Verse 7

As a fountain casts out her waters, so she casts out her wickedness; violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually are grief and wounds.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Som en brønn som oppbevarer sitt vann, slik holder hun på sin ondskap. Vold og ødeleggelse høres i henne; sykdom og sår står alltid foran meg.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Som en kilde sprer sine vann, slik sprer hun sin ondskap; vold og herjing kan høres i henne, stadig er sorg og sår foran meg.

• Norsk King James

  Som en kilde gir ut sitt vann, slik sprer hun sin ondskap; vold og ran blir hørt i henne; sorgen og sårene er alltid foran meg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Som en brønn lar ut vannet sitt, slik lar den ut ondskapen sin; vold og ødeleggelse høres i den, sykdom og sår er alltid foran mitt ansikt.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Liksom en brønn sender ut sine vann, slik sender den ut sin ondskap. Vold og ødeleggelse høres i den; sykdom og sår er stadig foran meg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Som en kilde flyter ut med sine vann, slik flyter hennes ondskap ut. Vold og plyndring høres i henne; stadig er sorg og sår for mine øyne.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Som en kilde utgyter sitt vann, slik sprer hun sin ondskap; vold og plyndring kan høres i henne, og for meg er det stadig sorg og sår.

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

  Som en kilde flyter ut med sine vann, slik flyter hennes ondskap ut. Vold og plyndring høres i henne; stadig er sorg og sår for mine øyne.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Som en brønn holder sitt vann ferskt, slik holder hun sin ondskap fersk. Vold og ødeleggelse høres i henne, sykdom og slag er stadig foran meg.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  As a well keeps its water fresh, so she keeps her wickedness fresh. Violence and destruction are heard within her; continually before me, there are sickness and wounds.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Jeremiah.6.7", "source": "כְּהָקִ֥יר *בור **בַּ֙יִר֙ מֵימֶ֔יהָ כֵּ֖ן הֵקֵ֣רָה רָעָתָ֑הּ חָמָ֣ס וָ֠שֹׁד יִשָּׁ֨מַע בָּ֧הּ עַל־פָּנַ֛י תָּמִ֖יד חֳלִ֥י וּמַכָּֽה׃", "text": "As-the-*hāqîr* *bôr*/*bayir* *mêmêhā* so *hēqērāh* her-*rāʿātāh* *ḥāmās* and-*šōd* *yiššāmaʿ* in-her against-my-face *tāmîd* *ḥŏlî* and-*makkāh*.", "grammar": { "*hāqîr*": "hiphil infinitive construct - to make cool/keep fresh", "*bôr*/*bayir*": "noun, masculine singular - cistern/well/pit", "*mêmêhā*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her waters", "*hēqērāh*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd feminine singular - she made cool/kept fresh", "*rāʿātāh*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - her evil/wickedness", "*ḥāmās*": "noun, masculine singular - violence/wrong", "*šōd*": "noun, masculine singular - destruction/violence", "*yiššāmaʿ*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - is heard", "*tāmîd*": "adverb - continually/always", "*ḥŏlî*": "noun, masculine singular - sickness/disease", "*makkāh*": "noun, feminine singular - blow/wound/plague" }, "variants": { "*hāqîr*": "to make cool/keep fresh/keep cold", "*bôr*/*bayir*": "cistern/well/pit/spring", "*hēqērāh*": "she made cool/kept fresh/poured out", "*rāʿātāh*": "her evil/wickedness/calamity", "*ḥāmās*": "violence/wrong/cruelty", "*šōd*": "destruction/violence/oppression", "*ḥŏlî*": "sickness/disease/grief" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Som en brønn holder sitt vann, slik holder hun fast ved sin ondskap. Vold og ødeleggelse høres der; alltid finnes smerte og sår foran meg.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Som en Brønd udvælder sit Vand, saa lod hun udvælde sin Ondskab; Vold og Ødelæggelse blev hørt i den, Sygdom og Slag er stedse for mit Ansigt.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Som en kilde springer ut sine vann, slik kaster hun ut sin ondskap: vold og plyndring høres i henne; for meg er det konstant sorg og sår.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Som en brønn spruter ut vann, slik spruter hun ut sin ondskap; vold og ødeleggelse høres i henne; alltid er sykdom og sår foran meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Som en brønn graver etter sine vann, slik graver hun etter sin ondskap. Vold og ødeleggelse høres i henne, stadig er det sykdom og slag for mitt ansikt.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Som en brønn spruter vann, slik spruter hun fram sin ondskap: vold og ødeleggelse høres i henne; foran meg er det alltid sykdom og sår.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Som en kilde holder vannet kaldt, slik holder hun sin ondskap i seg; lyden av grusom og voldsom oppførsel er i henne; foran meg til alle tider er sykdom og sår.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Like as a codyte aboundeth in water, eue so this citie aboudeth in wickednes. Robbery and vnrightuousnesse is herde in her, sorow & woundes are euer there in my sight.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  As the fountaine casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her malice: crueltie and spoyle is continually heard in her before me with sorowe and strokes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Like as a conduite spouteth out waters, so she spouteth out her wickednesse: Robberie and vnrighteousnesse is hearde in her, sorowe and woundes are euer there in my sight.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually [is] grief and wounds.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  As a well casts forth its waters, so she casts forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  As the digging of a well, is `for' its waters, So she hath digged `for' her wickedness, Violence and spoil is heard in her, Before My face continually `are' sickness and smiting.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  As a well casteth forth its waters, so she casteth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  As the spring keeps its waters cold, so she keeps her evil in her: the sound of cruel and violent behaviour is in her; before me at all times are disease and wounds.

• World English Bible (2000)

  As a well casts forth its waters, so she casts forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  As a well continually pours out fresh water so it continually pours out wicked deeds. Sounds of violence and destruction echo throughout it. All I see are sick and wounded people.’

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 7:11 : 11 Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, not of their multitude, nor of any of theirs; neither shall there be wailing for them.
• Ezek 7:23 : 23 Make a chain, for the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.
• Jer 20:8 : 8 For since I spoke, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach to me, and a derision, daily.
• Isa 57:20 : 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
• Ps 55:9-9 : 9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city. 10 Day and night they go about it upon its walls; mischief and sorrow are in the midst of it. 11 Wickedness is in the midst of it; deceit and guile do not depart from its streets.
• Prov 4:23 : 23 Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
• Ezek 22:3-9 : 3 Then say, Thus says the Lord GOD, The city sheds blood in its midst, that her time may come, and makes idols against herself to defile herself. 4 You have become guilty by the blood that you have shed, and have defiled yourself with your idols which you have made; and you have caused your days to draw near, and have come even to your years: therefore I have made you a reproach to the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. 5 Those who are near, and those who are far from you, shall mock you, who are infamous and much vexed. 6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one, were in you using their power to shed blood. 7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt: in your midst they have dealt oppressively with the stranger: in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow. 8 You have despised My holy things, and have profaned My sabbaths. 9 In you are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in you they eat on the mountains: in the midst of you they commit lewdness. 10 In you they have uncovered their fathers' nakedness: in you they have humbled her who was set apart for impurity. 11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter. 12 In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase, and you have greedily gained from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me, says the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 24:7 : 7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it on the top of a rock; she did not pour it on the ground, to cover it with dust;
• Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it because it is in the power of their hand. 2 They covet fields and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away; so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
• Mic 2:8-9 : 8 Even of late my people has risen up as an enemy: you pull off the robe with the garment from those who pass by securely as men averse from war. 9 The women of my people you have cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children you have taken away my glory forever. 10 Arise and depart, for this is not your rest; because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a severe destruction.
• Mic 3:1-3 : 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O leaders of Jacob, and you rulers of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know justice? 2 Who hate good and love evil; who strip their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, like meat for the pot, and like flesh within the cauldron.
• Mic 3:9-9 : 9 Hear this, I pray you, you leaders of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. 11 The leaders judge for reward, and the priests teach for hire, and the prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us. 12 Therefore for your sake Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
• Mic 7:2-3 : 2 The good man has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt each his brother with a net. 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
• Jas 3:10-12 : 10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. 11 Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? 12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olive berries, or a vine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.