Verse 42

They shall hold the bow and the spear: they are cruel, and will show no mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one set in order, like a man to the battle, against you, O daughter of Babylon.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    De holder bue og lanse, de er grusomme og viser ingen nåde. Deres stemme brøler som havet, de rir på hester, stående klare som en mann til kamp mot deg, datter av Babylon.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    De holder bue og lanse; de er grusomme og viser ingen nåde: deres stemme brøler som havet, og de rir på hester klar til kamp, beredt som en mann til slag, mot deg, Babels datter.

  • Norsk King James

    De skal holde bue og spyd; de er nådeløse og vil ikke vise barmhjertighet; deres stemme skal bruse som havet, og de skal ri på hester, hver enkelt i beredskap, som en mann til kamp mot deg, o datter av Babylon.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    De griper bue og spyd, de er grusomme og gir ingen nåde, deres rop bruser som havet, og de rir på hester, alle rustet som krigere mot deg, Babylons datter.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    De griper bue og lanse, de er grusomme og har ingen skånsomhet. Deres stemme bruser som havet, de rir på hester, de er klare som et menneske til krigen, mot deg, Babels datter.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    De holder bue og lanse: de er grusomme og viser ingen nåde: deres røst brøler som havet, og de rir på hester, alle oppstilt som en mann til kamp mot deg, Babylon datter.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    De skal bære bue og spyd; de er grusomme og vil ikke vise barmhjertighet. Deres røst skal brumme som havet, og de skal ri på hester, alle oppstilt som krigere, mot deg, datter Babylon.

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

    De holder bue og lanse: de er grusomme og viser ingen nåde: deres røst brøler som havet, og de rir på hester, alle oppstilt som en mann til kamp mot deg, Babylon datter.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    De griper bue og spyd, de er grusomme og viser ingen barmhjertighet. Deres lyd er som brølet fra havet, og de rir på hester, rustet som en mann til krig mot deg, Babels datter.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    They hold bows and spears; they are cruel and show no mercy. Their roar is like the roaring sea, and they ride on horses, arrayed like men ready for battle against you, Daughter of Babylon.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    De har bue og lanse, de er grusomme og viser ingen barmhjertighet. Deres stemme brøler som havet og de rir på hester, oppmarsjert som en mann til krig mot deg, Babels datter.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    De skulle tage fat paa Bue og Glavind, de ere grumme og skulle ikke forbarme sig, deres Røst skal bruse som Havet, og de skulle ride paa Heste; (hver er) rustet som en Krigsmand imod dig, Babels Datter!

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    De skal bære bue og spyd: de er grusomme, og vil ikke vise medlidenhet: deres lyder skal bruse som havet, og de skal ri på hester, alle innrettet som mann til kamp mot deg, du Babylons datter.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    De griper bue og spyd; de er nådeløse, og har ingen barmhjertighet; deres rop bruser som havet; og de rir på hester, alle ordnet til strid, mot deg, Babylons datter.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Bue og lanse griper de, grusomme er de, og de viser ingen nåde. Deres lyd er som et brølende hav, og de rir på hester, stilt opp som én mann til kamp, mot deg, du datter av Babylon.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    De griper buen og spydet; de er grusomme, og har ingen nåde; deres stemme brøler som havet; og de rir på hester, alle er satt i slagorden, som en mann til kamp, mot deg, Babylons datter.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Buer og spyd er i deres hender; de er grusomme og viser ingen nåde; deres stemme er som havets torden, og de rir på hester; hver på sin plass som menn klar til kamp, mot deg, Å datter av Babylon.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    They beare bowes & buclers, cruell are they & vnmercifull. Their voyce roareth like the raginge see, they ryde vpon horses, & come weapened to fight agaynst the: O Babilon.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    They shall holde the bowe and the buckeler: they are cruell and vnmercifull: their voyce shall roare like the sea, and they shall ride vpon horses, and be put in aray like men to the battell against thee, O daughter of Babel.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    They beare bowes and bucklers, cruell are they and vnmercifull: their voyce roreth like the ragyng sea, they ryde vpon horses, and come weaponed to fight agaynst thee O Babylon.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    They shall hold the bow and the lance: they [are] cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, [every one] put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Bow and halbert they seize, Cruel `are' they, and they have no mercy, Their voice as a sea soundeth, and on horses they ride, Set in array as a man for battle, Against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Bows and spears are in their hands; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice is like the thunder of the sea, and they go on horses; everyone in his place like men going to the fight, against you, O daughter of Babylon.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on their horses. Lined up in formation like men going into battle, they are coming against you, fair Babylon!

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 5:30 : 30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one looks to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened by the clouds of the heavens.
  • Isa 13:17-18 : 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.
  • Isa 47:6 : 6 I was angry with My people, I have defiled My inheritance and given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; upon the elderly you have laid your yoke very heavily.
  • 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.
  • Jer 47:3 : 3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
  • Jer 50:14 : 14 Put yourselves in battle array against Babylon all around: all you that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against the LORD.
  • Hab 1:6-8 : 6 For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation which marches through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwellingplaces that are not theirs. 7 They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. 8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than evening wolves; their horsemen spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from afar; they fly as the eagle that hastens to eat.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
  • Rev 16:6 : 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
  • Rev 19:14-18 : 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should strike the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And he has on his robe and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather together for the supper of the great God; 18 That you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great.
  • Jer 6:22-23 : 22 Thus says the LORD, Behold, a people comes from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the farthest parts of the earth. 23 They shall hold the bow and spear; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against you, O daughter of Zion.
  • Isa 14:6 : 6 He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hinders.
  • Ps 46:2-3 : 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is removed, and though the mountains are carried into the midst of the sea; 3 Though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah.
  • Ps 46:6 : 6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
  • Ps 74:20 : 20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
  • Ps 137:8-9 : 8 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be who rewards you as you have served us. 9 Happy shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the stones.
  • Isa 5:28 : 28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hooves shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: