Verse 6

For a nation has come up against my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the cheek teeth of a great lion.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For et mektig og talløst folk har kommet opp mot mitt land. Deres tenner er som løver, og de har huggtann som en løvinne.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For et folk har kommet opp mot landet mitt, mektig og uten tall, med tennene som en løves og med kjever som en stor løves.

• Norsk King James

  For en nasjon har steget opp mot mitt land, sterk og talløs, med tenner som en løve, og den har skarpe tenner som en stor løve.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For et mektig folk har kommet opp i mitt land, det er uten tall. De har tenner som løver, og jeksler som løvinner.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For et folk har kommet opp mot mitt land, mektig og uten tall, dets tenner er løvetenner, og det har rovdyrets kjever.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For et folk har kommet opp mot landet mitt, sterkt og talløst, med tenner som en løve og kjever som en veldig løve.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For et folk har inntatt mitt land, et folk mektig og talløst, med tenner som en løves, og med kjevetenner som en kraftig løve.

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

  For et folk har kommet opp mot landet mitt, sterkt og talløst, med tenner som en løve og kjever som en veldig løve.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For et folk har kommet opp mot mitt land, mektig og uten tall; tennene deres er som løvetenner, og de har kjever som en løvinne.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For a nation has invaded my land, strong and without number. Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the fangs of a lioness.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For et folk har angrepet mitt land, mektig og uten tall. Deres tenner er som løvens tenner, og de har kjever som løvinnen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi et Folk drager op i mit Land, (som er) mægtigt, og (der er) ikke Tal paa; det haver Tænder som en Løves Tænder, og haver en gammel Løves Kindtænder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For et folk har kommet opp mot mitt land, mektig og uten tall, med tenner som en løve, og med hjørnetenner som en stor løve.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For et folk har kommet opp i mitt land, mektig og uten tall. Det har løvens tenner og bihunns hjørnetenner.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For et mektig folk har kommet over mitt land, sterkt og uten tall, med tennene til en løve og kjevene til en løvinne.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For et folk har kommet over mitt land, mektige og uten tall; tennene deres er som løvenes tenner, og de har kjever som løvinnens tenner.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For et folk har kommet opp mot mitt land, mektig og uten tall; tennene deres er som løvetenner, og de har hoggtenner som en stor løve.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yee a mightie & an innumerable people shall come vp in to my londe: these haue teth like the teth of lyons, & chaftbones like the lyonesses.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Yea, a nation commeth vpon my lande, mightie, & without nomber, whose teeth are like the teeth of a lyon, and he hath the iawes of a great lyon.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For a nation is come vp vpon my lande, mightie and without number: his teeth are as the teeth of a lion, and he hath the iawes of a great lion.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, And he has the fangs of a lioness.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For a nation hath come up on my land, Strong, and there is no number, Its teeth `are' the teeth of a lion, And it hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For a nation has invaded my land, mighty and without number. Their teeth are lion’s teeth; they have the fangs of a lioness.

Referenced Verses

• Joel 2:25 : 25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
• Rev 9:7-9 : 7 The shapes of the locusts were like horses prepared for battle, and on their heads were crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. 8 They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions. 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running to battle. 10 They had tails like scorpions, and there were stings in their tails; and their power was to harm men for five months.
• Ps 107:34 : 34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein.
• Prov 30:14 : 14 There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and whose jaws are like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
• Prov 30:25-27 : 25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer; 26 The rock badgers are a feeble folk, yet they make their homes in the rocks; 27 The locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them in ranks;
• Isa 8:8 : 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.
• Isa 32:13 : 13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yes, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
• Hos 9:3 : 3 They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
• Joel 2:2-9 : 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. 3 A fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns; the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yes, and nothing shall escape them. 4 The appearance of them is like the appearance of horses, and like horsemen, so shall they run. 5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains they shall leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, like a strong people arrayed for battle. 6 Before them the people shall be much pained; all faces shall gather blackness. 7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and each shall march on his way, and they shall not break their ranks. 8 Neither shall one jostle another; each shall walk in his path, and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded. 9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses, they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. 10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble, the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. 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?