Verse 2

Thus says the LORD: Behold, waters rise up out of the north and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land and all that is in it; the city, and those who dwell in it: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så sier Gud: Se, vann strømmer opp fra nord og skal bli som en ødeleggende flom! Det vil oversvømme landet, byene og folkene, og alle vil skrike av skrekk.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Så sier Herren: Se, vann stiger opp fra nord, og blir til en flom som overstrømmer landet og alt som er i det, byen og dem som bor der. Da skal menneskene rope høyt, og alle landets innbyggere skal skrike.

• Norsk King James

  Se, vann stiger opp fra nord; det skal bli en flom som oversvømmer landet, byen og innbyggerne; da skal mennene rope, og alle innbyggerne i landet skal klage.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så sier Herren: Se, det kommer vann fra nord som flommer over, en elv som oversvømmer landet og alt det inneholder, byen og dens innbyggere. Folkene skal rope, og alle innbyggerne i landet skal klage,

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Så sier Herren: Se, vann stiger opp fra nord, og de vil bli som en flommande strøm. Det vil oversvømme landet med alt dets innhold, byene og deres innbyggere. Menneskene vil rope ut, og alle som bor i landet, vil klage.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Slik sier Herren: Se, vann stiger opp fra nord og skal bli en flom som oversvømmer landet og alt som er der; byen og de som bor der. Da skal folk rope og alle innbyggerne i landet skal skrike.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Slik sier Herren: Se, vann fra nord stiger opp og blir til en oversvømmende flom som skal skylles over landet og alt som finnes der, både byen og dem som bor i den. Da skal folket rope, og alle landets innbyggere skal holde ut i gru.

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

  Slik sier Herren: Se, vann stiger opp fra nord og skal bli en flom som oversvømmer landet og alt som er der; byen og de som bor der. Da skal folk rope og alle innbyggerne i landet skal skrike.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Så sier Herren: Se, vann stiger fra nord og blir til en flom, og den vil oversvømme landet og alt dets innhold, byen og dens innbyggere; menneskene vil rope, og alle landets innbyggere skal sørge.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  This is what the LORD says: 'Look, waters are rising from the north and will become an overflowing torrent. They will flood the land and everything in it, including the towns and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and everyone living in the land will wail.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så sier Herren: Se, vann stiger opp fra nord og blir til en flommende elv. De oversvømmer landet og alt som er i det, byen og dens innbyggere. Folk roper høyt og alle som bor i landet skriker.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Saa sagde Herren: See, der komme Vande op fra Norden, og de skulle vorde til en Bæk, som løber over, og de skulle løbe over Landet og hvad det er fuldt af, Staden og dens Indbyggere; og Folkene skulle skrige, og alle Indbyggerne i Landet hyle,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Så sier Herren: Se, vann stiger opp fra nord som en oversvømmende flom og vil oversvømme landet og alt som er i det, byen og de som bor der. Da skal menneskene rope, og alle som bor i landet, skal skrike.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så sier Herren: Se, vann stiger opp fra nord, og skal bli en oversvømmende elv som skal oversvømme landet og alt i det, byen og de som bor der; og mennene skal rope, og alle innbyggerne i landet skal klage.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Slik sa Herren: Se, vann stiger opp fra nord og blir en flom som oversvømmer landet og alt som er i det, byen og dens innbyggere. Folk roper ut, og alle i landet hyler.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så sier Herren: Se, vann stiger opp fra nord og blir en flommende strøm, som skal oversvømme landet og alt som er der, byen og de som bor der; og mennene skal rope, og alle innbyggerne i landet skal klage.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dette sier Herren: Se, vann strømmer opp fra nord, og vil bli en flommende elv, som oversvømmer landet og alt det inneholder, byen og de som bor der; og mennene vil rope, og alle i landet vil skrike av smerte.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thus saieth the LORDE: Beholde, there shall waters arise out off the north: and shall growe to a greate floude, runnynge ouer and couerynge the londe, the cities and them that dwell therin. And the men shall crie, and all they that dwell in the londe, shall mourne

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thus saith the Lord, Beholde, waters rise vp out of the North, and shalbe as a swelling flood, and shall ouerflowe the land, and all that is therein, and the cities with them that dwell therein: then the men shall crie, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howle,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thus saith the Lorde: Beholde, there shal waters arise out of the north, and shall growe to a great fludde, running ouer & couering the lande and all that is therin, the cities and them that dwel therin: and the men shal crye, & all they that dwel in the land shal mourne

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Thus says Yahweh: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Thus said Jehovah: Lo, waters are coming up from the north, And have been for an overflowing stream, And they overflow the land and its fulness, The city, and the inhabitants in it, And men have cried out, And howled hath every inhabitant of the land.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and them that dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  This is what the Lord has said: See, waters are coming up out of the north, and will become an overflowing stream, overflowing the land and everything in it, the town and those who are living in it; and men will give a cry, and all the people of the land will be crying out in pain.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Thus says Yahweh: Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall become an overflowing stream, and shall overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein; and the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Look! Enemies are gathering in the north like water rising in a river. They will be like an overflowing stream. They will overwhelm the whole country and everything in it like a flood. They will overwhelm the cities and their inhabitants. People will cry out in alarm. Everyone living in the country will cry out in pain.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 15:2-5 : 2 He has gone up to Bajith and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall wail over Nebo and over Medeba; on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. 3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth; on the tops of their houses and in their streets, everyone shall wail, weeping abundantly. 4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even to Jahaz; therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous to him. 5 My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee to Zoar, like a heifer of three years old: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping shall they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
• Jer 46:20 : 20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction comes; it comes out of the north.
• Jer 1:14 : 14 Then the LORD said to me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.
• Jer 8:16 : 16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they have come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
• Isa 8:7-8 : 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.
• Isa 14:31 : 31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; you, whole Philistia, are dissolved: for there will come from the north a smoke, and none will be alone in his appointed times.
• Jer 46:6-8 : 6 Do not let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. 7 Who is this that comes up like a flood, whose waters move like the rivers? 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.
• Jer 46:13 : 13 The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon would come and strike the land of Egypt.
• Jer 48:3-5 : 3 A voice of crying shall be heard from Horonaim, plundering and great destruction. 4 Moab is destroyed; her little ones have set up a cry. 5 For on the ascent of Luhith they will go up with continual weeping; for on the descent of Horonaim, the enemies have heard a cry of destruction.
• Jer 48:39 : 39 They shall howl, saying, 'How it is broken down! How has Moab turned his back with shame!' So Moab shall be a derision and a dismaying to all those around him.
• Dan 11:22 : 22 And with the force of a flood, they shall be swept away from before him, and shall be broken; also the prince of the covenant.
• Amos 9:5-6 : 5 The Lord GOD of hosts, he who touches the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly like a flood, and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. 6 It is he who builds his chambers in the heaven, and has founded his troop in the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
• Nah 1:8 : 8 But with an overflowing flood he will make an utter end of its place, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
• Zeph 1:10-11 : 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills. 11 Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all those who handle silver are cut off.
• 1 Cor 10:26 : 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof.
• 1 Cor 10:28 : 28 But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to idols," do not eat it for the sake of the one who informed you, and for conscience' sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof:
• Jas 5:1 : 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you.
• Rev 12:15-16 : 15 And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. 16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth.
• Rev 17:1 : 1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, Come here; I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters:
• Rev 17:15 : 15 Then he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
• Isa 15:8 : 8 For the cry has gone around the borders of Moab; its wailing to Eglaim, and its wailing to Beerelim.
• Isa 22:1 : 1 The burden of the valley of vision. What troubles you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops?
• Isa 22:4-5 : 4 Therefore I said, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, do not labor to comfort me, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people. 5 For it is a day of trouble and of trampling down and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
• Isa 28:17 : 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
• Isa 59:19 : 19 So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.
• Ps 24:1 : 1 The earth is the LORD's, and all its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.
• Ps 50:12 : 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you: for the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
• Ps 96:11 : 11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and all its fullness.
• Ps 98:7 : 7 Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world, and those who dwell in it.