Verse 2

He comes forth like a flower and is cut down; he flees also as a shadow and does not continue.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Som en blomst spirer han og visner, som en skygge flykter han og blir ikke stående.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han kommer fram som en blomst og blir kuttet ned. Han flykter som en skygge, og fortsetter ikke.

• Norsk King James

  Han blomstrer som en blomst og visner; han blir kappet ned, og han forsvinner som en skygge som ikke varer.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han spirer opp som en blomst og blir kuttet av, han flykter som en skygge og består ikke.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Som en blomst vokser han opp og visner, han flykter som en skygge og består ikke.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han kommer fram som en blomst og blir kuttet ned; han flyr bort som en skygge og blir ikke.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han blomstrer ut som en blomst, men blir kappet ned; han forsvinner som en skygge og varer ikke.

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

  Han kommer fram som en blomst og blir kuttet ned; han flyr bort som en skygge og blir ikke.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Som en blomst skyter han opp og visner, som en skygge flykter han bort og står ikke fast.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He springs up like a flower and withers away; he flees like a shadow and does not endure.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Som en blomst springer han ut og visner, han flykter som en skygge og blir ikke stående.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han gaaer op som et Blomster og afskjæres, og han flyer som en Skygge og bestaaer ikke.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han likner en blomst som sprang fram men blir avskåret; han flykter som en skygge og fortsetter ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han kommer frem som en blomst og blir hugget ned. Han flykter også som en skygge og fortsetter ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Som en blomst kommer han frem og visner, Som en skygge flyr han, og blir ikke stående.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han vokser opp som en blomst og visner: Han flykter som en skygge og blir ikke værende.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han vokser opp som en blomst og kuttes ned: han flykter som skyggen og sees aldri igjen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He cometh vp, and falleth awaye like a floure. He flyeth as it were a shadowe, and neuer continueth in one state.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  He shooteth foorth as a flowre, and is cut downe: he vanisheth also as a shadowe, and continueth not.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He commeth vp, and is cut downe like a floure: He fleeth as it were a shadow, and neuer continueth in one state.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

Referenced Verses

• Job 8:9 : 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow:)
• 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 Because "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,
• Isa 40:6-8 : 6 The voice said, Cry out. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field: 7 The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of the LORD blows upon it; surely the people are grass. 8 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.
• Ps 103:15-16 : 15 As for man, his days are like grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. 16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place remembers it no more.
• 1 Chr 29:15 : 15 For we are strangers before You, and sojourners, as were all our fathers; our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
• Ps 102:11 : 11 My days are like a shadow that declines, and I am withered like grass.
• Ps 144:4 : 4 Man is like vanity: his days are as a shadow that passes away.
• Jas 1:10-11 : 10 But the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with a burning heat, and it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
• Jas 4:14 : 14 Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
• Eccl 8:13 : 13 But it will not be well with the wicked, nor will he prolong his days, which are like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
• Job 9:25-26 : 25 Now my days are swifter than a runner: they flee away, they see no good. 26 They pass away like swift ships: like the eagle hastening to the prey.
• Ps 90:5-9 : 5 You carry them away like a flood; they are like a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up. 6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up; in the evening it is cut down and withers. 7 For we are consumed by your anger, and by your wrath are we troubled. 8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance. 9 For all our days are passed away in your wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
• Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked spring up like the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is so they may be destroyed forever.
• Ps 92:12 : 12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.