: for the army felt secure. 12 And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed all the army.
• Ps 83:9-9 : 9 Do to them as to the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kishon: 10 Who perished at Endor: they became as dung for the ground. 11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yes, all their princes as Zebah and as Zalmunna:
• Ps 125:3 : 3 For the scepter of the wicked shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous extend their hands to wrongdoing.
• Isa 14:3-5 : 3 And it will come to pass in the day that the LORD gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear, and from the hard bondage in which you were made to serve, 4 That you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers.
• Gen 27:40 : 40 And by your sword you shall live, and shall serve your brother; and it shall come to pass, when you shall have the dominion, that you shall break his yoke from off your neck.
• Lev 26:13 : 13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you stand upright.
• Judg 6:1-6 : 1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years. 2 And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel, and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made themselves the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strongholds. 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; 4 And they encamped against them, and destroyed the produce of the earth till you come to Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor donkey. 5 For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as locusts in multitude; for both they and their camels were without number, and they entered into the land to destroy it. 6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites, and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
• Jer 30:8 : 8 For it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds, and foreigners shall no more enslave him.
• Isa 30:31-32 : 31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, who struck with a rod. 32 And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tambourines and harps: and in battles of shaking he will fight with it.
• Isa 47:6 : 6 I was angry with My people, I have defiled My inheritance and given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; upon the elderly you have laid your yoke very heavily.
• Isa 49:26 : 26 And I will feed them that oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
• Isa 51:13 : 13 And you forget the LORD your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and you fear continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? And where is the fury of the oppressor?