Verse 14

For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: Jeg har lagt et jerngåk på nakken til disse folkeslagene, slik at de skal tjene Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babel, og de skal være hans tjenere. Jeg har også gitt ham markens ville dyr.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For så sier Herren over hærskarene, Israels Gud: Jeg har lagt et jernt åk på nakken til disse folkene, for at de skal tjene Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon; og de skal tjene ham, og jeg har også gitt ham markens dyr.

• Norsk King James

  For slik sier Herren hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: Jeg har lagt et jernåke på nakken av alle disse nasjonene, så de skal tjene Nebukadnesar, Babels konge; og de skal tjene ham; jeg har også gitt ham markens dyr.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: Jeg har lagt et jernåk på alle disse folkenes hals, for å tjene Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babel, og de skal tjene ham; jeg har også gitt ham markens ville dyr.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: Jeg har lagt et jernåk på nakken til alle disse folkene, for å tjene Nebukadnesar, Babylons konge. De skal tjene ham, og jeg har også gitt markens ville dyr under hans hånd.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: Jeg har lagt et åk av jern på nakken til disse folkene, så de kan tjene Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon; og de skal tjene ham, og jeg har også gitt ham markens dyr.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For slik sier HERRENS hærskare, Israels Gud: Jeg har satt en jernåke på nakken til alle disse nasjonene, slik at de skal tjene Nebukadnessar, babylonkongens; de skal tjene ham, og jeg har også gitt ham markens dyr.

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

  For så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: Jeg har lagt et åk av jern på nakken til disse folkene, så de kan tjene Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon; og de skal tjene ham, og jeg har også gitt ham markens dyr.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: Et åk av jern har jeg lagt på nakken til alle disse folkene, for at de skal tjene Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, og de skal tjene ham. Jeg har også gitt ham markens dyrene.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'I have placed an iron yoke on the neck of all these nations, to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control over the beasts of the field.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: Jeg har lagt et jerntreåke på halsen til alle disse nasjonene, for at de skal tjene Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, og de skal tjene ham. Jeg har også gitt ham markens ville dyr.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi saa sagde den Herre Zebaoth, Israels Gud: Jeg haver lagt et Jernaag paa alle disse Folks Hals, til at tjene Nebucadnezar, Kongen af Babel, og de skulle tjene ham; og jeg haver ogsaa givet ham (de vilde) Dyr paa Marken.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For slik sier Herren over hærskarene, Israels Gud: Jeg har lagt et jernåk på nakken til disse nasjonene, for at de skal tjene Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, og de skal tjene ham. Jeg har også gitt ham markens dyr.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For så sier hærskarenes Herre, Israels Gud: Jeg har lagt et jernåk på nakken til alle disse folkene, så de skal tjene Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon; og de skal tjene ham: og jeg har også gitt ham markens dyr.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For så sier hærskarenes Herre, Israels Gud: Et trååk av jern har jeg lagt på nakken til alle disse folkene for å tjene Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babel, og de skal tjene ham, og også markens dyreliv har jeg gitt til ham.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, Israels Gud: Jeg har lagt et jernåk på nakken til alle disse nasjonene for at de skal tjene Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babel; og de skal tjene ham; og jeg har også gitt ham markens dyr.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For hærskarenes Herre, Israels Gud, har sagt: Jeg har lagt et åk av jern på nakken til alle disse nasjonene, og gjort dem til tjenere for Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon; og de skal tjene ham, og i tillegg har jeg gitt ham markens dyr.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel: I wil put a yock of yron vpon the neck of all this people, that they maye serue Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon, yee & so shal they do. And I wil geue him ye beestes in the felde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For thus saith the Lord of hostes the God of Israel, I haue put a yoke of yron vpon the necke of all these nations, that they may serue Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel: for they shall serue him, and I haue giuen him the beasts of the fielde also.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel: I wyll put a yoke of iron vpon the necke of all this people, that they may serue Nabuchodonozor the kyng of Babylon, yea and so shall they do: and I wyll geue hym the beastes of the fielde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the animals of the field also.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, A yoke of iron I have put on the neck of all these nations to serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they have served him, and also the beast of the field I have given to him.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: I have put a yoke of iron on the necks of all these nations, making them servants to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon; and they are to be his servants: and in addition I have given him the beasts of the field.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the animals of the field also.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel says,“I have put an irresistible yoke of servitude on all these nations so they will serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. And they will indeed serve him. I have even given him control over the wild animals.”’”

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:48 : 48 Therefore you shall serve your enemies which the LORD shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon your neck, until he has destroyed you.
• Jer 27:6-7 : 6 And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field I have given him also to serve him. 7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his grandson, until the very time of his land comes: and then many nations and great kings shall enslave him.
• Jer 40:4 : 4 And now, behold, I release you this day from the chains which were upon your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, come; and I will look well to you: but if it seems bad to you to come with me to Babylon, hold back: behold, all the land is before you: wherever it seems good and convenient for you to go, there go.
• Dan 2:38 : 38 And wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, he has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all. You are this head of gold.
• Rev 17:12-13 : 12 The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but receive authority as kings for one hour with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.
• Isa 14:4-6 : 4 That you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers. 6 He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hinders.
• Jer 25:9-9 : 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. 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are completed, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, says the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. 13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings shall enslave them also: and I will repay them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. 15 For thus says the LORD God of Israel to me; Take the wine cup of this fury at My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it. 16 And they shall drink, and stagger, and go mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. 17 Then I took the cup from the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the LORD had sent me: 18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; 20 And all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, 21 Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon, 22 And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are beyond the sea, 23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who are in the farthest corners, 24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people who dwell in the desert, 25 And all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, 26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world which are upon the face of the earth; and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
• Jer 27:4 : 4 And command them to say to their masters, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall you say to your masters;
• Deut 4:20 : 20 But the LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as you are this day.