Verse 8

The Lord has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: He has stretched out a line, He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying: therefore He made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Herren bestemte seg for å ødelegge Sions mur, han trakk opp en linje for det og holdt ikke igjen hånden fra å ødelegge. Han lot voll og mur gå i sorg; de ble sammen knust. Sela.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Herren hadde til hensikt å ødelegge Sions datters murer; han strakte ut en målesnor, trakk ikke sin hånd tilbake fra å ødelegge, og brakte mur og voll til sorg; de sørget sammen.

  • Norsk King James

    Herren har besluttet å ødelegge muren til Sion: han har strukket ut en linje, han har ikke trukket sin hånd tilbake fra ødeleggelsen; derfor klager muren; de klager sammen.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Herren har planlagt å ødelegge Zions datters mur, han strakte ut en målesnor, han trakk ikke sin hånd tilbake før han hadde ødelagt, og han har fått vern og mur til å sørge, de er utslitt sammen.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Herren har bestemt å ødelegge datteren Sions murer. Han har strukket målesnor, og ikke holdt sin hånd tilbake fra å ødelegge. Han sørget over mur og voll, de ble sammen nedtrykt.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Herren har besluttet å ødelegge muren til datteren av Sion: han har strukket ut et målebånd, han har ikke trukket sin hånd tilbake fra ødeleggelse: derfor fikk han vollene og muren til å sørge; de har blitt svake sammen.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Herren har til hensikt å ødelegge Sions datters murer; han har strukket ut et mål og trukket ikke tilbake sin hånd fra ødeleggelsens verk, derfor har forsvarsverket og muren funnet grunn til klage – de bukler sammen i sorg.

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

    Herren har besluttet å ødelegge muren til datteren av Sion: han har strukket ut et målebånd, han har ikke trukket sin hånd tilbake fra ødeleggelse: derfor fikk han vollene og muren til å sørge; de har blitt svake sammen.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Herren har bestemt å ødelegge datter Sions mur. Han har strukket sitt måleinstrument og har ikke trukket sin hånd tilbake fra å ødelegge. Han har fått voll og mur til å sørge, de svinner sammen.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not turn back his hand from destroying. He caused rampart and wall to lament; they languished together.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Herren bestemte å ødelegge muren rundt Datteren av Sion; han strakk ut målesnoren, og han holdt ikke tilbake sin hånd fra å ødelegge. Han lot voll og mur sørge; de tynget sammen. Sela.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Herren haver tænkt at fordærve Zions Datters Muur, han udstrakte en Maalesnor, han vendte ikke sin Haand tilbage, før han havde opslugt, og han haver gjort, at Værn og Muur maae sørge, de ere vansmægtede tillige.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to ment; they nguished together.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Herren har bestemt å ødelegge Sions datters murer. Han har strekt målesnoren, ikke trukket sin hånd tilbake fra å ødelegge, slik at vollene og murene jamret; de visnet sammen.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Herren har besluttet å ødelegge datteren av Sions mur. Han har strukket ut linjen, han har ikke trukket sin hånd tilbake fra ødeleggelsen. Han har fått voll og mur til å klage; de vansmekter sammen.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Jehovah har hatt til hensikt å ødelegge datteren av Sions mur, han har strukket ut en målesnor, han har ikke trukket hånden tilbake fra ødeleggelsen, og han har fått vollene og muren til å sørge, sammen er de svake.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Herren har bestemt å ødelegge Sions datters mur; han har strukket ut målesnoren, han har ikke trukket sin hånd tilbake fra ødeleggelse; og han har fått fordypningen og muren til å klage; de visner sammen.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Herrens hensikt er å ødelegge Sions datters mur; hans snor er strukket ut, han har ikke holdt tilbake sin hånd fra ødeleggelse: han har sendt sorg over tårn og mur, de er sammen blitt svake.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The LORDE thought to breake downe the walles of the doughter Sion, he spred out his lyne, & drewe not in his honde, till he had destroyed them. Therfore mourne the turrettes and the broken walles together.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The Lorde hath determined to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: hee stretched out a lyne: hee hath not withdrawen his hande from destroying: therefore hee made the rampart and the wall to lament: they were destroyed together.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The Lorde thought to breake downe the walles of the daughter of Sion, he spread out his line, and drewe not in his hande tyll he had destroyed them: therfore mourne the turrettes, & the broken walles fall downe together.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He has stretched out the line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Devised hath Jehovah to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion, He hath stretched out a line, He hath not turned His hand from destroying, And He causeth bulwark and wall to mourn, Together -- they have been weak.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying; And he hath made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    It is the Lord's purpose to make waste the wall of the daughter of Zion; his line has been stretched out, he has not kept back his hand from destruction: he has sent sorrow on tower and wall, they have become feeble together.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Yahweh has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He has stretched out the line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying; He has made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    ח(Khet) The LORD was determined to tear down Daughter Zion’s wall. He prepared to knock it down; he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
  • Isa 3:26 : 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she being desolate shall sit on the ground.
  • Jer 14:2 : 2 Judah mourns, and its gates languish; they are in mourning on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
  • Isa 34:11 : 11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl and the raven shall dwell in it: and He shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
  • Jer 5:10 : 10 Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but do not make a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S.
  • Amos 7:7-8 : 7 Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made with a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. 8 And the LORD said to me, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A plumbline. Then the Lord said, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not pass by them anymore:
  • 2 Sam 8:2 : 2 And he defeated Moab and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; with two lines he measured to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants and brought gifts.
  • Lam 2:2 : 2 The Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob, and has not pitied: He has thrown down in His wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground: He has defiled the kingdom and its princes.
  • Lam 2:5 : 5 The Lord was like an enemy: He has swallowed up Israel, He has swallowed up all her palaces: He has destroyed His strongholds, and has increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
  • Lam 2:17 : 17 The Lord has done what He had planned; He has fulfilled His word that He commanded in the days of old: He has thrown down, and has not pitied: and He has caused your enemy to rejoice over you, He has exalted the strength of your adversaries.
  • Ezek 20:22 : 22 Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and acted for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
  • Isa 5:5 : 5 And now, I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down:
  • Isa 28:17 : 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
  • Job 13:21 : 21 Withdraw your hand far from me, and let not your dread make me afraid.