Verse 14

Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God has put us to silence, and given us bitter water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Hvorfor sitter vi her? La oss samles og flykte til de befeste byene og gå under der! For Herren vår Gud har dømt oss til ødeleggelse og gitt oss bittert vann å drikke, fordi vi har syndet mot Herren.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Hvorfor sitter vi stille? Samle dere, og la oss dra inn i de befestede byene, og la oss være stille der, for Herren vår Gud har brakt oss til stillhet, og gitt oss bittert vann å drikke, for vi har syndet mot Herren.

  • Norsk King James

    Hvorfor sitter vi stille? Samle dere, og la oss dra inn i de befestede byene, og la oss være stille der; for Herren vår Gud har fått oss til å tie, og gitt oss bittert vann å drikke, fordi vi har syndet mot Herren.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Hvorfor sitter vi stille? Samle dere, la oss gå inn i de befestede byene og forbli stille der; for Herren vår Gud har fått oss til å tie og gitt oss bittert vann å drikke, fordi vi syndet mot Herren.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Hvorfor sitter vi her stille? Kom, la oss dra til de befestede byene og gå til grunne der. Fordi Herren vår Gud har gitt oss til å gå til grunne, og har latt oss drikke giftig vann, for vi har syndet mot Herren.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Hvorfor sitter vi stille? Samle dere, og la oss gå inn i de befestede byene og være stille der. For Herren vår Gud har satt oss til stillhet og gitt oss galle å drikke, fordi vi har syndet mot Herren.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Hvorfor sitter vi stille? Samle dere, så går vi inn i de befestede byene og tie der, for HERREN vår Gud har lagt oss i stillhet og gitt oss bittert vann å drikke, fordi vi har syndet mot Ham.

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

    Hvorfor sitter vi stille? Samle dere, og la oss gå inn i de befestede byene og være stille der. For Herren vår Gud har satt oss til stillhet og gitt oss galle å drikke, fordi vi har syndet mot Herren.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Hvorfor sitter vi her? Saml dere, og la oss gå til de befestede byene og gå til grunne der. For Herren, vår Gud, har bestemt vår undergang og gitt oss giftdrikke, fordi vi syndet mot Herren.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Why are we sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there! For the LORD our God has doomed us, giving us poisonous water to drink because we have sinned against him.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Hvorfor blir vi sittende her? Samle dere, og la oss gå til de befestede byene og dø der! For Herren vår Gud har bestemt vår undergang og gitt oss bittert vann å drikke, fordi vi har syndet mot Herren.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Hvorfor sidde vi (stille)? samler eder og lader os komme i de faste Stæder og tie der; thi Herren vor Gud haver kommet os til at tie og givet os Galdevand at drikke, fordi vi have syndet for Herren.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Hvorfor sitter vi stille? Samle dere, og la oss gå inn i de befestede byene og være stille der: For Herren vår Gud har tatt fra oss vår tale og gitt oss bittert vann å drikke, fordi vi har syndet mot Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Hvorfor sitter vi stille? Samle dere og la oss gå inn i de befestede byene og vær stille der; for Herren vår Gud har gjort oss tause og gitt oss bitre vann å drikke, fordi vi har syndet mot Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Hvorfor sitter vi stille? Samle dere, la oss dra inn i de befestede byene og være stille der. For Herren vår Gud har gjort oss tause; ja, han gir oss å drikke betraktelig vann, for vi har syndet mot Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Hvorfor sitter vi stille? Samle dere og la oss gå inn i de befestede byene, og la oss være stille der; for Herren vår Gud har ført oss til stillhet, og gitt oss galledrikk å drikke, fordi vi har syndet mot Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Hvorfor sitter vi her uten å gjøre noe? Kom sammen, så la oss gå til de befestede byene, og la ødeleggelse innta oss der, for Herren vår Gud har sendt ødeleggelse mot oss og gitt oss bitre vann å drikke, fordi vi har gjort ondt mot Herren.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    why prolonge we the tyme? Let vs gather oure selues together, and go in to the stronge cite, there shall we be in rest: For the LORDE oure God hath put vs to sylence, and geuen vs water myxte with gall, to drynke, because we haue synned agaynst him.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Why doe we stay? assemble your selues, and let vs enter into the strong cities, and let vs be quiet there: for the Lorde our God hath put vs to silence and giuen vs water with gall to drinke, because we haue sinned against the Lord.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Why prolong we the time? Let vs gather our selues together, and go into the strong citie, there shall we be in rest: for the Lorde our God hath put vs to scilence, and geuen vs water mixt with gall to drinke, because we haue sinned against hym.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Yahweh our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Yahweh.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Why are we seated doing nothing? come together, and let us go to the walled towns, and let destruction overtake us there, for the Lord our God has sent destruction on us, and given us bitter water for our drink, because we have done evil against the Lord.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Yahweh our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Yahweh.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Jeremiah Laments over the Coming Destruction The people say,“Why are we just sitting here? Let us gather together inside the fortified cities. Let us at least die there fighting, since the LORD our God has condemned us to die. He has condemned us to drink the poison waters of judgment because we have sinned against him.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 23:15 : 15 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem profaneness has gone forth into all the land.
  • Jer 9:15 : 15 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
  • Jer 35:11 : 11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell in Jerusalem.
  • Lam 3:19 : 19 Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
  • Matt 27:34 : 34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall, and when he had tasted it, he would not drink.
  • Deut 29:18 : 18 Lest there should be among you a man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears bitter poison and wormwood;
  • 2 Sam 20:6 : 6 And David said to Abishai, Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom did; take your master’s servants and pursue him, lest he find fortified cities and escape from us.
  • Ps 69:21 : 21 They also gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
  • Jer 4:5-6 : 5 Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem; and say, Blow the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities. 6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retreat, do not stay: for I will bring disaster from the north, and great destruction.
  • 2 Kgs 7:3-4 : 3 And there were four leprous men at the entry of the gate: and they said one to another, Why do we sit here until we die? 4 If we say, We will enter the city, there the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us surrender to the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
  • Ps 39:2 : 2 I was silent and still, I held my peace even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
  • Deut 32:32 : 32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
  • Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord spoke, saying, 'I will be sanctified in those who come near Me, and before all the people I will be glorified.' And Aaron remained silent.
  • Num 5:18-24 : 18 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD and uncover the woman’s head, and put the grain offering of remembrance in her hands, which is the jealousy offering; and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that brings a curse: 19 And the priest shall make her swear an oath, and say to the woman, If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of your husband, be free from this bitter water that brings a curse: 20 But if you have gone aside to another instead of your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband: 21 Then the priest shall make the woman swear with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say to the woman, The LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the LORD makes your thigh waste away and your belly swell; 22 And this water that brings a curse shall go into your bowels, to make your belly swell and your thigh waste away. And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. 23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: 24 And he shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse; and the water that brings a curse shall enter into her and become bitter.
  • Jer 14:20 : 20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You.
  • Lam 3:27-28 : 27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth. 28 He sits alone and keeps silent, because He has laid it on him.
  • Amos 6:10 : 10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he who burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say to him that is by the sides of the house, Is there anyone with you? And he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold your tongue: for we must not mention the name of the LORD.
  • Hab 2:20 : 20 But the LORD is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him.
  • Zech 2:13 : 13 Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD: for He is raised up out of His holy dwelling.