Verse 18

They are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De blir som halm for vinden, som spredte agner som stormen blåser bort.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De er som agner foran vinden, og som halm som stormen feier bort.

• Norsk King James

  De er som halm for vinden, og som kaf som stormen blåser bort.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De blir som strå for vinden, som agner vinden bærer bort.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De blir som halm for vinden, som agner som stormen fører bort.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De er som halm for vinden, og som agner som stormen fører bort.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De er som strårester foran vinden, og som agn som stormen driver bort.

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

  De er som halm for vinden, og som agner som stormen fører bort.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De er som strå for vinden, som agner som stormen river bort.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They are like straw before the wind and like chaff carried away by a storm.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De blir som halm for vinden og som agner som stormen feier bort.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  De blive som Straa for Veiret, og som Avnen, den en Hvirvelvind bortstjæler.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De er som halm for vinden, som agner som stormen fører bort.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  At de er som halm for vinden, som agner stormen fører bort?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De er som halm for vinden, som agner som stormen tar bort.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  At de blir som agner for vinden, og som halm som stormen fører bort?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hvor ofte er de som tørre strå for vinden, eller som gress bortført av stormen?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yee they shal be euen as chaffe before the wynde, and as dust that the storme carieth awaye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They shall be as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Yea, they shalbe euen as hay before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  That they are as stubble before the wind, As chaff that the storm carries away?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

• World English Bible (2000)

  How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?

Referenced Verses

• Ps 1:4 : 4 The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
• Ps 35:5 : 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
• Ps 83:13 : 13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
• Job 13:25 : 25 Will you break a leaf driven to and fro, and will you pursue dry stubble?
• Isa 17:13 : 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
• Isa 29:5 : 5 Moreover, the multitude of your strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passes away; yes, it shall be at an instant, suddenly.
• Hos 13:3 : 3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passes away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
• Nah 1:10 : 10 For while they are entangled like thorns and while they are drunken like drunkards, they shall be devoured as fully dry stubble.
• Matt 3:12 : 12 His winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
• Exod 15:7 : 7 And in the greatness of your excellence you have overthrown those who rose against you: you sent forth your wrath, which consumed them like stubble.
• Isa 40:24 : 24 Indeed, they shall not be planted; indeed, they shall not be sown; indeed, their stock shall not take root in the earth; and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
• Isa 41:15-16 : 15 Behold, I will make you a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff. 16 You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and you shall rejoice in the LORD, and shall glory in the Holy One of Israel.
• Jer 13:24 : 24 Therefore I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.
• Isa 5:24 : 24 Therefore as the fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.