Verse 4

Because the ground is cracked, for there was no rain on the earth, the farmers were ashamed, they covered their heads.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Jorden er tørr fordi det ikke har vært regn. Bøndene er flau og dekker hodet i skam.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Fordi jorden har sprukket, siden det ikke har vært regn i landet, står jordbrukerne beskjemmet og dekker sine hoder.

  • Norsk King James

    Fordi jorden er sprukket, for det har ikke vært regn i landet; pløyerne var skamfulle og dekket sine hoder.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Jorden er sprukket fordi det ikke har regnet; bøndene er skamfulle og dekker ansiktet.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Jorden er forferdet på grunn av at det ikke er regn i landet. Bøndene skammer seg og dekker sine hoder.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Fordi jorden er sprukket, for det var ikke regn på jord, ble plogmennene skamfulle, og dekte hodene sine.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Fordi jorden er uttørket – det har ikke kommet regn – var plogerne skamfulle, og de dekket sine hoder.

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

    Fordi jorden er sprukket, for det var ikke regn på jord, ble plogmennene skamfulle, og dekte hodene sine.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    På grunn av jorden som er sprukket, fordi det ikke har vært regn i landet, ble bøndene til skamme og dekket sine hoder.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Because the ground is cracked due to the lack of rain in the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Jorden er sprukken på grunn av mangel på regn. Bøndene er skamfulle og dekker til ansiktene sine.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Thi Jorden er sprukken, fordi der haver ikke været Regn paa Jorden; Agermændene ere beskjæmmede, de skjule deres Hoveder.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Fordi jorden er sprukken, for det har ikke vært regn i landet, ble plogmennene skamfulle; de dekket sine hoder.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    På grunn av den sprukne jorden, fordi det ikke har vært regn i landet, er plogmennene skuffet, de dekker hodet.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Jorden har sprukket opp, for det har ikke regnet i landet. Bøndene er skamfulle og har dekket hodene.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Fordi jorden er sprukket, for det har ikke vært regn i landet, blir bøndene til skamme, de dekker sine hoder.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    De som arbeider på jorden frykter, for det har ikke regnet, og bøndene er skamfulle og tildekker hodene sine.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For the groude shalbe dried vp, because there cometh no rayne vpon it. The plowmen also shalbe ashamed, ad shal couer their heades.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For the grounde was destroyed, because there was no rayne in the earth: the plowmen were ashamed, and couered their heads.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For the grounde is dryed, because there commeth no rayne vpon it: the plowmen also be ashamed and couer their heades.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They are dismayed because the ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.

Referenced Verses

  • Joel 1:11 : 11 Be ashamed, you farmers; howl, you vinedressers, for the wheat and the barley; because the harvest of the field has perished.
  • Joel 1:19-20 : 19 O LORD, to you will I cry: for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field. 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.
  • Deut 28:23-24 : 23 And your heaven that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron. 24 The LORD shall make the rain of your land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon you, until you are destroyed.
  • Jer 3:3 : 3 Therefore, the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; and you had a harlot's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.
  • Lev 26:19-20 : 19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as bronze: 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.
  • Deut 29:23 : 23 And that the whole land is brimstone, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and in his wrath:
  • Joel 1:17 : 17 The seed shrivels under their clods, the storehouses are desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.