Verse 13

What can I witness for you? what can I liken to you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what can I compare to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your ruin is vast like the sea: who can heal you?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hva skal jeg vitne om deg? Hva kan jeg sammenligne med deg, datter Jerusalem? Hva kan jeg likne med deg for å trøste deg, jomfruen Sions datter? For ditt fall er stort som havet; hvem kan lege deg? Sela.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hva skal jeg ta som vitne for deg? Hva skal jeg sammenligne deg med, Jerusalems datter? Hva skal jeg sammenligne med deg, for å trøste deg, jomfru, Sions datter? For ditt sammenbrudd er stort som havet: hvem kan helbrede deg?

• Norsk King James

  Hva skal jeg ta til vitne for deg? Hva skal jeg likne deg med, O Jerusalem-datteren? Hva skal jeg sammenligne deg med for å trøste deg, O jomfru Sion? For ditt sår er stort som havet: hvem kan helbrede deg?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hva skal jeg si for å vitne for deg, hvordan kan jeg sammenligne deg, Jerusalems datter? Hva skal jeg sidestille deg med for å trøste deg, du jomfru, Zions datter? For din ødeleggelse er stor som havet, hvem kan helbrede deg?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hva skal jeg sverge over deg, hva skal jeg sammenligne deg med, datter Jerusalem? Hva skal jeg likne deg med, så jeg kan trøste deg, Sions jomfru? For din skade er stor som havet; hvem kan helbrede deg?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hva skal jeg vitne for deg? Hva skal jeg sammenligne deg med, du datter av Jerusalem? Hva kan jeg ligne deg med for å trøste deg, du jomfrudatter av Sion? for din skade er stor som havet: hvem kan helbrede deg?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hva skal jeg ta som vitnesbyrd for deg? Hva skal jeg sammenligne deg med, Jerusalems datter? Hva kan jeg likne deg med for å trøste deg, du jomfru Sions datter? For ditt brudd er stort som havet – hvem kan lege deg?

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

  Hva skal jeg vitne for deg? Hva skal jeg sammenligne deg med, du datter av Jerusalem? Hva kan jeg ligne deg med for å trøste deg, du jomfrudatter av Sion? for din skade er stor som havet: hvem kan helbrede deg?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hva skal jeg vitne for deg, hva skal jeg sammenligne deg med, Jerusalems datter? Hva skal jeg likne deg ved, så jeg kan trøste deg, jomfru Sions datter? For ditt sammenbrudd er stort som havet. Hvem kan helbrede deg?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  What can I say on your behalf? To what can I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken you to, so that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? Your wound is as vast as the sea—who can heal you?

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hva skal jeg kunne si til deg? Hva skal jeg kunne sammenligne deg med, Jerusalems datter? Hva skal jeg kunne sidestille med deg, for å trøste deg, Datteren av Sion? Ditt brudd er stort som havet; hvem kan helbrede deg? Sela.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvad skal jeg vidne for dig, hvormed skal jeg ligne dig, Jerusalems Datter? hvad skal jeg agte dig lig, at jeg kan trøste dig, du Jomfru, Zions Datter? thi din Forstyrrelse er stor som Havet, hvo kan læge dig?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hva kan jeg vitne for deg? Hva skal jeg sammenligne deg med, Jerusalems datter? Hva skal jeg likestille med deg for å trøste deg, Sions jomfrudatter? For din skade er stor som havet; hvem kan helbrede deg?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hva skal jeg vitne for deg? Hva skal jeg sammenligne deg med, Jerusalems datter? Hva skal jeg likne deg ved for å trøste deg, du jomfru, Sions datter? For bruddet ditt er stort som havet; hvem kan helbrede deg?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hva skal jeg vitne til deg, hva skal jeg sammenligne med deg, datter av Jerusalem? Hva skal jeg likestille med deg, og trøste deg, jomfrudatter av Sion? For så stor som havet er din skade, hvem kan gi deg helbredelse?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hva skal jeg vitne for deg? Hva skal jeg ligne deg med, Jerusalems datter? Hva skal jeg sammenligne deg med, for å trøste deg, Sions jomfrudatter? For skaden din er stor som havet: hvem kan helbrede deg?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hva eksempel skal jeg gi deg? hvilken sammenligning skal jeg gjøre for deg, Sions jomfrudatter? hva skal jeg gjøre lik deg, så jeg kan gi deg trøst, Jerusalem? for din ødeleggelse er stor som havet: hvem kan helbrede deg?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  What shal I saye of the (O thou doughter Ierusalem) to whom shall I licke the? To whom shal I copare the (o thou doughter Sion) to comforte the withall? Thy hurte is like a mayne see, who maye heale the?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  What thing shall I take to witnesse for thee? what thing shall I compare to thee, O daughter Ierusalem? what shal I liken to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgine daughter Zion? for thy breach is great like ye sea: who can heale thee?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  What shall I say vnto thee, O thou daughter Hierusalem? to whom shal I liken thee? To whom shall I compare thee O thou daughter Sion, to comfort thee withall? thy heart is lyke a mayne sea, who may heale thee?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach [is] great like the sea: who can heal thee?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  What shall I testify to you? what shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is great like the sea: who can heal you?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  What do I testify `to' thee, what do I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What do I equal to thee, and I comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For great as a sea `is' thy breach, Who doth give healing to thee?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  What example am I to give you? what comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your destruction is great like the sea: who is able to make you well?

• World English Bible (2000)

  What shall I testify to you? what shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is great like the sea: who can heal you?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  מ(Mem) With what can I equate you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you so that I might comfort you, O Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you?

Referenced Verses

• Lam 1:12 : 12 Is it nothing to you, all you that pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which is done to me, with which the LORD has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
• 2 Sam 5:20 : 20 And David came to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there and said, The LORD has broken forth upon my enemies before me like the breakthrough of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
• Jer 8:22 : 22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? Why then is the health of the daughter of my people not recovered?
• Jer 14:17 : 17 Therefore, you shall speak this word to them: 'Let my eyes flow with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.'
• Jer 30:12-15 : 12 For thus says the LORD, Your bruise is incurable, and your wound is severe. 13 There is no one to plead your cause, that you may be bound up; you have no healing medicines. 14 All your lovers have forgotten you; they do not seek you; for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of your iniquity; because your sins have increased. 15 Why do you cry over your affliction? Your sorrow is incurable because of the multitude of your iniquity: because your sins have increased, I have done these things to you.
• Jer 51:8-9 : 8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed; howl for her, take balm for her pain, if perhaps she may be healed. 9 We would have healed Babylon, but she cannot be healed; forsake her, and let us go everyone into his own country, for her judgment reaches unto heaven and is lifted up even to the skies.
• Ps 60:2 : 2 You have made the earth to tremble; You have broken it; heal its breaches, for it shakes.
• Isa 37:22 : 22 This is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, has despised you and laughed you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
• Ezek 26:3-4 : 3 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up. 4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
• Dan 9:12 : 12 And He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great calamity: for under the whole heaven, such as has been done upon Jerusalem has not been done.