Verse 24

We have heard the report, our hands grow weak; anguish has taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in labor.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Vi har hørt om det; våre hender har sunket. Angsten har grepet oss som fødselsveer griper en kvinne som skal føde.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Vi har hørt ryktet om dem, våre hender mister kraft, angst har grepet oss, smerte som en fødende kvinne.

• Norsk King James

  Vi har hørt om det; våre hender blir svake; angst har grepet oss, og smerte, som en kvinne i fødsel.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vi har hørt ryktene, våre hender er maktesløse. Frykt har grepet oss, smerte som en kvinne som føder.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Vi har hørt ryktet om dem; våre hender blir svake. Angst har grepet oss, lidelsen som hos en fødende kvinne.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Vi har hørt nyheten om dem. Våre hender svikter, angst har grepet oss, smerte lik en kvinne i fødsel.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Vi har hørt om deres ry, og våre hender blir svake; sorg og smerte griper oss, som hos en kvinne i fødsel.

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

  Vi har hørt nyheten om dem. Våre hender svikter, angst har grepet oss, smerte lik en kvinne i fødsel.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Vi har hørt om dets rykte, våre hender mister kraft, nød har grepet oss, smerte som hos en fødende kvinne.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  We have heard the report about them, and our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Vi har hørt ryktet om dem, våre hender faller kraftløse, angst griper oss, smerte som en fødende kvinne.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vi have hørt Rygte derom, vore Hænder ere nedsjunkne; Angest haver betaget os, (ja) Smerte, som hendes, der føder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Vi har hørt ryktet om dem: våre hender er svake: angst har grepet oss, og smerte, som en fødende kvinne.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Vi har hørt om det; våre hender er blitt svake; angst har grepet oss, og veer som en fødende kvinne.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Vi har hørt lyden deres, hendene våre er blitt svake, nød har grepet oss, som smerte hos en fødende kvinne.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Vi har hørt om det; våre hender blir kraftløse: angst har tatt grep om oss, og smerter som en fødende kvinne.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Nyheten om det har nådd våre ører; våre hender har blitt svake: vi er i trøbbel og smerte, som smerten til en kvinne i fødsel.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then shal this crie be herde: Oure armes are feble, heuynes and sorow is come vpon vs, as vpon a woman trauelinge with childe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  We haue heard their fame, and our handes waxe feeble sorrowe is come vpon vs, as the sorrowe of a woman in trauaile.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The fame of them haue we hearde, our armes are feeble, heauinesse and sorowe is come vpon vs, as vpon a woman trauayling with chylde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  We have heard the report of it; our hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `We have heard its sound, feeble have been our hands, Distress hath seized us, pain as of a travailing woman.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The news of it has come to our ears; our hands have become feeble: trouble has come on us and pain, like the pain of a woman in childbirth.

• World English Bible (2000)

  We have heard its report; our hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The people cry out,“We have heard reports about them! We have become helpless with fear! Anguish grips us, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby!

Referenced Verses

• Jer 4:31 : 31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in labor, and the anguish as of her that brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewails herself, that spreads her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
• Jer 49:24 : 24 Damascus has become feeble, and turns herself to flee, and fear has seized her: anguish and sorrows have taken her like a woman in labor.
• Jer 50:43 : 43 The king of Babylon has heard the report of them, and his hands grew feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in labor.
• Jer 13:21 : 21 What will you say when he shall punish you? For you have taught them to be captains, and as chief over you: shall sorrows not take hold of you, as a woman in labor?
• Jer 4:19-21 : 19 My heart, my heart! I am pained at my very heart; my heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. 20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is ruined: suddenly my tents are ruined, and my curtains in a moment. 21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
• Jer 30:6 : 6 Ask now, and see whether a man is in labor with a child? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in labor, and all faces turned pale?
• Isa 21:3 : 3 Therefore my loins are filled with pain; pangs have seized me, like the pangs of a woman in labor. I was bent over when I heard it; I was dismayed when I saw it.
• Isa 28:19 : 19 From the time that it goes forth it shall take you: for morning by morning it shall pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
• Jer 4:6-9 : 6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retreat, do not stay: for I will bring disaster from the north, and great destruction. 7 The lion has come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the nations is on his way; he has gone forth from his place to make your land desolate; and your cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. 8 For this gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.
• Ps 48:6 : 6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in labor.
• Prov 1:27-28 : 27 When your fear comes like desolation, and your destruction comes like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you. 28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;
• Jer 22:23 : 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how gracious shall you be when pangs come upon you, the pain as of a woman in labor!
• Ezek 21:6-7 : 6 Sigh therefore, son of man, with the breaking of your loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. 7 And it shall be, when they say to you, Why do you sigh? that you shall answer, For the tidings; because it comes: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be as weak as water: behold, it comes, and shall be brought to pass, says the Lord GOD.
• Mic 4:9-9 : 9 Now why do you cry out aloud? Is there no king in you? Has your counselor perished? For pangs have taken you like a woman in labor. 10 Be in pain and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you shall go forth out of the city, and you shall dwell in the field, and you shall go even to Babylon; there you shall be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
• Hab 3:16 : 16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice; decay entered my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble. When he comes up to the people, he will invade them with his troops.
• 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 For when they say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.