Verse 20

Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest steals him away in the night.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Skrik og redsel omfavner ham som flodbølger; om natten feier en storm ham bort.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Reddselen kommer over ham som vann, en storm river ham bort om natten.

• Norsk King James

  Frykt griper ham som vann; en voldsom storm river ham bort om natten.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Reddslene griper ham som vann, en virvelvind stjeler ham bort om natten.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Redsler angriper ham som bølger, en storm stjeler ham om natten.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Redsler griper ham som vann, en stormfører river ham bort om natten.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Frykt griper om ham som vann, og en storm tar ham med seg i nattens timer.

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

  Redsler griper ham som vann, en stormfører river ham bort om natten.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Frykt overvelder ham som vann, om natten bærer en storm ham bort.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a storm sweeps him away.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Forferdelser vil overvelde ham som vann; en storm vil rane ham om natten.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Forskrækkelser skulle gribe ham som Vandet, en Hvirvelvind skal bortstjæle ham om Natten.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Redsler griper ham som vannmasser, en storm tar ham bort om natten.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Frykter overvelder ham som vann; En storm tar ham bort om natten.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Terror overtar ham som vann, og om natten er en virvelvind som stjeler ham bort.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Redslene overfaller ham som vann; en storm stjeler ham bort om natten.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Frykt overvelder ham som rasende vannmasser; om natten tar stormvinden ham bort.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Destruccion taketh holde vpo him as a water floude, & ye tepest stealeth him awaye in the night season.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Terrours shal take him as waters, & a tempest shall cary him away by night.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Terrour taketh holde vpon hym as a water fludde, and the tempest stealeth him away in the night season.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest steals him away in the night.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Terrors overtake him like waters; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Terrors overtake him like waters. A storm steals him away in the night.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off.

Referenced Verses

• Job 15:21 : 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
• Job 18:11 : 11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
• Job 20:8 : 8 He shall fly away like a dream and shall not be found; yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.
• Job 20:23 : 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of His wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
• Job 21:18 : 18 They are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away.
• Job 22:16 : 16 Who were cut down before their time, whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
• Job 34:20 : 20 In a moment they shall die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight and pass away; and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
• Ps 18:4 : 4 The sorrows of death surrounded me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
• Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls: all Your waves and billows have gone over me.
• Ps 69:14-15 : 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink; let me be delivered from those who hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the floodwaters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
• Dan 5:30 : 30 That very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain.
• Jonah 2:3 : 3 For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas; and the floods surrounded me, all Your waves and billows passed over me.
• Exod 12:29 : 29 And it came to pass at midnight that the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock.
• 2 Kgs 19:35 : 35 And it happened that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and struck in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred eighty-five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.