Verse 56

Because the destroyer has come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken; for the LORD God of recompenses shall surely repay.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For ødeleggeren kommer mot henne, mot Babylon, hennes mektige krigere blir tatt, deres buer knuses, for Herren er en Gud som belønner, han vil sikkert betale henne tilbake.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For plyndreren har kommet over henne, ja, over Babylon, og hennes sterke menn er blitt tatt, hver bues nor er blitt ødelagt: for Herren Gud, som gjengjelder, skal visselig gjengjelde.

• Norsk King James

  Fordi ødeleggeren er kommet over henne, til Babylon, og hennes mektige menn er tatt; alle deres buer er brutt; for HERREN Gud av gjengjeldelse skal sannelig gjengjelde.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For en ødelegger er kommet over, over Babel, og dens sterke er fanget, deres buer er brukket; for Herren er en Gud av gjengjeldelse, han vil gi igjen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For ødeleggeren kommer over henne, mot Babylon, og hennes sterke menn er fanget. Deres buer er knust. For Herren er en Gud som gir gjengjeld, han vil visselig gi igjen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For herfteren er kommet over henne, til og med over Babylon, og hennes mektige menn er tatt, hver av deres buer er brutt: for Herren, hevnens Gud, skal visselig gi igjen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For plyndreren har kommet over henne, til og med over Babylon, og hennes mektige menn er tatt – hver en bue er knekt; for HERREN, den gjenlønnende Gud, skal uten tvil gjengjelde.

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

  For herfteren er kommet over henne, til og med over Babylon, og hennes mektige menn er tatt, hver av deres buer er brutt: for Herren, hevnens Gud, skal visselig gi igjen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For ødeleggeren kommer mot Babel. Dens helter blir fanget, deres buer blir knekt. For Herren er en Gud som gir igjen, og han gjengjelder fullt og helt.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For a destroyer has come against Babylon; her warriors are captured, their bows are broken. For the Lord is a God of retribution; He will fully repay.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Ja, ødeleggeren er over Babel, hennes krigere er fanget, buene deres er brukket. For Herren er en Gud som gjengjelder, han skal visselig gi igjen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi der er kommen en Ødelægger over den, over Babel, og dens Vældige ere grebne, deres Buer ere brudte; thi Betalingers Gud, Herren, skal visseligen betale.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Fordi herjeren er kommet over henne, til og med Babylon, og hennes sterke menn er tatt, hver av deres buer er brutt; for Herren, gjengjeldelsens Gud, skal sannelig gi gjengjeld.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  for ødeleggeren er kommet over henne, til og med over Babylon, og hennes mektige menn blir tatt, deres buer er brutt i stykker; for Herren er en Gud som gir gjengjeld, han vil visselig gjengjelde.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For det har kommet en ødelegger over Babylon, hennes mektige har blitt fanget, deres buer er brutt, for gjengjeldelsens Gud - Herren - vil sikkert gjengjelde.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  for ødeleggeren har kommet over henne, ja, over Babel, og hennes mektige menn er tatt, deres buer er brutt i stykker; for Herren er en Gud av gjengjeldelse, han vil sikkert gjengjelde.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For ødeleggeren har kommet over henne, selv over Babylon, og hennes krigere blir tatt, deres buer er knust: for Herren er en gjengjeldende Gud, og han vil sikkert gi betaling.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For the destroyers shall come vpon her (euen vpon Babilon) which shal take hir worthies, and brake their bowes: for God is disposed to avenge him self vpon them, & sufficiently to recompence the.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Because the destroyer is come vpon her, euen vpon Babel, and her strong men are taken, their bowes are broken: for the Lorde God that recompenceth, shal surely recompence.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the destroyers shall come vpon her, euen vpon Babylon, which shall take their worthies, and breake their bowes: for the God of recompence, euen the Lorde shall sufficiently recompence them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Because the spoiler is come upon her, [even] upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  for the destroyer is come on her, even on Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Yahweh is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For come in against it -- against Babylon -- hath a spoiler, And captured have been its mighty ones, Broken have been their bows, For the God of recompences -- Jehovah -- doth certainly repay.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  for the destroyer is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Jehovah is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the waster has come on her, even on Babylon, and her men of war are taken, their bows are broken: for the Lord is a rewarding God, and he will certainly give payment.

• World English Bible (2000)

  for the destroyer is come on her, even on Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Yahweh is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For a destroyer is attacking Babylon. Her warriors will be captured; their bows will be broken. For the LORD is a God who punishes; he pays back in full.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 46:9 : 9 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; he burns the chariot in the fire.
• Ps 94:1-2 : 1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself. 2 Lift up yourself, you judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
• Jer 51:6 : 6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul; be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; He will render to her a recompense.
• 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.
• Hab 2:8 : 8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all who dwell therein.
• Jer 51:24 : 24 And I will render to Babylon, and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea, all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says the LORD.
• Isa 59:18 : 18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the coastlands he will repay recompense.
• Ps 76:3 : 3 There He broke the arrows of the bow, the shield, the sword, and the battle. Selah.
• Deut 32:35 : 35 To me belong vengeance, and recompense; their foot shall slip in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
• 1 Sam 2:4 : 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength.
• Ps 37:15 : 15 Their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
• Ps 137:8 : 8 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be who rewards you as you have served us.
• Isa 21:2 : 2 A harsh vision is revealed to me; the treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All its sighing have I made to cease.
• Isa 34:8 : 8 For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompense for the controversy of Zion.
• Isa 35:4 : 4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; He will come and save you.
• Jer 49:35 : 35 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
• Jer 50:10 : 10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, says the LORD.
• Jer 50:28-29 : 28 The voice of those who flee and escape from the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. 29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all you that bend the bow, camp against it all around; let none of them escape: repay her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do unto her: for she has been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
• Jer 50:36 : 36 A sword is upon the liars; and they shall turn foolish: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.
• Jer 51:30 : 30 The mighty men of Babylon have ceased to fight, they have remained in their strongholds; their might has failed; they became like women; they have burned her dwelling places; her bars are broken.
• Ezek 39:3 : 3 And I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.
• Ezek 39:9 : 9 And those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth and set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, the javelins and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire for seven years.
• 2 Thess 1:6 : 6 Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you;
• Rev 17:16 : 16 The ten horns which you saw on the beast will hate the prostitute, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
• Rev 18:5-6 : 5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. 6 Repay her even as she repaid you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she has filled, fill to her double.
• Rev 18:20 : 20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her.
• Rev 19:2 : 2 For true and righteous are His judgments: for He has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged the blood of His servants at her hand.
• Gen 49:24 : 24 But his bow remained in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel.)