Verse 3

For out of the north a nation comes against her, which shall make her land desolate, and no one shall dwell therein: they shall move away, they shall depart, both man and beast.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For et folk fra nord er kommet mot henne. De vil gjøre landet øde, så ingen kan bo der; både mennesker og dyr har flyktet.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For fra nord kommer et folk mot henne som vil gjøre landet øde, slik at ingen skal bo der. Både mennesker og dyr skal flykte bort.

• Norsk King James

  Se, fra nord kommer en nasjon mot henne som vil gjøre landet hennes øde, og ingen skal bo der: både mennesker og dyr skal flykte.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For et folk fra nord har dratt opp mot det, de skal gjøre landet øde, og ingen skal bo der, både mennesker og dyr har flyktet bort.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For en nasjon kommer over dem nordfra som skal legge deres land øde, så ingen skal bo der, hverken menneske eller dyr. De skal flykte og dra bort.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For fra nord kommer en nasjon mot henne som skal legge landet øde, og ingen skal bo der: både menneske og dyr skal dra bort.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For fra nord kommer et folk mot henne, et folk som skal gjøre hennes land øde og ubeboelig; både mennesker og dyr skal forlate den.

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

  For fra nord kommer en nasjon mot henne som skal legge landet øde, og ingen skal bo der: både menneske og dyr skal dra bort.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For et folk kommer fra nord mot henne, som vil gjøre hennes land til en ørken. Ingen vil bo der lenger; mennesker og dyr har flyktet og er borte.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For a nation has come against her from the north; it will make her land desolate. No one will live there—neither man nor beast—all will flee and be gone.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For et folk fra nord stiger opp mot henne. De skal gjøre hennes land til en ødemark, slik at ingen vil bo der. Både mennesker og dyr har flyktet, de er borte.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi et Folk af Norden er draget op over den; det skal gjøre dens Land (aldeles) øde, og Ingen skal være, som boer deri, baade Mennesker og Fæ ere flygtede, ere bortgangne.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For fra nord kommer en nasjon mot henne, som skal gjøre landet øde, og ingen skal bo der: både mennesker og dyr skal flykte og dra bort.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For fra nord kommer en nasjon mot henne, som skal legge landet øde, og ingen skal bo der: de har flyktet, de er borte, både mennesker og dyr.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For mot henne stiger det opp et folk fra nord, som gjør hennes land øde, og det er ingen innbyggere der, verken menneske eller dyr har blitt tilbake, de er flyktet bort.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For fra nord kommer det en nasjon mot henne som skal gjøre landet øde, uten noen som bor der: de er flyktet, de er gått, både menneske og dyr.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For fra nord kommer en nasjon imot henne, som vil gjøre hennes land øde og folketomt: de er på flukt, menn og dyr har dratt bort.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For out of the north there shal come a people agaynst her, which shal make hir londe so waist, that no body shal dwell therin: nether man ner beast, for they shall fle and departe from thence.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For out of the North there commeth vp a nation against her, which shall make her lande waste, and none shall dwel therein: they shall flee, and depart, both man and beast.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For out of the north there doth come a people against her, which shall make her lande so waste that no body shall dwell therin, neither man nor beast, for they shall flee and depart from thence.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For come up against her hath a nation from the north, It maketh her land become a desolation, And there is not an inhabitant in it. From man even unto beast, They have moved, they have gone.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and beast.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For out of the north a nation is coming up against her, which will make her land waste and unpeopled: they are in flight, man and beast are gone.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For a nation from the north will attack Babylon. It will lay her land waste. People and animals will flee out of it. No one will inhabit it.’

Referenced Verses

• Zeph 1:3 : 3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling blocks along with the wicked; and I will cut off man from the land, says the LORD.
• Jer 51:62 : 62 Then you shall say, O LORD, you have spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate forever.
• Jer 51:11 : 11 Polish the arrows; gather the shields; the LORD has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, for His plan is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of His temple.
• Jer 50:9 : 9 For, behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in battle array against her; from there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be like those of a mighty expert warrior; none shall return empty.
• Jer 50:12-13 : 12 Your mother shall be greatly ashamed; she that bore you shall be confounded: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. 13 Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be utterly desolate: everyone who passes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
• Jer 50:35-41 : 35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, says the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. 36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall turn foolish: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. 37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mixed people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become like women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. 38 A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of carved images, and they are mad upon their idols. 39 Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived in from generation to generation. 40 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, says the LORD; so shall no man dwell there, neither shall any son of man live there. 41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the ends of the earth.
• Jer 51:8-9 : 8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed; howl for her, take balm for her pain, if perhaps she may be healed. 9 We would have healed Babylon, but she cannot be healed; forsake her, and let us go everyone into his own country, for her judgment reaches unto heaven and is lifted up even to the skies.
• Gen 6:7 : 7 So the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.
• Exod 12:12 : 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
• Isa 13:5-9 : 5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. 6 Howl; for the day of the LORD is near; it will come as a destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every man's heart will melt: 8 And they will be afraid: pangs and sorrows will take hold of them; they will be in pain as a woman in labor: they will be amazed at one another; their faces will be like flames. 9 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he will destroy the sinners out of it. 10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light: the sun will be darkened in its rising, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
• Isa 13:17-22 : 17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not regard silver; and as for gold, they will not delight in it. 18 Their bows will dash the young men to pieces; and they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye will not spare children. 19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' excellency, will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 It will never be inhabited, nor will it be dwelt in from generation to generation: nor will the Arabian pitch tent there; nor will the shepherds make their fold there. 21 But wild beasts of the desert will lie there; and their houses will be full of doleful creatures; and owls will dwell there, and satyrs will dance there. 22 And the wild beasts of the islands will cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.
• Isa 14:22-24 : 22 For I will rise up against them, says the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, says the LORD. 23 I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says the LORD of hosts. 24 The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so it will come to pass; and as I have purposed, so it will stand:
• Jer 7:20 : 20 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, my anger and my fury will be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it will burn, and will not be quenched.
• Jer 21:6 : 6 And I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
• Jer 51:25-27 : 25 Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, says the LORD, which destroys all the earth; and I will stretch out My hand upon you, and roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burnt mountain. 26 They shall not take from you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate forever, says the LORD. 27 Set up a banner in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a captain against her, cause the horses to come up like the braying locusts.
• Jer 51:37-44 : 37 Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and a hissing, without an inhabitant. 38 They shall roar together like lions; they shall growl like lions' cubs. 39 In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says the LORD. 40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with goats. 41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! 42 The sea has come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of its waves. 43 Her cities are a desolation, a dry land and a wilderness, a land where no one dwells, nor does any son of man pass by. 44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth what he has swallowed; and the nations shall no longer gather to him; indeed, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
• Jer 51:48 : 48 Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is in them, shall sing for Babylon; for the destroyers shall come to her from the north, says the LORD.
• Rev 18:21-23 : 21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. 22 And the sound of harpists, and musicians, and flutists, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in you; and no craftsman, of any craft, shall be found any more in you; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in you; 23 And the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in you; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in you: for your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your sorceries were all nations deceived.