Verse 30

And when you are ruined, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with crimson, though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold, though you paint your face, in vain shall you make yourself beautiful; your lovers will despise you, they will seek your life.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Og du, ødelagte, hva vil du gjøre? For selv om du kler deg i skarlagen og pryder deg med gullsmykker, hjelper det ikke; dine elskere har forlatt deg og søker ditt liv.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og når du er plyndret, hva vil du gjøre? Selv om du kler deg i skarlagen, selv om du pynter deg med gullsmykker, selv om du maler øynene dine med sminke, til ingen nytte vil du gjøre deg vakker; dine elskere vil forakte deg, de vil søke ditt liv.

• Norsk King James

  Og når du er blitt ødelagt, hva vil du da gjøre? Selv om du kler deg i dyprødt, og pynter deg med gullsmykker, vil du likevel ikke bli vakker; dine elskere vil forakte deg; de vil ta livet ditt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og du som er ødelagt, hva vil du gjøre? Selv om du klær deg i purpur, setter på deg gullsmykker, og maler ansiktet ditt med sminke, gjør du deg vakker til ingen nytte. Elskerene dine har foraktet deg, de søker ditt liv.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og du, som er ødelagt, hva vil du gjøre? Selv om du kler deg i skarlagen, selv om du smykker deg med gull, selv om du maler øynene med sminke, pynter du deg forgjeves. Elskerne dine forakter deg, de søker ditt liv.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og når du er bestjålet, hva vil du da gjøre? Selv om du kler deg i skarlagen, selv om du pryder deg med smykker av gull, selv om du maler ansiktet ditt i farger, skal du forvirre deg forgjeves; dine elskere vil forakte deg, de vil søke ditt liv.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og når du er ødelagt, hva skal du da gjøre? Om du kler deg i purpur, pynter deg med gullornamenter og maler ditt ansikt, vil alt være forgjeves for å gjøre deg vakker; dine elskere vil forakte deg og søke ditt liv.

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

  Og når du er bestjålet, hva vil du da gjøre? Selv om du kler deg i skarlagen, selv om du pryder deg med smykker av gull, selv om du maler ansiktet ditt i farger, skal du forvirre deg forgjeves; dine elskere vil forakte deg, de vil søke ditt liv.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og du som er herjet, hva vil du gjøre, selv om du kler deg i skarlagen, selv om du pryder deg med gylne smykker, selv om du øyensminker øynene dine? Forgjeves forskjønner du deg, dine elskere forakter deg, de vil søke ditt liv.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And you, devastated one, what will you do? Though you dress in scarlet, adorn yourself with gold jewelry, and enlarge your eyes with makeup, you beautify yourself in vain. Your lovers reject you; they seek your life.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Og du, ødelagte, hva vil du gjøre? Selv om du kler deg i purpur, pryder deg med guldsmykker og maler øynene med sminke, pynter du deg til ingen nytte. Dine elskere forakter deg, de vil søke ditt liv.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og du Forstyrrede! hvad vil du gjøre? om du end iførte dig Purpur, om du end prydede dig med Guldprydelse, om du end vilde gnide dit Ansigt med Sminke, skal du dog smykke dig forgjæves; (thi) de, som brændte af Kjærlighed imod dig, have foragtet dig, de skulle søge efter dit Liv.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og når du er herjet, hva vil du gjøre? Selv om du kler deg i skarlagen, selv om du pynter deg med gullornamenter, selv om du maler ansiktet ditt, forgjeves gjør du deg vakker; dine elskere vil forakte deg, de vil søke ditt liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Du, når du er gjort øde, hva vil du gjøre? Selv om du kler deg i skarlagen, selv om du smykker deg med gullpynt, selv om du sminker dine øyne, i fånytte gjør du deg vakker; dine elskere forakter deg, de søker ditt liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og du, du ødelagte, hva gjør du? For du kler deg i skarlagen, du pynter deg med gullsmykker, og du river med smerte øynene dine, forgjeves gjør du deg vakker, de som var forelsket i deg har vendt seg bort, de søker ditt liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og du, når du er blitt øde, hva vil du da gjøre? Selv om du klær deg i skarlagen, pynter deg med gullsmykker og forstørrer dine øyne med sminke, forgjeves gjør du deg vakker; dine elskere forakter deg, de søker ditt liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og du, når du er gjort øde, hva vil du gjøre? Selv om du er kledd i rødt, selv om du gjør deg vakker med gullsmykker, selv om du gjør dine øyne brede med sminke, er det forgjeves at du gjør deg fin; dine elskere har ikke lenger trang til deg, de har planer om ditt liv.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  What wilt thou now do, thou beinge destroyed? For though thou clothest thy self with scarlet, & deckest ye with gold: though thou payntest thy face wt colours, yet shalt thou trymme thy self in vayne. For those that hither to haue bene thy greate fauourers, shal abhorre the, and go aboute to slaye ye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when thou shalt be destroyed, what wilt thou doe? Though thou clothest thy selfe with skarlet, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of golde, though thou paintest thy face with colours, yet shalt thou trimme thy selfe in vaine: for thy louers will abhorre thee and seeke thy life.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  What wylt thou nowe do, thou being destroyed? For though thou clothest thy selfe with scarlet, and deckest thee with golde, though thou payntest thy face with colours nowe, yet shalt thou trimme thy selfe in vayne: For those that hitherto haue ben thy louers, shall abhorre thee, and go about to slay thee.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And [when] thou [art] spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; [thy] lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck you with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with paint, in vain do you make yourself beautiful; [your] lovers despise you, they seek your life.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And thou, O spoiled one, what dost thou? For thou puttest on scarlet, For thou adornest thyself `with' ornaments of gold. For thou rendest with pain thine eyes, In vain thou dost make thyself fair, Kicked against thee have doting ones, Thy life they do seek.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou, when thou art made desolate, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou enlargest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair; [thy] lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you, when you are made waste, what will you do? Though you are clothed in red, though you make yourself beautiful with ornaments of gold, though you make your eyes wide with paint, it is for nothing that you make yourself fair; your lovers have no more desire for you, they have designs on your life.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck you with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with paint, in vain do you make yourself beautiful; [your] lovers despise you, they seek your life.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And you, Zion, city doomed to destruction, you accomplish nothing by wearing a beautiful dress, decking yourself out in jewels of gold, and putting on eye shadow! You are making yourself beautiful for nothing. Your lovers spurn you. They want to kill you.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 9:30 : 30 And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out at a window.
• Lam 1:2 : 2 She weeps bitterly in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she has none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they have become her enemies.
• Lam 1:19 : 19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and my elders have died in the city, while they sought food to relieve their souls.
• Isa 10:3 : 3 And what will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation that shall come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory?
• Isa 20:6 : 6 And the inhabitant of this coastland shall say in that day, Behold, such is our hope, where we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?
• Ezek 23:9-9 : 9 Therefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she lusted. 10 They uncovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and killed her with the sword: and she became notorious among women; for they had executed judgment upon her.
• Jer 13:21 : 21 What will you say when he shall punish you? For you have taught them to be captains, and as chief over you: shall sorrows not take hold of you, as a woman in labor?
• Jer 22:20-22 : 20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all your lovers are destroyed. 21 I spoke to you in your prosperity; but you said, I will not hear. This has been your manner from your youth, that you obeyed not my voice. 22 The wind shall eat up all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shall you be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness.
• Ezek 23:22-24 : 22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up your lovers against you, from whom your mind is alienated, and I will bring them against you on every side; 23 The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. 24 And they shall come against you with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against you buckler and shield and helmet all around: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge you according to their judgments.
• Ezek 23:28-29 : 28 For thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver you into the hand of those you hate, into the hand of those from whom your mind is alienated: 29 And they shall deal with you hatefully, and shall take away all your labor, and shall leave you naked and bare: and the nakedness of your harlotries shall be uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotries.
• Ezek 23:40-41 : 40 And furthermore, you have sent for men to come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and, behold, they came: for whom you washed yourself, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments, 41 And sat upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, upon which you set my incense and my oil.
• Ezek 28:9 : 9 Will you still say before him who slays you, I am God? but you shall be a man, and no God, in the hand of him who slays you.
• Ezek 28:13 : 13 You have been in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, the sardius, topaz, and diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of your tambourines and of your pipes was prepared in you in the day that you were created.
• Heb 2:3 : 3 How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those that heard him;
• Rev 17:2 : 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
• Rev 17:4 : 4 And the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication:
• Rev 17:13 : 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.
• Rev 17:16-18 : 16 The ten horns which you saw on the beast will hate the prostitute, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. 17 For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill his purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. 18 The woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.
• Isa 33:14 : 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness has surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
• Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?
• Lam 4:17 : 17 As for us, our eyes failed as we watched for a nation that could not save us.
• Ezek 16:36-41 : 36 Thus says the Lord GOD; Because your filthiness was poured out, and your nakedness uncovered through your whoredoms with your lovers, and with all the idols of your abominations, and by the blood of your children, which you gave to them: 37 Behold, therefore I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have taken pleasure, and all those that you have loved, with all those that you have hated; I will even gather them round about against you, and will uncover your nakedness unto them, that they may see all your nakedness. 38 And I will judge you, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give you blood in fury and jealousy. 39 And I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your eminent place, and shall break down your high places; they shall strip you also of your clothes, and shall take your beautiful jewels, and leave you naked and bare. 40 They shall also bring up an assembly against you, and they shall stone you with stones, and thrust you through with their swords. 41 And they shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments upon you in the sight of many women; and I will cause you to cease from playing the harlot, and you also shall give no remuneration any more.