Verse 8

Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed; howl for her, take balm for her pain, if perhaps she may be healed.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Plutselig har Babylon falt og blitt knust. Jamre over henne! Ta balsam for hennes sår; kanskje kan hun helbredes.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Plutselig har Babylon falt og er knust. Hyl over henne; ta balsam for hennes smerte, om det er mulig at hun kan leges.

• Norsk King James

  Babylon er plutselig fallen og ødelagt; klag over henne; ta balsam for hennes smerte, om så hun kan bli leges.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Babel har falt brått og blitt knust; klag over det, ta balsam for dens smerte, kanskje den kan bli helbredet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Plutselig falt Babylon og ble knust. Klag over henne, ta balsam for hennes smerte, kanskje hun kan bli helbredet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Babylon har plutselig falt og blitt ødelagt: klag for henne; ta balsam for hennes smerte, om det skulle være så at hun kunne bli helbredet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Babylon har plutselig falt og blitt ødelagt: hyl for henne, og ta balsam mot hennes smerte, om hun så enn kan helbredes.

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

  Babylon har plutselig falt og blitt ødelagt: klag for henne; ta balsam for hennes smerte, om det skulle være så at hun kunne bli helbredet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Plutselig er Babel falt og brutt ned! Rop og klag over henne! Ta balsam for hennes sår, kanskje hun kan bli helbredet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her! Take balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Plutselig har Babel falt og blitt knust. Hyl over henne! Ta balsam til hennes sår, kanskje kan hun bli helbredet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Babel er hasteligen falden og sønderbrudt; hyler over den, tager Balsam til dens Smerte, om den kunde maaskee læges.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Babylon er plutselig falt og ødelagt; klag over henne; ta balsam for hennes smerte, kanskje hun kan bli helbredet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Babylon er plutselig falt og ødelagt: klag over henne; ta balsam for hennes smerte, i det håp om at hun kan bli helbredet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Plutselig har Babylon falt, ja, det er ødelagt; rop for det, ta balsam for hennes smerte, kanskje kan det bli helbredet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Babel er plutselig falt og ødelagt: klag over henne; ta balsam for hennes smerte, om hun kan bli helbredet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hennes fall og ødeleggelse overkom Babylon plutselig: sørg over henne; ta balsam for hennes smerte, om det er mulig for henne å bli helbredet.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But sodenly is Babilon fallen, and destroyed. Mourne for her, brynge plasters for hir woundes, yf she maye peraduenture be healed agayne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Babel is suddenly fallen, and destroyed: howle for her, bring balme for her sore, if she may be healed.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But sodaynly is Babylon fallen and destroyed: mourne for her, bryng plasters for her woundes, yf she may peraduenture be healed agayne.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Suddenly hath Babylon fallen, Yea, it is broken, howl ye for it, Take balm for her pain, if so be it may be healed.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Sudden is the downfall of Babylon and her destruction: make cries of grief for her; take sweet oil for her pain, if it is possible for her to be made well.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: wail for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But suddenly Babylonia will fall and be destroyed. Cry out in mourning over it! Get medicine for her wounds! Perhaps she can be healed!

Referenced Verses

• Isa 21:9 : 9 And, behold, here comes a chariot of men with a pair of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the carved images of her gods he has shattered to the ground.
• Jer 46:11 : 11 Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shall you use many medicines; you shall not be cured.
• 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 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.
• Jer 48:20 : 20 Moab is confounded, for it is broken down. Howl and cry; tell it in Arnon, that Moab is plundered.
• Jer 50:2 : 2 Declare among the nations and publish, and set up a banner; publish, and do not hide it: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
• Jer 51:41 : 41 How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how has Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!
• Ezek 27:30-32 : 30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: 31 And they shall make themselves utterly bald for you, and gird themselves with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. 32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, What city is like Tyre, like the one destroyed in the midst of the sea?
• Ezek 30:2 : 2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord GOD; Wail, Woe to the day!
• Dan 5:24 : 24 Then the fingers of the hand were sent from Him, and this writing was written.
• Dan 5:31 : 31 And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
• Nah 3:19 : 19 There is no healing for your bruise; your wound is grievous: all that hear the report of you shall clap their hands over you: for upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually?
• Isa 47:9 : 9 But these two things shall come to you in a moment, in one day: the loss of children and widowhood. They shall come upon you in their fullness for the multitude of your sorceries and for the great abundance of your enchantments.
• Jer 8:22 : 22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? Why then is the health of the daughter of my people not recovered?
• Jer 30:12-15 : 12 For thus says the LORD, Your bruise is incurable, and your wound is severe. 13 There is no one to plead your cause, that you may be bound up; you have no healing medicines. 14 All your lovers have forgotten you; they do not seek you; for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of your iniquity; because your sins have increased. 15 Why do you cry over your affliction? Your sorrow is incurable because of the multitude of your iniquity: because your sins have increased, I have done these things to you.
• Jer 48:31 : 31 Therefore I will howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; my heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.
• Isa 13:6-7 : 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:
• Rev 18:8-9 : 8 Therefore her plagues shall come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judges her. 9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her, shall mourn and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning, 10 Standing far off for fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour your judgment has come. 11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no one buys their merchandise any more:
• Rev 18:17-19 : 17 For in one hour such great riches came to nothing. And every captain, and all who travel by ship, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood far off, 18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like this great city! 19 And they threw dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea were made rich by her wealth! for in one hour she is made desolate.