Verse 8

Egypt rises up like a flood, and his waters move like the rivers; and he says, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Egypt stiger opp som Nilen, som elver som bruser. Han sier: 'Jeg vil stige opp og dekke landet; jeg vil ødelegge byen og dens innbyggere.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Egypt stiger opp som en flom, og hans vann bruser som elvene. Han sier: Jeg vil dra opp og dekke landet, jeg vil ødelegge staden og dens innbyggere.

• Norsk King James

  Egypt reiser seg lik en flom, og vannene hans strømmer som elver; han sier: 'Jeg vil dra opp og dekke jorden; jeg vil ødelegge byen og innbyggerne der.'

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Egypt stiger opp som en elv, og hans vann beveger seg som floder. Han sier: Jeg vil stige opp, dekke landet og ødelegge byen og de som bor der.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Det er Egypt som stiger opp som en elv, hvis vann bruser som floder. De sa: 'Jeg skal stige opp og dekke landet, jeg skal ødelegge byer og deres innbyggere.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Egypt stiger opp som en flom, og vannet bølger som elver. Og han sier: Jeg vil stige opp og dekke jorden, jeg vil ødelegge byen og dens innbyggere.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Egypt står opp som en flom, og vannene dens beveger seg som elvene; og den sier: «Jeg vil stige opp og dekke jorden, jeg vil ødelegge byen og dens beboere.»

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

  Egypt stiger opp som en flom, og vannet bølger som elver. Og han sier: Jeg vil stige opp og dekke jorden, jeg vil ødelegge byen og dens innbyggere.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Egypt stiger opp som Nilen, som elvene hvis vann bruser. Han sier: Jeg vil stige opp og dekke landet, ødelegge byen og dens innbyggere.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters surge like rivers. It says, 'I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Egypt stiger opp som Nilen, som elver overstrømmende med vann. Han sier: Jeg vil stige opp og dekke jorden, tilintetgjøre byene og deres innbyggere.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ægypten drager op som Strømmen, og (hans) Vande bevæge sig som Floderne; og han sagde: Jeg vil drage op, bedække Landet, fordærve Staden og dem, som boe deri.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Det er Egypt som stiger opp som en flom, med vann som bruser som elver. Han sier: 'Jeg vil stige opp og dekke jorden; jeg vil ødelegge byen og dens innbyggere.'

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Egypt stiger opp som Nilen, og vannet bruser som elvene; og han sier: Jeg vil stige opp og dekke jorden; jeg vil ødelegge byer og deres innbyggere.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Egypt stiger opp som en flom, og dets vann beveger seg som elver. Det sier: Jeg stiger opp, dekker landet, ødelegger byen og innbyggerne i den.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Egypt stiger opp som Nilen, og vannet bølger som elvene; og han sier: Jeg vil stige opp, jeg vil dekke jorden; jeg vil ødelegge byene og deres innbyggere.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Egypt stiger opp som Nilen, og hans vann løfter seg som elvene og sier: Jeg vil gå opp og dekke jorden; jeg vil sende ødeleggelse over byen og dens innbyggere.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  It is Egipte that ryseth vp like the floude, and casteth out the waters with so greate noyse. For they saye: We will go vp, and will couer the earth: we wil destroye ye cities, with them that dwell therin.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Egypt riseth vp like the flood, & his waters are mooued like the riuers, and he sayth, I wil goe vp, and will couer the earth: I wil destroy the citie with them that dwell therein.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  It is Egypt that ryseth vp lyke the fludde, and casteth out the waters with so great noyse: And he saide, I wyll go vp and wyll couer the earth, I wyll destroy the citie with them that are therin.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Egypt riseth up like a flood, and [his] waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, [and] will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants of it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Egypt, as a flood cometh up, And as rivers the waters shake themselves. And he saith, I go up; I cover the land, I destroy the city and the inhabitants in it.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Egypt is coming up like the Nile, and his waters are lifting their heads like the rivers, and he says, I will go up, covering the earth; I will send destruction on the town and its people.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Egypt rises up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he says, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and its inhabitants.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Egypt rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage. Egypt said,‘I will arise and cover the earth. I will destroy cities and the people who inhabit them.’

Referenced Verses

• Exod 15:9-9 : 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. 10 You blew with your wind, the sea covered them: they sank like lead in the mighty waters.
• Isa 10:13-16 : 13 For he says, By the strength of my hand, I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the boundaries of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have brought down the inhabitants like a valiant man; 14 And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathers eggs that are left, I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped. 15 Shall the ax boast against him who cuts with it? Or shall the saw magnify itself against him who shakes it? As if the rod should shake itself against those who lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were not wood. 16 Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory, he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
• Isa 37:24-26 : 24 By your servants you have reproached the Lord, and have said, By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice fir trees: and I will enter the height of its border, the forest of its Carmel. 25 I have dug, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet I have dried up all the rivers of besieged places. 26 Have you not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? Now have I brought it to pass, that you should lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
• Ezek 29:3 : 3 Speak, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his rivers, which has said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
• Ezek 32:2 : 2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him, You are like a young lion of the nations, and you are like a whale in the seas; and you came forth with your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers.