Verse 15

Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty it shall come.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hvor fryktelig denne dagen er! For Herrens dag er nær, og den kommer som en ødeleggelse fra den Allmektige.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Å, for den dagen! For Herrens dag er nær, og som ødeleggelse fra Den Allmektige kommer den.

• Norsk King James

  Ve for dagen! For Herrens dag er nær, og som ødeleggelse fra Den Allmektige skal den komme.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Akk, for den dagen! For Herrens dag er nær, og den kommer som en ødeleggelse fra Den Allmektige.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Akk, for dagen! For Herrens dag er nær; den kommer som ødeleggelse fra Den Allmektige.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Ve den dagen! For Herrens dag er nær, og som en ødeleggelse fra den Allmektige vil den komme.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Ve dagen! For HERRENS dag er nær, og den skal komme som en ødeleggende kraft fra den Allmektige.

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

  Ve den dagen! For Herrens dag er nær, og som en ødeleggelse fra den Allmektige vil den komme.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Å, for den dagen! For Herrens dag er nær, som ødeleggelse fra Den Allmektige kommer den.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Å, denne dagen! For Herrens dag er nær, og som ødeleggelse fra Den Allmektige kommer den.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ak, for en Dag! thi Herrens Dag er nær og skal komme som en Ødelæggelse fra den Almægtige.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Ve den dagen! For Herrens dag er nær, og som en ødeleggelse fra Den Allmektige kommer den.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Ve denne dag! For Herrens dag er nær, og kommer som ødeleggelse fra Den Allmektige.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Ve oss for dagen! For Herrens dag er nær, og den kommer som ødeleggelse fra Den Allmektige.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Ve dagen! For Herrens dag er nær, og som en ødeleggelse fra Den Allmektige kommer den.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Ve denne dag! for Herrens dag er nær, og som ødeleggelse fra Den Allmektige skal den komme.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  alas, alas for this daye. And why? the daye of the LORDE is at honde, and commeth as a destroyer from the Allmightie.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Alas: for the day, for the day of the Lord is at hand, and it commeth as a destruction from the Almightie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Alas for this day, for the day of the Lorde is at hande, euen as a destruction from the almightie shall it come.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD [is] at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And cry unto Jehovah, `Alas for the day! For near `is' a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Sorrow for the day! for the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Ruler of all it will come.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  How awful that day will be! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 30:7 : 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
• Ezek 7:2-9 : 2 Also, you son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: An end, the end has come upon the four corners of the land. 3 Now the end has come upon you, and I will send my anger upon you, and will judge you according to your ways, and will repay you for all your abominations. 4 And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity: but I will repay your ways upon you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the LORD. 5 Thus says the Lord GOD: An evil, a singular evil, behold, has come. 6 An end has come, the end has come; it watches for you; behold, it has come. 7 The morning has come upon you, O you that dwell in the land; the time has come, the day of trouble is near, and not the joyful shouting from the mountains. 8 Now I will shortly pour out my fury upon you, and accomplish my anger upon you; and I will judge you according to your ways, and will repay you for all your abominations. 9 And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; I will repay you according to your ways and your abominations that are in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the LORD who strikes. 10 Behold the day, behold, it has come; the morning has gone forth, the rod has blossomed, pride has budded. 11 Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, not of their multitude, nor of any of theirs; neither shall there be wailing for them. 12 The time has come, the day draws near; let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
• Isa 13:6-9 : 6 Howl; for the day of the LORD is near; it will come as a destruction from the Almighty. 7 Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every man's heart will melt: 8 And they will be afraid: pangs and sorrows will take hold of them; they will be in pain as a woman in labor: they will be amazed at one another; their faces will be like flames. 9 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he will destroy the sinners out of it.
• Joel 2:11 : 11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army, for his camp is very great, for he is strong who executes his word. For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; who can endure it?
• Joel 2:31 : 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.
• Zeph 1:14-18 : 14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastens greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry out there bitterly. 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, 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities, and against the high towers. 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out like dust, and their flesh like refuse. 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy: for He will make a speedy end of all those that dwell in the land.
• Luke 19:41-44 : 41 And when he came near, he saw the city and wept over it, 42 Saying, If you had known, even you, at least in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days shall come upon you, when your enemies will build an embankment around you and surround you and enclose you on every side, 44 And will level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.
• Jas 5:9 : 9 Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door.
• Rev 6:17 : 17 For the great day of his wrath has come; and who shall be able to stand?
• Amos 5:16-18 : 16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, says thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the farmer to mourning, and such as are skilled in lamentation to wailing. 17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through you, says the LORD. 18 Woe to you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
• Ps 37:13 : 13 The Lord shall laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.
• Ezek 12:22-28 : 22 Son of man, what is that proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails? 23 Tell them therefore, Thus says the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb cease, and they shall no longer use it as a proverb in Israel; but say to them, The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision. 24 For there shall be no more any empty vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. 25 For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall no longer be postponed: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, says the Lord GOD. 26 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 27 Son of man, behold, the house of Israel says, The vision that he sees is for many days to come, and he prophesies of the times that are far off. 28 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; None of my words shall be postponed any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, says the Lord GOD.
• Joel 2:1-2 : 1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming, for it is near at hand; 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.