Verse 7

Babylon has been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunk; the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Babylon var et gullbeger i Herrens hånd som fikk hele jorden til å drikke. Nasjonene drakk fra hennes vin; derfor ble folk galne.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Babylon har vært en gyllen kopp i Herrens hånd, den har fått hele jorden til å drikke; nasjonene har drukket av hennes vin, derfor er nasjonene blitt vanvittige.

• Norsk King James

  Babylon har vært et gyllent kar i HERRENs hånd, som beruset hele jorden; nasjonene har drukket av hennes vin; derfor er nasjonene vanvittige.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Babel var en gullkopp i Herrens hånd, som fikk hele verden til å drikke; folkeslagene drakk av vinen hennes, derfor ble de galne.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Babylon var en gyllen skål i Herrens hånd, som gjorde hele jorden beruset. Folkeslagene drakk hennes vin, derfor oppfører de seg som vanvittige.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Babylon har vært en gyllen kopp i Herrens hånd, som har gjort hele jorden beruset: nasjonene har drukket av hennes vin; derfor er nasjonene gale.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Babylon har vært som en gullkopp i HERRENS hånd, som gjorde all jorden beruset; folkeslagene har drukket av hennes vin, og derfor er de forstyrret.

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

  Babylon har vært en gyllen kopp i Herrens hånd, som har gjort hele jorden beruset: nasjonene har drukket av hennes vin; derfor er nasjonene gale.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Babel var en gullkopp i Herrens hånd som fikk hele jorden til å drikke seg drukken. Folkene drakk av hennes vin, og derfor opptrer de nå som gale.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Babylon was a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, intoxicating the whole earth. The nations drank her wine; therefore, they have gone mad.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Babel skal være som et gullbeger i Herrens hånd, som gjorde hele jorden drukken. Folkeslagene drakk av hennes vin, derfor er de blitt vanvittige.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Babel var et Guldbæger i Herrens Haand, hun haver gjort al Verden drukken; Hedningerne have drukket af hendes Viin, derfor bleve Hedningerne galne.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Babylon har vært en gyllen begerskål i Herrens hånd, som gjorde hele jorden full; folkene har drukket av hennes vin, derfor ble folkeslagene gale.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Babylon har vært en gyllen skål i Herrens hånd, som gjorde hele jorden drukken: folkeslagene har drukket av hennes vin; derfor er nasjonene blitt vanvittige.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Babylon er en gullkopp i Herrens hånd, som har gjort all jorden beruset. Av vinen hennes har folkeslagene drukket, derfor har folkeslagene rost seg.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Babel har vært en gullkopp i Herrens hånd, som gjorde hele jorden drukken; nasjonene drakk av hennes vin, derfor ble nasjonene gale.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Babylon har vært en gullkopp i Herrens hånd, som har gjort hele jorden beruset: folkene har drukket av hennes vin, og derfor har de blitt fra seg.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Babilon hath bene in the LORDES honde a golden cuppe, yt maketh all londes droncken. Of hir wyne haue all people droncken, therfore are they out of their wittes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Babel hath bene as a golden cuppe in the Lordes hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations haue drunken of her wine, therefore do the nations rage.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Babylon hath ben in the Lordes hande a golden cuppe, that maketh all landes drunken: of her wine haue all people drunken, therfore are they out of their wittes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Babylon [hath been] a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Babylon has been a golden cup in Yahweh's hand, who made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A golden cup `is' Babylon in the hand of Jehovah, Making drunk all the earth, Of its wine drunk have nations, Therefore boast themselves do nations.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Babylon has been a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, which has made all the earth overcome with wine: the nations have taken of her wine, and for this cause the nations have gone off their heads.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Babylon has been a golden cup in Yahweh's hand, who made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Babylonia had been a gold cup in the LORD’s hand. She had made the whole world drunk. The nations had drunk from the wine of her wrath. So they have all gone mad.

Referenced Verses

• Rev 14:8 : 8 And another angel followed, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
• Rev 17:4 : 4 And the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication:
• Rev 18:3 : 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich through the abundance of her luxuries.
• Rev 17:2 : 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
• Rev 18:23 : 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.
• 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.
• Isa 14:4 : 4 That you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
• Jer 25:9 : 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
• Jer 25:14-27 : 14 For many nations and great kings shall enslave them also: and I will repay them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. 15 For thus says the LORD God of Israel to me; Take the wine cup of this fury at My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it. 16 And they shall drink, and stagger, and go mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. 17 Then I took the cup from the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the LORD had sent me: 18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; 20 And all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, 21 Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon, 22 And all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are beyond the sea, 23 Dedan, Tema, Buz, and all who are in the farthest corners, 24 And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people who dwell in the desert, 25 And all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, 26 And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world which are upon the face of the earth; and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. 27 Therefore you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink, and be drunk, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
• Jer 50:38 : 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.
• Dan 2:32 : 32 This image's head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze,
• Dan 2:38 : 38 And wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, he has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all. You are this head of gold.
• Dan 3:1-7 : 1 King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, its height sixty cubits and its width six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. 2 Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the princes, the governors, the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 3 Then the princes, the governors, the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces gathered to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 4 Then a herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, 5 That at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, you shall fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. 6 And whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. 7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
• Hab 2:15-16 : 15 Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, who puts the bottle to him, and makes him drunk also, that you may look on their nakedness! 16 You are filled with shame for glory: drink you also, and let your foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto you, and shameful spewing shall be on your glory.