Verse 8

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not see when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be anxious in the year of drought, nor cease from yielding fruit.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han skal være som et tre plantet ved vannet, som strekker sine røtter mot elven; han frykter ikke når vanskeligheter kommer, men løvet forblir grønt. I tørkeår frykter han ikke og slutter ikke å bære frukt.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For han skal være som et tre plantet ved vannene, og som sprer ut sine røtter ved elven; og skal ikke se når heten kommer, men bladene skal være grønne; og han skal ikke bekymre seg i tørkeåret, og skal ikke slutte å bære frukt.

• Norsk King James

  For han skal være som et tre plantet ved vannene, som sprer sine røtter ved elven, og han ser ikke når varmen kommer, men bladene forblir grønne; han skal ikke bekymre seg i tørkesåret, og han skal ikke slutte å bære frukt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For han skal være som et tre, plantet ved vann, som strekker sine røtter mot bekken og ikke frykter når heten kommer. Hans blad skal være grønt, han skal ikke bekymre seg i tørre år og ikke la være å bære frukt.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han skal være som et tre plantet ved vann, som strekker sine røtter mot bekken; det frykter ikke når varmen kommer, og dets blad forblir frodig. I tørkeåret er det uten bekymring og slutter ikke å bære frukt.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For han skal være som et tre plantet ved vannene, som strekker sine røtter ut mot elven, og skal ikke merke når hetet kommer, men bladet skal være grønt; og i tørkeåret skal det ikke bekymre seg, heller ikke skal det slutte å bære frukt.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For han skal være som et tre plantet ved vannet, med røtter forankret ved bekken; når varmen kommer, blir det ikke skremt, løvet forblir grønt, det bekymrer seg ikke i tørketiden, og det opphører aldri å bære frukt.

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

  For han skal være som et tre plantet ved vannene, som strekker sine røtter ut mot elven, og skal ikke merke når hetet kommer, men bladet skal være grønt; og i tørkeåret skal det ikke bekymre seg, heller ikke skal det slutte å bære frukt.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han skal være som et tre plantet ved vann, som strekker sine røtter mot elven. Det frykter ikke når heten kommer, og grønne er dets blader, i tørketiden bekymrer det seg ikke og slutter ikke å bære frukt.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They will be like a tree planted by water, stretching out its roots by a stream. It will not fear when heat comes, and its leaves remain green. It will not worry in a year of drought or cease to produce fruit.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han er som et tre plantet ved vannet, som strekker sine røtter mot bekken, og frykter ikke når varmen kommer, men dets blader forblir grønne, og i tørre år har det ingen bekymring og slutter ikke å bære frukt.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi han skal være ligesom et Træ, Plantet ved Vand, og som udskyder sine Rødder ved en Bæk, og han skal ikke frygte, naar der kommer Hede, og hans Blad skal være grønt, og han skal ikke sørge, naar et tørt Aar (kommer), og ikke lade af at bære Frugt.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han skal være som et tre plantet ved vannet, som strekker sine røtter ut ved elven, og skal ikke frykte når heten kommer; men bladene skal forbli grønne, og skal ikke bekymre seg i tørkeår, og ikke slutte å bære frukt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For han skal være som et tre plantet ved vann, som strekker sine røtter ut ved elven og ikke frykter når varmen kommer, men dets blad forblir grønt; og i tørkeåret skal det ikke engstes, og ikke opphøre med å bære frukt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han skal være som et tre plantet ved vann, som strekker sine røtter til en bekk, og han ser ikke når varmen kommer, bladet hans er grønt, og i tørkeåret er han ikke bekymret, og han holder ikke opp med å bære frukt.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For han skal være som et tre plantet ved vann, som strekker sine røtter ut ved elven, og som ikke frykter når heten kommer, men som har grønne blader; han bekymrer seg ikke i tørkeåret og slutter ikke å bære frukt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For han vil være som et tre plantet ved vannene, som strekker sine røtter ut ved elven; han vil ikke frykte når varmen kommer, men hans løv vil være grønt; i et tørt år vil han ikke være bekymret, og han vil fortsette å bære frukt.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For he shalbe as a tre, that is planted by the water syde: which spredeth out the rote vnto moystnesse, whom the heate can not harme, when it commeth, but his leaues are grene. And though there growe but litle frute because off drouth, yet is he not carefull, but he neuer leaueth of to bringe forth frute.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For he shall be as a tree that is planted by the water, which spreadeth out her rootes by the riuer, and shall not feele when the heate commeth, but her leafe shall be greene, and shall not care for the yeere of drought, neyther shall cease from yeelding fruit.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For he shalbe as a tree that is planted by the water side, which spreadeth out the roote vnto moystnesse, whom the heate can not harme when it commeth, but his leafe shalbe greene: And though there growe but litle fruite because of drouth, yet is he not carefull, but he neuer leaueth of to bryng foorth fruite.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and [that] spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And hath been as a tree planted by waters, And by a rivulet he sendeth forth his roots, And he doth not see when heat cometh, And his leaf hath been green, And in a year of dearth he is not sorrowful, Nor doth he cease from making fruit.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For he will be like a tree planted by the waters, pushing out its roots by the stream; he will have no fear when the heat comes, but his leaf will be green; in a dry year he will have no care, and will go on giving fruit.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 31:4-9 : 4 The waters made it great, the deep set it up on high with its rivers running around its plants, and sent out its little rivers to all the trees of the field. 5 Therefore its height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and its boughs were multiplied, and its branches became long because of the multitude of waters as it spread out. 6 All the birds of heaven made their nests in its boughs, and under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth to their young, and under its shadow all great nations dwelt. 7 Thus it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches, for its root was by great waters. 8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir trees were not like its boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like its branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty. 9 I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it. 10 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have lifted yourself up in height, and it has set its top among the thick boughs, and its heart is lifted up in its height;
• Ps 1:3 : 3 He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not wither, and whatever he does shall prosper.
• Isa 58:11 : 11 And the LORD shall guide you continually and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones: and you shall be like a watered garden and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
• Ps 92:10-15 : 10 But you will exalt my horn like the horn of a wild ox; I shall be anointed with fresh oil. 11 My eye also shall see my desire on my enemies, and my ears shall hear my desire of the wicked who rise up against me. 12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those who are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and flourishing, 15 To show that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
• Ezek 47:12 : 12 And on the river, on the bank thereof, on this side and that side, shall grow all kinds of trees for food, whose leaf shall not wither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail: it shall bring forth new fruit according to its months, because their waters issue from the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
• Job 8:16 : 16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shoots forth in his garden.
• Jer 14:1-6 : 1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought. 2 Judah mourns, and its gates languish; they are in mourning on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up. 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. 4 Because the ground is cracked, for there was no rain on the earth, the farmers were ashamed, they covered their heads. 5 Even the deer gave birth in the field, and abandoned it, because there was no grass. 6 And the wild donkeys stood on the high places, they sniffed the wind like jackals; their eyes failed because there was no grass.