Verse 27

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and grown rich.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Som et bur fullt av fugler, slik er deres hus fulle av svik. Derfor har de blitt store og rike.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Som et bur er fullt av fugler, slik er deres hus fulle av svik: derfor har de blitt store og rike.

• Norsk King James

  Som et bur fylt med fugler, så er deres hus fulle av bedrag; derfor har de blitt store, og de har vokst.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Som et fuglebur er fullt av fugler, er husene deres fulle av svik. Derfor er de blitt store og rike.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Deres hus er fulle av svik, som et bur fullt av fugler. Derfor er de blitt store og rike.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Som et bur fullt av fugler, slik er deres hus fulle av bedrag: derfor er de blitt store og blitt rike.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Som et bur fullt av fugler, slik er deres boliger fulle av svik; derfor har de blitt mektige og samlet rikdom.

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

  Som et bur fullt av fugler, slik er deres hus fulle av bedrag: derfor er de blitt store og blitt rike.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Deres hus er fulle av svik, som et bur er fullt av fugler. Derfor har de blitt store og rike,

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Because of this, they have become great and rich.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Deres hus er fulle av svik, lik en bur full av fugler. Derfor er de blitt store og rike.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Som et Fuglebuur er fuldt af Fugle, saa ere deres Huse fulde af Svig; derfor ere de blevne store og rige.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Som et bur er fullt av fugler, er deres hus fulle av svik: derfor er de blitt store og har blitt rike.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Som et bur fullt av fugler, slik er deres hus fulle av falskhet; derfor har de blitt store og rike.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Som et bur fullt av fugler, slik er deres hus fulle av svik. Derfor har de blitt store og rike.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Som en bur er full av fugler, slik er deres hus full av svik: derfor har de blitt store og blitt rike.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Som flueskjulet er fullt av fugler, slik er deres hus fulle av svik: av denne grunn har de blitt store og fått rikdom.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And like as a net is full of byrdes, so are their houses full of that, which they haue gotten with falsede and disceate. Herof cometh their greate substaunce and riches,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  As a cage is full of birdes, so are their houses full of deceite: thereby they are become great and waxen riche.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And like as a nette is full of byrdes, so are their houses full of that which they haue gotten with falshood and deceipt: Hereof commeth their great substaunce and riches,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and grew rich.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.

• World English Bible (2000)

  As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 1:11-13 : 11 If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; 12 Let us swallow them alive like the grave, and whole, like those who go down into the pit; 13 We shall find all kinds of precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder;
• Jer 9:6 : 6 Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says the LORD.
• Hos 12:7-8 : 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress. 8 And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.
• Amos 8:4-6 : 4 Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land fail, 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the balances with deceit? 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals; yes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
• Mic 1:12 : 12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited for good, but evil came down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.
• Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I count them pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
• Hab 2:9-9 : 9 Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! 10 You have consulted shame to your house by cutting off many people, and have sinned against your soul. 11 For the stone shall cry out from the wall, and the beam from the timber shall answer it.
• Rev 18:2 : 2 And he cried out mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become the dwelling of demons, and the prison of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.