Verse 3

And their nobles have sent their little ones to the water; they came to the wells and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De fornemme sendte sine tjenere etter vann. De kom til brønnene, men fant ikke noe vann. De kom tilbake med tomme kar, med skam i ansiktet og hodet senket.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Adelsmennene sender sine små til vannet: de kommer til brønnene, men finner ikke vann; de vender tilbake med tomme kar, beskjemmet og vanæret, og dekker sine hoder.

• Norsk King James

  Og deres adelsmenn har sendt sine små til vannet: de kom til brønnene, men fant ingen vann; de kom tilbake med karene sine tomme; de var skamfulle og forvirret, og dekket hodene sine.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De mektige blant dem sendte barna etter vann; de kom til brønnene, men fant ikke vann, de kom tilbake med tomme krukker; de er skamfulle og dekker ansiktet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De mektige har sendt sine tjenere etter vann; de kom til brønnene, men fant ikke vann. De vendte tilbake med tomme spann og ble skamfulle og tildekket sine hoder.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De rike har sendt sine små til vannkildene: de kom til brønnene og fant ikke vann; de vendte tilbake med tomme kar, de ble skamfulle, forvirret og dekte hodene sine.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og de adelige har sendt sine små til vannene; de kom til grøftene, men fant intet vann; de vendte tilbake med tomme kar, skamfulle og fortvilede, og de dekket til hodene sine.

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

  De rike har sendt sine små til vannkildene: de kom til brønnene og fant ikke vann; de vendte tilbake med tomme kar, de ble skamfulle, forvirret og dekte hodene sine.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De rike sendte sine unge til vannet. De kom til vannreservene, men fant ikke vann. De vendte tilbake med tomme krukker. De ble til skamme, ydmyket og dekket hodene sine.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The nobles sent their servants for water; they went to the cisterns but found no water. They returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and humiliated, covering their heads.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Deres stormenn sender småguttene sine etter vann. De kommer til brønnene, men finner ikke vann. De vender tilbake med tomme kar, skamfulle og ydmyket, og skjuler ansiktene sine.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og de Ypperlige iblandt dem sendte deres Smaae efter Vand; de kom til Gravene, de fandt ikke Vand, de kom tilbage med deres Kar tomme; de ere beskjæmmede og skammede sig og skjulte deres Hoveder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De sendte sine små barn til vannkildene; men de kom til brønnene, og fant ikke vann; de vendte tilbake med tomme kar; de ble skamfulle og forvirrede, og dekket sine hoder.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De adelige sender sine små til vannet: de kommer til brønnene og finner ikke vann; de vender tilbake med tomme kar; de er skuffet og forvirret og dekker hodet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De fornemme har sendt sine små etter vann. De kommer til cisterner, men finner ikke vann. De vender tilbake med tomme kar, skamfullt har de dekket hodene.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Adelsmennene sender sine barn til vannet: de kommer til cisterner, men finner ikke vann; de vender tilbake med tomme kar, de blir til skamme og forvirret, og dekker sine hoder.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De store mennene har sendt tjenerne sine for å hente vann, men de kommer til brønnene og finner ikke noe vann; de vender tilbake med tomme kar, skamfulle og redde, med hodene tildekket.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The lordes shall sende their seruauntes to fetch water, & when they come to the welles, they shal fynde no water, but shal carie their vessels home emptie. They shalbe ashamed ad confounded, & shal couer their heades.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And their nobles haue sent their inferiours to the water, who came to the welles, and founde no water: they returned with their vessels empty: they were ashamed and confounded, and couered their heads.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The Lordes sent their seruauntes to fetche water, and when they came to the welles, they did finde no water, but caried their vessels home emptie: they be ashamed and confounded, and couer their heades.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, [and] found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And their honourable ones have sent their little ones to the water, They have come unto ditches, They have not found water, They have turned back -- their vessels empty! They have been ashamed, And have blushed and covered their head.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Their great men have sent their servants for water: they come to the holes and there is no water to be seen; they come back with nothing in their vessels; they are overcome with shame and fear, covering their heads.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are disappointed and confounded, and cover their heads.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The leading men of the cities send their servants for water. They go to the cisterns, but they do not find any water there. They return with their containers empty. Disappointed and dismayed, they bury their faces in their hands.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 15:30 : 30 And David went up by the ascent of Mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
• 2 Kgs 18:31 : 31 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria: Make peace with me and come out to me, and every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink from the water of his own cistern,
• Ps 40:14 : 14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame who wish me evil.
• Jer 2:13 : 13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and carved themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water.
• Amos 4:8 : 8 So two or three cities wandered to one city to drink water, but they were not satisfied: yet you have not returned to me, says the LORD.
• Jer 2:26-27 : 26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, 27 Saying to a tree, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought me forth: for they have turned their back to me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
• Jer 14:4 : 4 Because the ground is cracked, for there was no rain on the earth, the farmers were ashamed, they covered their heads.
• Jer 20:11 : 11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
• Joel 1:20 : 20 The animals of the field cry also to you: for the rivers are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
• Ps 109:29 : 29 Let my adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a cloak.
• Isa 45:16-17 : 16 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together, those who are makers of idols. 17 But Israel shall be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be ashamed nor confounded forever and ever.
• Esth 6:12 : 12 And Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house mourning, and with his head covered.
• Job 6:20 : 20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came there and were ashamed.
• 2 Sam 19:4 : 4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
• 1 Kgs 17:7 : 7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
• 1 Kgs 18:5-6 : 5 And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we do not lose all the beasts. 6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.