Verse 5

If you have run with the footmen and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, in which you trusted, they wearied you, then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For hvis du har løpt mot fotgjengere og blitt sliten, hvordan kan du da konkurrere med hester? Og hvis du føler deg trygg i et fredelig land, hva gjør du når utfordringene kommer fra Jordan?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Om du løper med fotfolk og de tretthet deg, hvordan kan du da kappes med hester? Og i fredens land, hvor du setter din lit, hva vil du gjøre ved Jordanflodens flom?

• Norsk King James

  Og hvis det fredelige landet du stolede på, plager deg, hvordan vil du klare deg i elvens flom?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Når du løp med fotgjengere, ble du sliten, hvordan kan du da konkurrere med hestene? Og hvis du bare har tillit i fredens land, hvordan vil du klare deg i Jordans tette kratt?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hvis du løper med fotfolk og de sliter deg ut, hvorledes skal du da konkurrere med hester? Og når du stoler på din sikkerhet i fredelige land, hva vil du gjøre i Jordanens tette krattskog?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hvis du har løpt med fotfolket og de har trettet deg ut, hvordan kan du da kjempe med hester? Og hvis i fredens land, der du stolte, de trettet deg ut, hva vil du da gjøre i jordansvellingen?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hvis du har løpt med fotmennene, og de har tynget deg, hvordan skal du da kjempe mot hester? Og om de har slitt deg ut i det fredelige landet du stolte på, hvordan skal du klare deg i Jordans flom?

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

  Hvis du har løpt med fotfolket og de har trettet deg ut, hvordan kan du da kjempe med hester? Og hvis i fredens land, der du stolte, de trettet deg ut, hva vil du da gjøre i jordansvellingen?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvis du løper med fotfolk og de trøtter deg, hvordan kan du da konkurrere med hestene? Og hvis du føler deg trygg i et fredelig land, hvordan vil du klare deg i Jordan-dalens tette kratt?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If you have raced with footmen and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? And if you feel secure in a land of peace, how will you manage in the thickets of the Jordan?

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hvis du løper med fotgjengere og de gjør deg trett, hvordan kan du da konkurrere med hester? Selv i et fredelig land hvor du føler deg trygg, hvordan vil du klare deg i Jordans tette kratt?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da du løb med Fodgjængere, da gjorde de dig trætte, og hvorledes vilde du vove det med Hestene? og (om) du haver (aleneste) Tillid i Freds Land, hvorledes vil du da gjøre hos Jordanens Høihed?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hvis du har løpt med fotfolk, og de har trettet deg, hvordan kan du da kjempe mot hester? Og hvis du blir utmattet i et land med fred, hvor du stoler, hva vil du gjøre ved Jordans brimming?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hvis du har løpt med fotsoldater, og de har trettet deg, hvordan kan du da kjempe mot hester? Og selv om du er trygg i et fredelig land, hvordan vil du da klare deg ved Jordans stolthet?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For om du har løpt med fotfolk, og de har trettet deg, hvordan skal du da klare deg med hester? Selv i et fredelig land kvir du deg – hva da når Jordan flommer?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hvis du har løpt med fotfolk, og de har utmattet deg, hvordan skal du da kunne løpe med hester? Selv om du er trygg i et fredelig land, hvordan vil du klare deg ved Jordans stolthet?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hvis du blir sliten av å løpe med fotfolk, hvordan skal du da kunne holde følge med hester? Og hvis du flykter i et fredelig land, hva skal det bli av deg i Jordans krattskog?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Seinge thou art weery in runnynge with the fote men, how wilt thou then runne wt horses? In a peaceable sure londe thou mayest be safe, but how wilt thou do in the furious pryde of Iordane?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  If thou hast runne with the footemen and they haue wearied thee, then howe canst thou match thy selfe with horses? and if thou thoughtest thy selfe safe in a peaceable lande, what wilt thou do in the swelling of Iorden?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Seyng thou art weery in runnyng with the footmen, howe wilt thou then runne with horses? In a peaceable sure lande thou mayest be safe: but howe wylt thou do in the furious pride of Iordane?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and [if] in the land of peace, [wherein] thou trustedst, [they wearied thee], then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For -- with footmen thou hast run, And they weary thee, And how dost thou fret thyself with horses! Even in the land of peace, `In which' thou art confident -- And how dost thou in the rising of Jordan!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and though in a land of peace thou art secure, yet how wilt thou do in the pride of the Jordan?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If running with the fighting-men has made you tired, how will you be able to keep up with horses? and if in a land of peace you go in flight, what will become of you in the thick growth of Jordan?

• World English Bible (2000)

  If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The LORD answered,“If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you feel secure only in safe and open country, how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River?

Referenced Verses

• Jer 49:19 : 19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swellings of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him flee away from her; and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? For who is like me? And who will appoint me the time? And who is that shepherd who will stand before me?
• Jer 50:44 : 44 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the dwelling of the strong: but I will suddenly make them run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd who will stand before me?
• 1 Pet 4:12 : 12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to test you, as though some strange thing happened to you:
• Heb 12:3-4 : 3 For consider him who endured such hostility from sinners against himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your minds. 4 You have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed, striving against sin.
• Josh 3:15 : 15 And as those who bore the ark came to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark were dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks during the time of harvest),
• 1 Chr 12:15 : 15 These are the ones who crossed over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.
• Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls: all Your waves and billows have gone over me.
• Ps 69:1-2 : 1 Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no footing; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
• Prov 3:11 : 11 My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD; nor be weary of his correction:
• Prov 24:10 : 10 If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
• Jer 26:8 : 8 Now it happened, when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, You shall surely die.
• Jer 36:26 : 26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the LORD hid them.
• Jer 38:4-6 : 4 Therefore the princes said to the king, We beg you, let this man be put to death; for he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them; for this man does not seek the welfare of this people, but the harm. 5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not anyone who can do anything against you. 6 Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the prison; and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; so Jeremiah sank in the mire.