Verse 8

And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has the LORD done thus to this great city?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Mange folkeslag skal gå forbi denne byen og si til hverandre: Hvorfor har Herren gjort slik mot denne store by?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Mange folkeslag skal gå forbi denne byen, og de skal si til hverandre: Hvorfor har Herren gjort slik mot denne store byen?

• Norsk King James

  Mange nasjoner skal gå forbi denne byen, og de skal si til hverandre: Hvorfor har Herren gjort slik mot denne store byen?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Mange nasjoner skal gå forbi denne byen, og de skal si til hverandre: Hvorfor har Herren gjort slik mot denne store byen?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Mange nasjoner skal dra forbi denne byen og si til hverandre: Hvorfor har Herren gjort slik med denne store byen?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Mange nasjoner skal gå forbi denne byen, og hver av dem skal si til sin nabo: Hvorfor har Herren gjort dette mot denne store byen?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Mange nasjoner skal passere denne byen, og hver vil spørre sin nabo: 'Hvorfor har HERREN gjort dette mot denne store byen?'

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

  Mange nasjoner skal gå forbi denne byen, og hver av dem skal si til sin nabo: Hvorfor har Herren gjort dette mot denne store byen?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Mange nasjoner vil gå forbi denne byen, og hver mann vil si til sin nabo: Hvorfor har Herren gjort slik mot denne store byen?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Mange nasjoner vil passere forbi denne byen og spørre hverandre: Hvorfor har Herren gjort slik med denne store byen?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og mange Hedninger skulle gaae forbi denne Stad, og de skulle sige, hver til sin Næste: Hvorfor haver Herren saaledes gjort ved denne store Stad?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og mange nasjoner skal passere forbi denne byen, og de skal spørre hverandre: Hvorfor har Herren gjort dette mot denne store byen?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Mange nasjoner skal passere forbi denne byen, og de skal spørre hverandre: Hvorfor har Herren gjort dette mot denne store byen?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og mange nasjoner skal gå forbi denne byen, og de skal si til hverandre: 'Hvorfor har Herren gjort slik mot denne store byen?'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og mange nasjoner skal gå forbi denne byen, og de skal si til hverandre: Hvorfor har Herren gjort dette mot denne store byen?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og folk fra alle kanter vil gå forbi denne byen, og enhver mann vil si til sin nabo: Hvorfor har Herren gjort slike ting mot denne store byen?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And all the people that go by this cite, shall speake one to another: Wherfore hath the LORDE done thus vnto this noble cite?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And many nations shall passe by this citie, and they shall say euery man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lorde done thus vnto this great citie?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And all the people that go by this citie, shall speake one to another: Wherfore hath the Lorde done thus vnto this noble citie?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And many nations have passed by this city, And they have said, each to his neighbour, For what hath Jehovah done thus to this great city?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And nations from all sides will go past this town, and every man will say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done such things to this great town?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “‘People from other nations will pass by this city. They will ask one another,“Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?”

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 9:8-9 : 8 And at this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why has the LORD done this to this land and to this house? 9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold of other gods, and have worshiped them, and served them: therefore, the LORD has brought upon them all this evil.
• 2 Chr 7:20-22 : 20 Then I will uproot them from My land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for My name, I will cast out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all nations. 21 And this house, which is exalted, shall be an astonishment to everyone who passes by it; so that they will say, Why has the LORD done this to this land and to this house? 22 And they will answer, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this calamity upon them.
• Lam 2:15-17 : 15 All who pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and shake their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? 16 All your enemies have opened their mouth against you: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly, this is the day we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. 17 The Lord has done what He had planned; He has fulfilled His word that He commanded in the days of old: He has thrown down, and has not pitied: and He has caused your enemy to rejoice over you, He has exalted the strength of your adversaries.
• Deut 29:23-26 : 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: 24 Even all nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean? 25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: 26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given to them:
• Lam 4:12 : 12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
• Dan 9:7 : 7 O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us belongs confusion of face, as it is this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those near and those far off, through all the countries where You have driven them, because of their trespass which they have trespassed against You.
• Jer 16:10 : 10 And it shall come to pass, when you show this people all these words, and they say to you, Why has the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?