Verse 26

For among my people are found wicked men: they lay in wait, as he who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For blant mitt folk finnes onde menn; de lurer som fuglefangernes nett; de setter feller og fanger mennesker.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For blant mitt folk finnes onde menn: de lurer som den som legger feller; de setter en felle, de fanger mennesker.

• Norsk King James

  For blant mitt folk finnes det ugudelige menn; de legger seg i skjul, som en jeger som setter snarer; de setter opp en felle, de fanger mennesker.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For det finnes onde blant mitt folk, de legger feller som fuglefangerne. De setter opp snarer og fanger folk.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For blant mitt folk finnes det onde mennesker. De ligger på lur som fuglefangerens snarer, de setter feller og fanger mennesker.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For blant mitt folk er det funnet onde mennesker: de ligger på lur, som den som setter snarer; de setter en felle, de fanger mennesker.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For blant mitt folk finnes det onde menn; de lurer som de som setter feller, de rigger feller og fanger mennesker.

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

  For blant mitt folk er det funnet onde mennesker: de ligger på lur, som den som setter snarer; de setter en felle, de fanger mennesker.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For blant mitt folk finnes onde mennesker. De lurer som fuglefangerens feller, legger feller for å fange mennesker.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Among My people are wicked men. They lie in wait like those who set traps; they set deadly snares to catch people.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For det finnes ugudelige blant mitt folk; de lurer som fuglefangerens feller, de setter opp snarer for å fange mennesker.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi der findes Ugudelige iblandt mit Folk: (hver) seer til, som Fuglefængere stille sig; de stille en fordærvelig (Snare), de ville fange Folk.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For blant mitt folk finnes onde mennesker: de ligger i bakhold som den som setter feller; de setter opp en felle, de fanger mennesker.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For blant mitt folk finnes onde mennesker: de lurer som fowler jagerfugler; de setter opp feller, de fanger mennesker.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For onde blant mitt folk er funnet. De speider etter sitt bytte som en felle full av fugler, de har satt opp en felle – mennesker fanger de.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For blant mitt folk er det funnet ugudelige menn: de vokter som fuglefangerne ligger på lur; de setter en felle, de fanger menn.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For det er syndere blant mitt folk: de holder vakt, som menn som vokter på fugler; de setter opp nett og fanger mennesker i det.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For amonge my people are founde wicked personnes, that priuely laye snares and waite for men, to take them, and destroye them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For among my people are founde wicked persons, that lay waite as hee that setteth snares: they haue made a pit, to catch men.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For among my people are found wicked persons, that priuily lay snares and wayte for men, to take them and destroy them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
• Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hidden snares for my feet.
• Ezek 22:2-9 : 2 Now, you son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Yes, you shall show her all her abominations. 3 Then say, Thus says the Lord GOD, The city sheds blood in its midst, that her time may come, and makes idols against herself to defile herself. 4 You have become guilty by the blood that you have shed, and have defiled yourself with your idols which you have made; and you have caused your days to draw near, and have come even to your years: therefore I have made you a reproach to the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. 5 Those who are near, and those who are far from you, shall mock you, who are infamous and much vexed. 6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one, were in you using their power to shed blood. 7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt: in your midst they have dealt oppressively with the stranger: in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow. 8 You have despised My holy things, and have profaned My sabbaths. 9 In you are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in you they eat on the mountains: in the midst of you they commit lewdness. 10 In you they have uncovered their fathers' nakedness: in you they have humbled her who was set apart for impurity. 11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter. 12 In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase, and you have greedily gained from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me, says the Lord GOD.
• Hab 1:14-15 : 14 You make men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler over them. 15 They take up all of them with a hook, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their dragnet; therefore they rejoice and are glad.
• Luke 5:10 : 10 And so were also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; from now on you will catch men.
• Prov 1:17-18 : 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
• Isa 58:1 : 1 Cry aloud, do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
• Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are senseless children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
• 1 Sam 19:10-11 : 10 And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the javelin, but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he drove the javelin into the wall; and David fled and escaped that night. 11 Saul also sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning; and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you shall be killed.
• Ps 10:9-9 : 9 He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net. 10 He crouches and humbles himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
• Ps 64:5 : 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter; they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who shall see them?