Verse 13

They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns; they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit. And they shall be ashamed of your harvests because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    De har sådd hvete, men høstet torner. De har arbeidet uten gevinst. De skal skamme seg over sine innhøstinger på grunn av Herrens brennende vrede.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    De har sådd hvete, men skal høste torner; de har spent seg, men skal ikke ha noen vinning; de skal skamme seg over sine inntekter på grunn av Herrens brennende vrede.

  • Norsk King James

    De har sådd hvete, men skal høste torner; de har påført seg selv smerte, men skal ikke få noe igjen; og de skal skammes over høsten på grunn av Herrens sterke vrede.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    De sådde hvete og høstet torner, de slet seg ut uten nytte; dere skal bli skamfull over deres innhøsting på grunn av Herrens vrede.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    De har sådd hvete og høstet torner; de har slitt uten å ha noen nytte; og de vil skamme seg over sitt utbytte på grunn av Herrens brennende vrede.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    De har sådd hvete, men skal høste torner: de har strevet, men skal ikke tjene: de skal bli til skamme over sine inntekter på grunn av HERRENs brennende vrede.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    De har sådd hvete, men skal høste torner; de har påført seg smerte, men vil ikke få utbytte. De skal skamme seg over sine inntekter på grunn av Herrens bitre vrede.

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

    De har sådd hvete, men skal høste torner: de har strevet, men skal ikke tjene: de skal bli til skamme over sine inntekter på grunn av HERRENs brennende vrede.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    De har sådd hvete, men høstet torner, de har slitt seg ut uten å vinne. De blir skuffet over avlingen på grunn av Herrens brennende vrede.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    They have sown wheat but reaped thorns; they have exhausted themselves to no profit. Be ashamed of your harvests because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    De har sådd hvete, men høstet torner; de har slitt uten å ha noen nytte av det. Skam dere over avlingen deres, på grunn av Herrens brennende vrede.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    De saaede Hvede og høstede Torne, de vare syge (af Arbeide, men) det gavnede dem ikke; og I skulle beskjæmmes af eders Indkomme for Herrens grumme Vredes Skyld.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    De har sådd hvete, men skal høste torner: de har påført seg smerte, men skal ikke ha nytte: de skal skamme seg over din inntekt på grunn av Herrens voldsomme vrede.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    De har sådd hvete, men høstet torner; de har plaget seg selv, men har ingen nytte: og dere skal skamme dere over deres frukter, på grunn av Yahwehs brennende vrede.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    De har sådd hvete, men høstet torner, de har slitt seg ut uten vinning, og de er blitt skamfulle over sine avlinger, på grunn av Herrens brennende vrede.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    De har sådd hvete, og har høstet torner; de har hatt smerte, men oppnådde ingenting: og dere skal skamme dere over deres frukter, på grunn av Jehovas voldsomme vrede.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Selv om edel korn ble sådd, er det bare torner de høster: de har påført seg selv smerte uten nytte: de vil bli gjort til skamme av sin avling, på grunn av Herrens brennende vrede.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    They shal sowe wheat, and reepe thornes. They shal take heretage in possession, but it shal do them no good. And ye shalbe confounded of youre owne wynnynges, because of the greate wrath of the LORDE.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    They haue sowen wheate, and reaped thornes: they were sicke, and had no profite: and they were ashamed of your fruites, because of the fierce wrath of the Lord.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    They haue sowen wheate, and reaped thornes, they haue taken heritage in possession, but it doth them no good: and they were ashamed of your fruites, because of the great wrath of the Lord.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, [but] shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and you shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of Yahweh.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    They sowed wheat, and have thorns reaped, They have become sick -- they profit not, And they have been ashamed of your increases, Because of the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and ye shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Though good grain was planted, they have got in thorns: they have given themselves pain without profit: they will be shamed on account of their produce, because of the burning wrath of the Lord.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and you shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of Yahweh.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    My people will sow wheat, but will harvest weeds. They will work until they are exhausted, but will get nothing from it. They will be disappointed in their harvests because the LORD will take them away in his fierce anger.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 28:38 : 38 You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
  • Mic 6:15 : 15 You shall sow, but not reap; you shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; and crush grapes, but not drink the wine.
  • 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 26:16 : 16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning fever, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
  • 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.
  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for mere vanity?
  • Jer 4:26 : 26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
  • Jer 25:37-38 : 37 And the peaceful habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD. 38 He has forsaken His shelter, like a lion; for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of His fierce anger.
  • Jer 3:23-25 : 23 Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from the multitude of mountains: truly, in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. 24 For shame has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. 25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covers us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
  • Isa 30:1-6 : 1 Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, that seek counsel, but not from me; and that make a covering, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin: 2 Who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore, the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. 4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. 5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. 6 The burden of the beasts of the south: through a land of trouble and anguish, from which come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
  • Isa 31:1-3 : 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD! 2 Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both he who helps will fall, and he who is helped will fall down, and they all will fail together.
  • Hag 2:16-17 : 16 Since those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty. 17 I struck you with blight and mildew and hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you did not turn to Me, says the LORD.
  • Rom 6:21 : 21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.