Verse 4

They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be mourned, nor shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth. They shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, and their carcasses shall be food for the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    De skal dø en forferdelig død. De skal ikke bli sørget over eller begravet, men de skal ligge som gjødsel på marken. De skal omkomme ved sverd og sult, og deres lik skal bli mat for himmelens fugler og jordens dyr.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    De skal dø av smertefulle dødsfall; de skal ikke bli sørget over eller gravlagt; de skal bli som gjødsel på jordens overflate, og de skal bli fortært av sverdet og av hungersnød; deres kropper skal bli mat for himmelens fugler og jordens dyr.

  • Norsk King James

    De vil dø en grusom død; de skal ikke bli omtalt med klager eller begraves; de skal være som avføring på jorden: de skal bli fortært av sverdet og hungersnød, og kroppene deres skal være mat for himmelens fugler og jordens ville dyr.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    De skal dø av sykdom. De skal verken bli sørget over eller begravet, men bli som gjødsel på jorden. De skal utslettes ved sverdet og ved sult, og deres kropper skal bli mat for fuglene under himmelen og dyrene på jorden.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    De skal dø av dødelige sykdommer. De skal ikke bli sørget over eller begravet, men ligge som gjødsel på jordens overflate. De skal omkomme ved sverdet og sulten, og likene deres skal bli mat for himmelens fugler og jordens dyr.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    De skal dø av smertelige dødsfall; de skal ikke bli sørget over eller begravet, men de skal ligge som avføring på jordens overflate. De skal bli fortært av sverdet og av hungersnøden; og deres lik skal være føde for himmelens fugler og jordens dyr.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    De skal møte en grusom død; de skal ikke sørges over, og de skal ikke begraves. I stedet skal de bli som gjødsel på jordens overflate; sverdet og hungersnød skal fortære dem, og deres lik skal bli næring for himmelens fugler og jordens dyr.

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

    De skal dø av smertelige dødsfall; de skal ikke bli sørget over eller begravet, men de skal ligge som avføring på jordens overflate. De skal bli fortært av sverdet og av hungersnøden; og deres lik skal være føde for himmelens fugler og jordens dyr.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    De skal dø av smertefulle sykdommer, de skal ikke bli sørget over eller begravet, de skal ligge som gjødsel på jorden. De skal omkomme ved sverdet og av sult, og deres døde kropper skal bli til føde for himmelens fugler og markens dyr.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will lie like dung on the ground. They will perish by the sword and famine, and their corpses will be food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    De skal dø av dødelige sykdommer. De skal ikke bli sørget over eller gravlagt, men skal ligge som gjødsel på marken. De skal gå til grunne ved sverd og ved sult, og deres kropper skal bli mat for fuglene på himmelen og dyrene på jorden.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    De skulle døe af Sygdoms Død, de skulle ikke begrædes og ei begraves, de skulle vorde til Møg ovenpaa Landet, og de skulle (aldeles) udryddes ved Sværdet og ved Hungeren, og deres Kroppe skulle blive Himmelens Fugle og Dyr paa Jorden til Spise.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    De skal dø av smertefulle dødsfall; de skal ikke bli sørget over eller bli begravet. De skal ligge som gjødsel på jordens overflate. De skal omkomme ved sverd og hungersnød, og deres lik skal bli til mat for himmelens fugler og jordens dyr.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    De skal dø av smertefulle dødsfall; de skal ikke bli sørget over eller begravet, de skal være som gjødsel på marken og bli fortært av sverdet og hungersnøden; deres døde kropper skal bli føde for himmelens fugler og jordens dyr.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    De skal dø av smertefulle dødsfall, de skal ikke bli sørget over eller begravet. De skal ligge som gjødsel på markens overflate, og de skal tas av sverd og av hungersnød, og likene deres skal bli mat for himmelens fugler og jordens dyr.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    De skal dø av smertefulle dødsfall; de skal ikke bli sørget over eller begravet, men skal ligge som gjødsel på bakken. De skal bli fortært av sverd og hungersnød; deres døde kropper skal bli mat for himmelens fugler og jordens dyr.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Død av onde sykdommer skal ramme dem; det skal ikke gråtes over dem, og deres kropper skal ikke legges til hvile; de skal være som avfall på jordens overflate: sverdet og mangel på mat vil ende deres liv; deres døde kropper skal bli føde for himmelens fugler og jordens dyr.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    They shal dye an horrible deeth, no ma shal mourne for them, ner burie them, but they shal lye as doge vpon the earth. They shal perish thorow the swearde and honger, and their bodies shal be meate for the foules of the ayre, and beestes of the earth.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    They shal die of deathes and diseases: they shal not be lamented, neither shal they be buried, but they shalbe as dung vpon the earth, and they shalbe consumed by the sword, & by famine, and their carkeises shall be meate for the foules of the heauen, and for the beasts of the earth.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    They shall dye an horrible death, no man shall weepe for them, nor bury them, but they shall lye as dunge vpon the earth: they shall perishe through the sworde & hunger, and their bodyes shalbe meate for the fowles of the ayre, and beastes of the earth.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; [but] they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Of painful deaths they die, They are not lamented, nor are they buried, For dung on the face of the ground they are, And by sword and by famine are consumed, And their carcase hath been for food To the fowl of the heavens, And to the beast of the earth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Death from evil diseases will overtake them; there will be no weeping for them and their bodies will not be put to rest; they will be like waste on the face of the earth: the sword and need of food will put an end to them; their dead bodies will be meat for the birds of heaven and for the beasts of the earth.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung on the surface of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 25:33 : 33 And at that day the slain of the LORD shall be from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered nor buried; they shall be like dung upon the ground.
  • Jer 9:22 : 22 Speak, Thus says the LORD, 'Even the carcasses of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester, and no one shall gather them.'
  • Ps 83:10 : 10 Who perished at Endor: they became as dung for the ground.
  • Jer 34:20 : 20 I will give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the sky, and to the beasts of the earth.
  • Zeph 1:17 : 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out like dust, and their flesh like refuse.
  • Jer 15:2-3 : 2 And it shall come to pass, if they say to you, Where shall we go forth? then you shall tell them, Thus says the LORD; Those for death, to death; and those for the sword, to the sword; and those for the famine, to the famine; and those for the captivity, to the captivity. 3 And I will appoint over them four kinds, says the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.
  • Ps 79:2-3 : 2 The dead bodies of Your servants they have given to be food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem, and there was no one to bury them.
  • Jer 22:18-19 : 18 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! 19 He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
  • Isa 18:6 : 6 They shall be left together to the birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
  • Jer 7:33 : 33 And the carcasses of this people will be meat for the birds of the sky, and for the beasts of the earth; and none will fray them away.
  • Jer 8:1-3 : 1 At that time, says the LORD, they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: 2 And they will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, whom they have served, after whom they have walked, whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped. They will not be gathered nor buried; they will be dung upon the face of the earth. 3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the remnant of those that remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Isa 5:25 : 25 Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he has stretched out his hand against them, and has struck them: and the hills trembled, and their carcasses were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • 1 Kgs 14:10-11 : 10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him who urinates against the wall, and him who is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man takes away dung, until it is all gone. 11 Anyone of Jeroboam who dies in the city shall the dogs eat; and anyone who dies in the field shall the birds of the air eat: for the LORD has spoken it.
  • 1 Kgs 21:23-24 : 23 And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. 24 The one who dies of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and the one who dies in the field the birds of the air shall eat.
  • 2 Kgs 9:10 : 10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the plot of ground at Jezreel, and there shall be no one to bury her. And he opened the door and fled.
  • 2 Kgs 9:36-37 : 36 Therefore they came back and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the plot of Jezreel dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel: 37 And the body of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the plot of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
  • Ps 78:64 : 64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
  • Jer 34:17 : 17 Therefore thus says the LORD: You have not listened to me in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbor; behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, says the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
  • Jer 16:5-7 : 5 For thus says the LORD, Do not enter the house of mourning, nor go to lament or bemoan them, for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies. 6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, nor shall anyone mourn for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them. 7 Nor shall anyone break bread in mourning for them, to comfort them for the dead; nor shall anyone give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or their mother.
  • Jer 14:15-16 : 15 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, and I have not sent them, yet they say, 'Sword and famine shall not be in this land'—by sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed. 16 And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; they will have no one to bury them—neither them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters—for I will pour their wickedness upon them.
  • Rev 19:17-18 : 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather together for the supper of the great God; 18 That you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great.
  • Jer 36:30 : 30 Therefore thus says the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
  • Jer 44:12 : 12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
  • Jer 44:27 : 27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until they are ended.
  • Ezek 5:12 : 12 A third part of you shall die with pestilence, and with famine they shall be consumed in your midst: and a third part shall fall by the sword around you; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
  • Ezek 39:17-20 : 17 And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: Speak to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves from all sides to my sacrificial feast that I prepare for you, even a great sacrificial feast upon the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood. 18 You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. 19 And you shall eat fat till you are full, and drink blood till you are drunk, at my sacrificial feast which I have prepared for you. 20 Thus you shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, says the Lord GOD.
  • Amos 6:9-9 : 9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, they shall die. 10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he who burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say to him that is by the sides of the house, Is there anyone with you? And he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold your tongue: for we must not mention the name of the LORD.