Verse 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.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Foran dem brenner en ild, og bak dem flammer det opp. Landet foran dem er som Edens hage, men bak dem er det en øde ørken; ingenting slipper unna dem.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Foran dem fortærer ilden, og bak dem brenner flammen. Landet er som Eden-hagen foran dem, men bak dem en øde ørken; ja, ingenting unnslipper dem.

  • Norsk King James

    En ild spiser opp foran dem, og bak dem brenner en flamme:

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    En ild fortærer foran dem, og etter dem skal en flamme brenne; foran dem er landet som Edens hage, men etter dem som en øde ørken, og ingen skal unnslippe dem.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    I deres fortropp fortærer ild, og i deres baktropp brenner flammen. Foran dem er landet som Edens hage, og etter dem, en øde ørken. Ingenting har sluppet unna dem.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Foran dem fortærer en ild; og bak dem brenner en flamme: landet er som Edens hage foran dem, og bak dem er det en øde ørken; ja, ingenting skal unnslippe dem.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    En ild fortærer foran dem, og bak dem brenner en flamme: foran dem er landet lik Edens hage, og bak dem en øde villmark; ja, ingenting skal unnslippe dem.

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

    Foran dem fortærer en ild; og bak dem brenner en flamme: landet er som Edens hage foran dem, og bak dem er det en øde ørken; ja, ingenting skal unnslippe dem.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Foran dem fortærer en ild, og bak dem flammer opp et bål. Før dem er landet som Edens hage, men bak dem er det en øde ørken, ingenting slipper unna dem.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Before them, fire devours; behind them, flames blaze. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is a desolate wilderness—nothing escapes them.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Foran dem sluker ild, bak dem flammer brenner. Foran dem er landet som Edens hage, men bak dem er det en ødslig ørken. Ingenting slipper unna dem.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    En Ild fortærer foran det, og efter det skal en Lue optænde; foran det er Landet som Edens Have, men efter det som en (meget) øde Ørk, og Ingen skal undkomme for det.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Foran dem oppsluker en ild, bak dem brenner flammen. Landet er som Edens hage foran dem, men bak dem er det en øde ørken, og ingenting slipper unna.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    En ild fortærer foran dem, og bak dem brenner en flamme. Landet er som Edens hage foran dem, og bak dem en øde ørken. Ja, ingen har unnsluppet dem.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Foran dem fortærer ilden, og flammen brenner bak dem. Som Edens hage er landet foran dem, men etter dem blir det en ødemark, en ødeleggelse. Ingen har sluppet unna.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    En ild fortærer foran dem, og bak dem brenner en flamme; landet er som Edens hage foran dem og bak dem en øde villmark; ja, ingen slipper unna dem.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Foran dem sender ilden ødeleggelse, og etter dem brenner flammen: landet er som Edens hage før dem, og etter dem et øde landskap; ingenting har blitt spart fra dem.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Before him shal be a consumynge fyre, & behynde him a burnynge flame. The londe shal be as a garden of pleasure before him, but behinde him shal it be a very waist wildernesse, & there is no man, that shal escape him.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    A fire deuoureth before him, and behinde him a flame burneth vp: the land is as the garden of Eden before him, & behinde him a desolate wildernesse, so that nothing shal escape him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Before him is a deuouryng fire, and behynde him a burnyng flambe: the lande is as a pleasaunt garden before him, and behinde him a waste desert, yea and nothyng shall escape him.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land [is] as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    A fire devours before them, And behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, And behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Before it consumed hath fire, And after it burn doth a flame, As the garden of Eden `is' the land before it, And after it a wilderness -- a desolation! And also an escape there hath not been to it,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and none hath escaped them.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Before them fire sends destruction, and after them flame is burning: the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and after them an unpeopled waste; truly, nothing has been kept safe from them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Like fire they devour everything in their path; a flame blazes behind them. The land looks like the Garden of Eden before them, but behind them there is only a desolate wilderness– for nothing escapes them!

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 51:3 : 3 For the LORD will comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in it, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
  • Gen 2:8 : 8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
  • Zech 7:14 : 14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate.
  • Joel 1:19-20 : 19 O LORD, to you will I cry: for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field. 20 The animals of the field cry also to you: for the rivers are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
  • Exod 10:5 : 5 And they shall cover the surface of the earth, so that one will not be able to see the earth; and they shall eat the rest of what is left to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree that grows for you out of the field:
  • Exod 10:15 : 15 For they covered the surface of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left; and no green thing remained in the trees or in the plants of the field throughout all the land of Egypt.
  • Ps 50:3 : 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent: a fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very stormy around Him.
  • Ps 105:34-35 : 34 He spoke, and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that without number, 35 And ate up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
  • Jer 5:17 : 17 And they shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat: they shall eat up your flocks and your herds: they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees: they shall impoverish your fortified cities, wherein you trusted, with the sword.
  • Ezek 31:8-9 : 8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir trees were not like its boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like its branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty. 9 I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.
  • Joel 1:4-7 : 4 What the palmerworm has left, the locust has eaten; and what the locust has left, the cankerworm has eaten; and what the cankerworm has left, the caterpillar has eaten. 5 Awake, you drunkards, and weep; and howl, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. 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. 7 He has laid my vine waste, and stripped my fig tree: he has made it bare and cast it away; its branches are made white.
  • Amos 7:4 : 4 Thus the Lord GOD showed to me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and consumed a part.
  • Gen 13:10 : 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you come to Zoar.