Verse 12

So man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, they shall not awake nor be raised out of their sleep.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så ligger også et menneske ned og reiser seg ikke; inntil himlene forgår, skal de ikke våkne, og ikke stå opp fra sin søvn.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  så legger mennesket seg ned og står ikke opp. Inntil himlene ikke finnes mer, skal de ikke våkne eller vekkes fra sin søvn.

• Norsk King James

  Så ligger mennesket ned og reiser seg ikke mer; før himlene er borte, skal de ikke vekkes eller heves fra sin søvn.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  slik ligger et menneske og står ikke opp før himmelen er borte; de våkner ikke, og de vekkes ikke fra sin søvn.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Slik en mann legger seg ned og reiser seg ikke; før himmelen forgår, våkner de ikke, og vekkes ikke fra sin søvn.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Så legger mennesket seg ned og reiser seg ikke; inntil himlene ikke er mer, vil de ikke våkne, eller oppstå fra sin søvn.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  slik legger mennesket seg, og reiser seg ikke; inntil himmelen opphører, vil han ikke våkne eller bli vekket fra sin dvale.

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

  Så legger mennesket seg ned og reiser seg ikke; inntil himlene ikke er mer, vil de ikke våkne, eller oppstå fra sin søvn.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Så også med mannen: Han legger seg og står ikke opp, inntil himmelen ikke er mer, våkner de ikke, lokkes ikke opp fra sin søvn.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  so man lies down and does not rise; till the heavens are no more, people will not awake or be roused from their sleep.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så legger et menneske seg ned og står ikke opp; før himmelen ikke er mer, vil de ikke våkne, de vil ikke vekkes fra sin søvn.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (saa) ligger og et Menneske og opstaaer ikke; indtil Himlene ere ikke (mere), opvaagne de ikke, og de opvækkes ikke af deres Søvn.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  slik legger mennesket seg ned og står ikke opp igjen; før himmelen ikke er mer, vil de ikke våkne eller reise seg fra sin søvn.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  så ligger mennesket ned og står ikke opp; før himmelen ikke er mer, skal de ikke våkne eller bli reist opp fra sin søvn.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Mennesket legger seg, og reiser seg ikke, Før himmelen slites ut våkner de ikke, Og vekkes ikke fra sin søvn.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Slik legger mennesket seg ned og står ikke opp: Før himlene ikke mer er, skal de ikke våkne, ei heller blir de vekket fra søvnen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Slik går mennesket til sin siste hvilested og kommer ikke igjen: inntil himlene tar slutt, vil de ikke våkne eller forlate sin søvn.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  but when man slepeth, he ryseth not agayne, vntill the heauen perish: he shal not wake vp ner ryse out of his slepe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So man sleepeth and riseth not: for hee shall not wake againe, nor be raised from his sleepe till the heauen be no more.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  So man after he is asleepe ryseth not, he shall not wake tyll the heauens be no more, nor rise out of his sleepe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens [be] no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  So man lies down and doesn't rise; Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.

• World English Bible (2000)

  so man lies down and doesn't rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.

Referenced Verses

• Job 10:21-22 : 21 Before I go to the place from which I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; 22 A land of darkness, like darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
• Acts 3:21 : 21 Whom the heavens must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.
• Job 3:13 : 13 For now I would have lain still and been quiet, I would have slept: then I would have been at rest,
• Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away; and there was no place found for them.
• Rev 21:1 : 1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no more sea.
• Job 7:21 : 21 And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now shall I sleep in the dust, and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
• Rom 8:20 : 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope.
• Eph 5:14 : 14 Therefore he says, Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.
• 1 Thess 4:14-15 : 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so those also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not precede those who are asleep.
• 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved for fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
• 2 Pet 3:10-13 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are in it shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conduct and godliness, 12 Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
• Job 19:25-27 : 25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that He shall stand at last on the earth; 26 And though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh I shall see God, 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
• Job 30:23 : 23 For I know that You will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
• Ps 102:26 : 26 They shall perish, but you shall endure; yes, all of them shall grow old like a garment; as a cloak you shall change them, and they shall be changed.
• Eccl 3:19-21 : 19 For that which befalls the sons of men also befalls beasts; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other; yes, they all have one breath; so that a man has no advantage over a beast: for all is vanity. 20 All go to one place; all are of dust, and all turn to dust again. 21 Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth?
• Eccl 12:5 : 5 Also when they are afraid of what is high, and fears are in the way, and the almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper is a burden, and desire fails: because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets.
• Isa 26:19 : 19 Your dead men shall live; together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
• Isa 51:6 : 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will grow old like a garment, and those who dwell in it will die in like manner: but my salvation will last forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.
• Isa 65:17 : 17 For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; and the former things shall not be remembered, nor come to mind.
• Isa 66:22 : 22 For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, says the LORD, so shall your descendants and your name remain.
• Dan 12:2 : 2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
• Matt 24:35 : 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
• John 11:11-13 : 11 These things he said: and after that he said to them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go that I may wake him out of sleep. 12 Then his disciples said, Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better. 13 However, Jesus spoke of his death: but they thought he had spoken of taking rest in sleep.