Verse 23

He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Han vandrer omkring på jakt etter mat; hvor kan han finne det? Han vet at mørkets dag nærmer seg.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Han vandrer omkring for brød, sier: Hvor er det? Han vet at mørkets dag er klar for hånden.

  • Norsk King James

    Han vandrer omkring på jakt etter brød og sier: 'Hvor er det?' Han vet at dagen for mørket er nær.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Han streifer omkring etter brød, hvor enn det er; han vet at mørkets dag er klar for ham.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Han streifer omkring etter brød, hvor skal han finne det? Han vet at mørkets dag er nær ved hans hånd.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Han streifer omkring etter brød og sier: Hvor finner jeg det? Han vet at mørkets dag er klar i nærheten av ham.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Han streifer omkring etter brød og spør: 'Hvor er det?' Han vet at den mørke dagen er nært forestående.

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

    Han streifer omkring etter brød og sier: Hvor finner jeg det? Han vet at mørkets dag er klar i nærheten av ham.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Han streifer omkring etter brød, hvor er det? Han vet at dagen med mørke er klar til hånden hans.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    He wanders about for food, asking, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at hand.

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Job.15.23", "source": "נֹדֵד הוּא לַלֶּחֶם אַיֵּה יָדַע כִּי־נָכוֹן בְּיָדוֹ יוֹם־חֹשֶׁךְ", "text": "*nōdēd* *hûʾ* *lalleḥem* *ʾayyēh* *yādaʿ* *kî-nāḵôn* *bəyādô* *yôm-ḥōšeḵ*", "grammar": { "*nōdēd*": "qal participle, masculine singular - wandering", "*hûʾ*": "3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he", "*lalleḥem*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - for the bread", "*ʾayyēh*": "interrogative adverb - where", "*yādaʿ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he knows", "*kî-nāḵôn*": "conjunction + niphal participle, masculine singular - that is ready", "*bəyādô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his hand", "*yôm-ḥōšeḵ*": "noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine singular - day of darkness" }, "variants": { "*nûd*": "to wander, move to and fro, flutter", "*leḥem*": "bread, food, sustenance", "*ʾayyēh*": "where, how", "*yādaʿ*": "to know, perceive, recognize", "*kûn*": "to be firm, stable, established", "*yād*": "hand, power, side", "*yôm*": "day, time", "*ḥōšeḵ*": "darkness, obscurity" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Han streifer omkring etter brød, og spør: 'Hvor er det?' Han vet at dagen med mørke er nær ved hans hånd.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Han vanker hid og did efter Brød, hvor det er; han veed, at Mørkheds Dag er tilrede hos ham.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Han streifer omkring etter brød og sier: Hvor er det? Han vet at mørkets dag er klar ved hans hånd.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Han streifer omkring etter brød, og sier: 'Hvor er det?' Han vet at mørkets dag er nær.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Han vandrer etter brød – 'Hvor er det?' Han vet at en dag med mørke er klar til hånden.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Han vandrer rundt for brød, sier: Hvor er det? Han vet at dagen for mørket er klar til å komme.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Han vandrer omkring i søken etter brød og sier: Hvor er det? og han er sikker på at dagen med trøbbel er forberedt for ham:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    When he goeth forth to get his lyuinge, he thinketh planely, that the daye of darcknesse is at honde.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    He wandreth to and fro for bread where he may: he knoweth that the day of darkenesse is prepared at hande.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    He wandreth abrode for bread where it is, knowing that the day of darkenesse is redie at his hande.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where [is it]? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    He is wandering for bread -- `Where `is' it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    he wanders about– food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 59:15 : 15 Let them wander up and down for food, and grumble if they are not satisfied.
  • Ps 109:10 : 10 Let his children be continually wanderers and beg; let them seek their bread also from their desolate places.
  • Job 18:12 : 12 His strength shall be weakened by hunger, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
  • Job 18:18 : 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
  • Job 30:3-4 : 3 For want and famine they were solitary, fleeing into the wilderness in former times desolate and waste. 4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their food.
  • Gen 4:12 : 12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer you shall be on the earth.
  • Job 18:5-6 : 5 Indeed, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. 6 The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his lamp shall be put out with him.
  • Eccl 11:8 : 8 But if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all, let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is vanity.
  • Lam 5:6 : 6 We have given our hand to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians to be satisfied with bread.
  • Lam 5:9 : 9 We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
  • Joel 2:2 : 2 A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the morning spreads upon the mountains: a great and strong people; there has never been anything like it, neither shall there be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
  • Amos 5:20 : 20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, with no brightness in it?
  • Zeph 1:15 : 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
  • Heb 10:27 : 27 But a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation, which will devour the adversaries.
  • Heb 11:37-38 : 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented— 38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.