Verse 4

For thus says the LORD, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For så sier Herren: «Jeg vil gjøre deg til et objekt for frykt, både for deg selv og for alle dine venner. De skal falle for sverdet til sine fiender mens du ser på. Hele Juda vil jeg overgi til kongen av Babylon. Han skal føre dem bort til Babylon og drepe dem med sverd.»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For så sier Herren: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en frykt for deg selv og for alle dine venner. De skal falle for sine fienders sverd, og dine øyne skal se det. Hele Juda vil jeg gi i kongen av Babels hånd, og han skal føre dem bort til Babel og drepe dem med sverdet.

• Norsk King James

  For så sier Herren: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en fryktinngytende person for deg selv og for alle vennene dine; de skal falle for sine fienders sverd, og du skal se det med egne øyne. Jeg vil gi hele Juda i hendene på babylonerkongen, som skal føre dem til Babylon og drepe dem med sverdet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For slik sier Herren: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en frykt for deg selv og for alle dine venner, og de skal falle for sine fienders sverd, og dine øyne skal se det. Jeg vil overgi hele Juda i kongen av Babylons hånd, og han skal føre dem til Babylon og slå dem med sverdet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For så sier Herren: «Se, jeg gjør deg til en skrekk for deg selv og for alle dine venner. De skal falle for sine fienders sverd, mens du ser på. Jeg skal gi hele Juda i Babels konges hånd. Han skal føre dem bort til Babel og slå dem med sverd.»

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For slik sier Herren: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en redselsfigur for deg selv og alle vennene dine. De skal falle for sine fienders sverd, og du skal se det med egne øyne. Jeg vil gi hele Juda i babylonerkongens hånd, og han skal føre dem til Babylon og drepe dem med sverdet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For dette sier Herren: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en frykt for både deg selv og dine venner. De skal falle for fiendens sverd, og du skal se det med egne øyne. Jeg vil overgi hele Juda i hendene på Babylons konge, som skal føre dem i fangenskap til Babylon og drepe dem med sverdet.

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

  For slik sier Herren: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en redselsfigur for deg selv og alle vennene dine. De skal falle for sine fienders sverd, og du skal se det med egne øyne. Jeg vil gi hele Juda i babylonerkongens hånd, og han skal føre dem til Babylon og drepe dem med sverdet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For så sier Herren: «Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en frykt for deg selv og alle dine venner. De skal falle for fiendenes sverd mens du ser på, og hele Juda vil jeg overgi i kongen av Babylons hånd. Han skal føre dem til Babylon og slå dem med sverd.»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For this is what the LORD says: 'I am going to make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies while you watch, and I will hand all Judah over to the king of Babylon, who will take them captive to Babylon or kill them by the sword.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For så sier Herren: Se, jeg skal gjøre deg til en kilde til frykt for deg selv og for alle dine venner. De skal falle for fiendens sverd mens du ser på, og hele Juda skal jeg gi i babylonskongen Nebukadnesars hånd. Han skal føre dem bort til Babylon, og drepe dem med sverdet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi saa sagde Herren: See, jeg vil gjøre dig til Rædsel for dig og for alle dine Elskere, og de skulle falde ved deres Fjenders Sværd, og dine Øine skulle see det; og jeg vil give al Juda i Kongen af Babels Haand, og han skal bortføre dem til Babel og slaae dem med Sværdet.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For så sier Herren: Se, jeg skal gjøre deg til en skrekk for deg selv og for alle dine venner, og de skal falle for sine fienders sverd, og dine øyne skal se det. Og jeg vil gi hele Juda i hendene til Babylons konge, og han skal føre dem bort til Babylon som fanger og drepe dem med sverdet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For så sier Herren: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en skrekk for deg selv og alle dine venner. Og de skal falle for sine fienders sverd, og dine øyne skal se det; jeg vil gi hele Juda i hendene på kongen av Babylon, og han skal føre dem bort til Babylon og drepe dem med sverdet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For slik sier Herren: Se, jeg skal gjøre deg til frykt for deg selv og for alle som elsker deg. De skal falle for fiendens sverd mens dine øyne ser det. Hele Juda skal jeg gi i hendene på kongen av Babylon, og han skal føre dem til Babylon og slå dem med sverdet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For slik sier Herren: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en skrekk for deg selv og for alle dine venner; og de skal falle for sine fienders sverd, og dine øyne skal se det; og jeg vil gi hele Juda i hånden på kongen av Babylon, og han skal føre dem bort til Babylon som fanger, og drepe dem med sverdet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For Herren har sagt: Se, jeg vil gjøre deg til en årsak til frykt for deg selv og alle dine venner: De skal falle for sine fienders sverd, og dine øyne skal se det. Jeg vil gi hele Juda i hendene på kongen av Babylon, og han skal føre dem bort som fanger til Babylon og slå dem med sverd.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For thus saieth the LORDE: beholde, I will make the afrayed, the thy self, and all that fauoure ye: which shal perish with the swearde off their enemies, euen before yi face. And I wil geue whole Iuda vnder the power of the kinge of Babilon, which shall carie some vnto Babilon presoners, and slaye some with the swearde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee to be a terrour to thy self, & to al thy friends, and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall beholde it, and I will giue all Iudah into the hande of the King of Babel, and he shall cary them captiue into Babel, and shall slay them with the sworde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For thus saith the Lorde: Beholde, I wil make thee afraide, euen thy selfe, and all that fauour thee, which shall perishe with the sworde of their enemies, euen before thy face, and I wyll geue whole Iuda into the hands of the king of Babylon, whiche shall cary some vnto Babylon prisoners, and slay some with the sworde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold [it]: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall kill them with the sword.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am making thee for a fear to thyself, And to all loving thee, And they have fallen by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes are beholding, And all Judah I give into the hand of the king of Babylon, And he hath removed them to Babylon, And he hath smitten them with the sword.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the Lord has said, See, I will make you a cause of fear to yourself and to all your friends: they will come to their death by the sword of their haters, and your eyes will see it: and I will give all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will take them away prisoners into Babylon and put them to the sword.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall kill them with the sword.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the LORD says,‘I will make both you and your friends terrified of what will happen to you. You will see all of them die by the swords of their enemies. I will hand all the people of Judah over to the king of Babylon. He will carry some of them away into exile in Babylon and he will kill others of them with the sword.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 29:21 : 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes.
• Jer 21:4-9 : 4 Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls, and I will gather them into the midst of this city. 5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. 6 And I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. 7 And afterward, says the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and those who are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their lives, and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, nor have pity, nor have mercy. 8 And to this people you shall say, Thus says the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. 9 He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and falls to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be as a prize to him. 10 For I have set my face against this city for harm and not for good, says the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
• Jer 25:9 : 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
• Jer 39:6-7 : 6 Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes; also the king of Babylon killed all the nobles of Judah. 7 Moreover, he blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with chains to carry him to Babylon.
• Job 18:11-21 : 11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. 12 His strength shall be weakened by hunger, and destruction shall be ready at his side. 13 It shall consume the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall consume his strength. 14 His confidence shall be uprooted from his dwelling, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. 15 It shall dwell in his tent, because it is no longer his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. 16 His roots shall be dried up below, and above his branch shall be cut off. 17 His memory shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. 19 He shall neither have son nor descendant among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. 20 Those who come after him shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were terrified. 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him who does not know God.
• Job 20:23-26 : 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of His wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of bronze shall strike him through. 25 It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yes, the glittering sword comes out of his gall; terrors are upon him. 26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures; a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with the one who remains in his tent.
• Ps 73:19 : 19 How they are brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
• Jer 6:25 : 25 Do not go forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
• Jer 19:15 : 15 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the disaster that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
• Deut 28:32-34 : 32 Your sons and your daughters shall be given unto another people, and your eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no strength in your hand. 33 The fruit of your land, and all your labors, shall a nation which you know not eat up; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed always: 34 So that you shall be mad for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.
• Deut 28:65-67 : 65 And among these nations shall you find no ease, neither shall the sole of your foot have rest: but the LORD shall give you there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: 66 And your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall fear day and night, and shall have no assurance of your life: 67 In the morning you shall say, Would God it were evening! and at evening you shall say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of your heart with which you shall fear, and for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.
• 1 Sam 2:33 : 33 And any of yours whom I do not cut off from my altar shall bring sorrow to your eyes and grief to your heart: and all the increase of your house shall die in the prime of their life.
• 2 Kgs 25:7 : 7 And they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
• Jer 52:27 : 27 And the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from his own land.
• Ezek 26:17-21 : 17 And they shall take up a lamentation for you, and say to you: 'How are you destroyed, that were inhabited by seafaring men, the renowned city, which was strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who caused their terror to be on all that haunt it!' 18 Now shall the isles tremble on the day of your fall; yes, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at your departure. 19 For thus says the Lord GOD: When I shall make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited, when I shall bring up the deep upon you, and great waters shall cover you, 20 when I shall bring you down with those who descend into the pit, with the people of old, and shall set you in the low parts of the earth, in places long desolate, with those who go down to the pit, so that you are not inhabited; and I will set beauty in the land of the living, 21 I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; though you be sought for, you shall never be found again, says the Lord GOD.
• Matt 27:4-5 : 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? See to that yourself. 5 And he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
• Jer 32:27-31 : 27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is anything too hard for me? 28 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: 29 And the Chaldeans, who fight against this city, shall come and set fire to this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger. 30 For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, says the LORD. 31 For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face,