Verse 14

They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have defiled themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De gikk omkring som blinde på gatene, dekket av blod; ingen kunne røre ved klærne deres.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De vandrer som blinde i gatene, de har gjort seg urene med blod, slik at ingen kan berøre deres klær.

• Norsk King James

  De har vandret som blinde i gatene, forurenset av blod, så ingen kunne røre ved klærene deres.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De vandret omkring som blinde på gatene, de ble tilsølt med blod, så ingen kunne røre ved klærne deres.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De blinde vandrer omkring i gatene, besudlet med blod, og folk kan ikke røre ved klærne deres.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  har de vandret som blinde i gatene, de har tilsmusset seg med blod, så folk ikke kan røre ved klærne deres.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  har de vandret som blinde i gatene og forurenset seg med blod, slik at ingen kunne røre ved deres klær.

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

  har de vandret som blinde i gatene, de har tilsmusset seg med blod, så folk ikke kan røre ved klærne deres.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De vandret som blinde gatelangs, beiset av blod, mens ingen kunne berøre deres klær.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They wandered blindly through the streets, defiled by blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Blinde vingler de rundt i gatene, besmittet med blod, så ingen kan røre ved klærne deres.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  De vankede hid og did paa Gaderne (som) Blinde, de besmittede sig med Blod, saa man ikke kunde røre ved deres Klæder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De har vandret som blinde menn på gatene, de har forurenset seg med blod, så man ikke kunne ta på klærne deres.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De vandrer som blinde menn i gatene, de er besudlet med blod, Slik at ingen kan ta på deres klær.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  har de vandret nakne i gatene, de har blitt besudlet med blod, uten at noen kunne berøre deres klær.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De vandrer som blinde menn i gatene, de er besmittet med blod, Slik at menn ikke kan berøre klærne deres.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De vanker om i gatene som blinde, flekket med blod, så ingen vil røre deres klær.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  So that these blynde men wete stomblinge in the stretes, and stayned themselues wt bloude, which els wolde touche no bloudy cloth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They haue wandred as blinde men in the streetes, and they were polluted with blood, so that they would not touch their garments.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  As blinde men went, they stumbling in the streetes, and stayned them selues with blood, insomuch that the heathen woulde in no wyse touche their garmentes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  They have wandered [as] blind [men] in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men can't touch their garments.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without `any' being able to touch their clothing,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  They are wandering like blind men in the streets, they are made unclean with blood, so that their robes may not be touched by men.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men can't touch their garments.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  נ(Nun) They wander blindly through the streets, defiled by the blood they shed, while no one dares to touch their garments.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 2:34 : 34 Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
• Num 19:16 : 16 And whoever touches someone who is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
• Deut 28:28-29 : 28 The LORD shall strike you with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: 29 And you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and plundered evermore, and no man shall save you.
• Isa 1:15 : 15 And when you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: indeed, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Isa 56:10 : 10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
• Isa 59:9-9 : 9 Therefore justice is far from us, nor does righteousness overtake us: we wait for light, but see obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon as in the night; we are in desolate places like dead men. 11 We all roar like bears, and mourn deeply like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
• Isa 29:10-12 : 10 For the LORD has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers has He covered. 11 And the vision of all is become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is learned, saying, Read this, please: and he says, I cannot, for it is sealed. 12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, please: and he says, I am not learned.
• Num 35:33 : 33 So you shall not pollute the land where you are: for blood defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.
• Hos 4:2 : 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
• Mic 3:6-7 : 6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that you shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that you shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. 7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God.
• Matt 15:14 : 14 Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
• Eph 4:18 : 18 Having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;