Verse 29

For, behold, I begin to bring calamity on the city which is called by My name, and should you be completely unpunished? You shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, says the LORD of hosts.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For se, jeg påkaller en straffedom over byen som er kalt med mitt navn; skal dere da slippe unna uten straff? Dere skal ikke slippe unna, for jeg kaller et sverd over alle jordens innbyggere, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For se, jeg begynner å volde ondskap over byen som kalles ved mitt navn, og skal dere bli ustraffet? Dere skal ikke bli ustraffet, for jeg vil kalle på et sverd over alle jordens innbyggere, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Norsk King James

  For se, jeg begynner å bringe ulykke over byen som blir kalt med mitt navn, og skal dere da være helt ustraffet? Dere skal ikke være ustraffet; for jeg vil kalle på et sverd over alle innbyggerne på jorden, sier Herren over hærer.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For se, i byen som bærer mitt navn begynner jeg å handle dårlig mot dem, og skulle dere da bli holdt uskyldige? Dere vil ikke bli holdt uskyldige, for jeg kaller et sverd over alle jordens innbyggere, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For se, jeg begynner å gjøre ondt i byen som bærer mitt navn, og skulle dere bli frikjent? Dere vil ikke bli frikjent, for jeg sender sverdet mot alle dem som bor på jorden, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For se, jeg begynner å bringe ondskap over den byen som kalles med mitt navn, og skal dere bli helt uberørt? Dere skal ikke bli uberørt, for jeg vil kalle sverdet over alle jordens innbyggere, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For se, jeg begynner å bringe ulykke over byen som bærer mitt navn. Skulle dere slippe straffen? Nei, dere skal ikke slippe uten straff, for jeg vil påkalle sverdet over alle jordens innbyggere, sier Herren Sebaot.

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

  For se, jeg begynner å bringe ondskap over den byen som kalles med mitt navn, og skal dere bli helt uberørt? Dere skal ikke bli uberørt, for jeg vil kalle sverdet over alle jordens innbyggere, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For se, jeg begynner med den byen som bærer mitt navn, og dere skal ikke bli helt straffrie. Dere skal ikke bli straffrie, for jeg kaller sverdet over alle jordens innbyggere, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For behold, I am bringing disaster on the city that bears my name, and will you indeed go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For se, i byen som bærer mitt navn, begynner jeg å sende ulykke. Skulle dere da gå ustraffet? Dere skal ikke gå ustraffet, for jeg kaller frem sverdet mot alle som bor på jorden, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi see, i den Stad, som er kaldet efter mit Navn, haver jeg begyndt at handle ilde (med dem), og skulde I, I aldeles holdes uskyldige? I skulle ikke holdes uskyldige; thi jeg kalder et Sværd over alle Jordens Indbyggere, siger den Herre Zebaoth.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For se, jeg begynner å sende ulykke over byen som bærer mitt navn, og skulle dere være helt ustraffet? Dere skal ikke bli ustraffet, for jeg kaller på sverdet over alle jordens innbyggere, sier Herren over hærskarene.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For se, jeg begynner med å gjøre ondt i byen som kalles med mitt navn; og skulle dere la dere straffe? Dere vil ikke unndra dere; for jeg vil kalle på et sverd over alle jordens innbyggere, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For se, i byen over hvilken mitt navn er kalt, begynner jeg å gjøre ondt; og dere skal dere helt frikjennes? Dere skal ikke frikjennes, for jeg kaller på sverd over alle jordens innbyggere, sier Herren, Allhærs Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For se, jeg begynner å bringe ulykke på byen som bærer mitt navn; og skulle dere bli helt ustraffet? Dere skal ikke være ustraffet; for jeg vil kalle på et sverd over alle jordens innbyggere, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For se, jeg begynner å sende ondt over byen som bærer mitt navn, og skulle dere bli uten straff? Dere vil ikke være uten straff: for jeg vil sende et sverd over alle mennesker som lever på jorden, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For lo, I begynne to plage the cite, that my name is geuen vnto: thynke ye then, that I will leaue you vnpunyshed? Ye shall not go quyte. For why, I call for a swearde vpo all the inhabitours of the earth, saieth the LORDE of hoostes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For loe, I beginne to plague the citie, where my Name is called vpon, and shoulde you goe free? Ye shall not goe quite: for I will call for a sword vpon al the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lorde of hostes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For lo, I begyn to plague the citie that my name is geuen vnto, thinke ye then that I will leaue you vnpunished? ye shall not go quite: for why? I call for a sworde vpon all the inhabitours of the earth, saith the Lorde of hoastes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of Hosts.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For lo, in the city over which My name is called, I am beginning to do evil, And ye -- ye are entirely acquitted! Ye are not acquitted, for a sword I am proclaiming, For all inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For, lo, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For see, I am starting to send evil on the town which is named by my name, and are you to be without any punishment? You will not be without punishment: for I will send a sword on all people living on the earth, says the Lord of armies.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of Armies.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For take note, I am already beginning to bring disaster on the city that I call my own. So how can you possibly avoid being punished? You will not go unpunished! For I am proclaiming war against all who live on the earth. I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, affirm it!’

Referenced Verses

• Prov 11:31 : 31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on earth, much more the wicked and the sinner.
• Ezek 38:21 : 21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, says the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
• 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begins with us, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?
• Obad 1:16 : 16 For as you have drunk on My holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually; yes, they shall drink, and swallow, and they shall be as though they had never been.
• 1 Kgs 8:43 : 43 Hear in heaven your dwelling place, and act according to all that the stranger calls to you for: that all people of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have built, is called by your name.
• Ezek 9:6 : 6 Utterly slay old and young, both maidens, and little children, and women: but do not come near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began with the elders who were before the house.
• Ezek 14:17 : 17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Sword, pass through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
• Ezek 14:21 : 21 For thus says the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four severe judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the wild beasts, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
• Prov 11:21 : 21 Though they join hands, the wicked shall not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous shall be delivered.
• Prov 17:5 : 5 Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not go unpunished.
• Isa 10:12 : 12 Therefore, it shall come to pass, that when the Lord has performed all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
• Jer 13:13 : 13 Then you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit on David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
• Jer 30:11 : 11 For I am with you, says the LORD, to save you: though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in due measure, and will not leave you altogether unpunished.
• Jer 46:28 : 28 Fear not, O Jacob my servant, says the LORD: for I am with you; for I will make a complete end of all the nations where I have driven you: but I will not make a complete end of you, but correct you in measure; yet I will not leave you wholly unpunished.
• Jer 49:12 : 12 For thus says the LORD: Behold, those whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunk; and are you the one who shall altogether go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink of it.
• Zech 13:7 : 7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is my fellow, says the LORD of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered; and I will turn my hand upon the little ones.
• Luke 23:31 : 31 For if they do these things in the green wood, what will be done in the dry?
• Dan 9:18-19 : 18 O my God, incline Your ear, and hear; open Your eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name: for we do not present our supplications before You for our righteousness, but for Your great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, listen and act; do not delay, for Your own sake, O my God: for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.