Verse 17

As for us, our eyes failed as we watched for a nation that could not save us.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Øynene våre ble trette av å vente forgjeves på hjelp; vi speidet etter en redning som ikke kom.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Vi ventet forgjeves, våre øyne sviktet for vår frie hjelp: i vår våking har vi sett etter en nasjon som ikke kunne frelse oss.

• Norsk King James

  Når det gjelder oss, har våre øyne sviktet for vårt håp: i vårt vagtsomme blikk har vi sett etter en nasjon som ikke kunne redde oss.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Våre øyne svinner bort mens vi ser forgjeves etter hjelp, mens vi venter på en nasjon som ikke kan redde oss.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Vi stirret trett etter hjelp, men forgjeves; våre øyne så ivrig etter en nasjon som ikke kunne redde oss.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For oss, våre øyne har forgjeves ventet etter hjelp; mens vi lette, har vi ventet på en nasjon som ikke kunne redde oss.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Når det gjelder oss, har våre øyne ennå sviktet i vår søken etter hjelp; vi holdt vakt og ventet på en nasjon som ikke kunne redde oss.

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

  For oss, våre øyne har forgjeves ventet etter hjelp; mens vi lette, har vi ventet på en nasjon som ikke kunne redde oss.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Våre øyne lengter fortsatt etter hjelp forgjeves, mens vi ser etter et folk som ikke kan redde oss.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Our eyes still fail as we look in vain for help; we have watched eagerly for a nation that could not save us.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Vi ser enda etter hjelp, det er forgjeves. I vår overvåking har vi ventet på en nasjon som ikke kan frelse.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Endnu fortæres vore Øine, (naar de see) hen til vor forfængelige Hjælp, idet vi see (saa) flitteligen hen til et Folk, som ikke kunde frelse.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For vår del, våre øyne har ennå forgjeves lett etter hjelp: i vår vakthold har vi speidet etter en nasjon som ikke kunne frelse oss.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Våre øyne er blitt trette mens vi venter på hjelp til ingen nytte; I vår speiding speidet vi etter en nasjon som ikke kunne redde.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Mens vi lever, har øynene våre forgjeves speidet etter hjelp, i vakttårnet har vi ventet på en nasjon som ikke redder.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Våre øyne svikter mens vi ser etter vår fåfengte hjelp: I vår voktelse ventet vi på en nasjon som ikke kunne redde.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Våre øyne strekker seg fortsatt etter falsk hjelp: vi har speidet etter et folk som ikke kan gi frelse.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wherfore yet oure eyes fayle vs, whyle we loke for vayne helpe: seynge we be euer waitynge vpon a people, that can do vs no good,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Whiles we waited for our vaine helpe, our eyes failed: for in our waiting we looked for a nation that could not saue vs.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wherefore yet our eyes fayled vs, whyles we looked for our vayne helpe, seeing we euer wayted vpon a people that coulde do vs no good.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation [that] could not save [us].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  While we exist -- consumed are our eyes for our vain help, In our watch-tower we have watched for a nation `that' saveth not.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  ע(Ayin)The People of Jerusalem Lament: Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 29:16 : 16 And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which brings their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 29:6-7 : 6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 7 When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon you, you broke, and made all their loins to be at a stand.
• 2 Kgs 24:7 : 7 And the king of Egypt did not come again out of his land anymore, for the king of Babylon had taken from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates all that belonged to the king of Egypt.
• Isa 20:5 : 5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their boast.
• Isa 30:1-7 : 1 Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, that seek counsel, but not from me; and that make a covering, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin: 2 Who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore, the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. 4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. 5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. 6 The burden of the beasts of the south: through a land of trouble and anguish, from which come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. 7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.
• Isa 31:1-3 : 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD! 2 Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both he who helps will fall, and he who is helped will fall down, and they all will fail together.
• Jer 2:18 : 18 And now what do you have to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what do you have to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
• Jer 2:36 : 36 Why do you go about so much to change your way? you also shall be ashamed of Egypt, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
• Jer 8:20 : 20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
• Jer 37:7-9 : 7 'Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which has come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt, to their own land. 8 And the Chaldeans shall come again and fight against this city and take it and burn it with fire.' 9 Thus says the LORD: 'Do not deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.' 10 For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remain only wounded men among them, yet they shall rise up, every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
• Lam 1:7 : 7 Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none helped her: the adversaries saw her and mocked at her sabbaths.
• Lam 1:19 : 19 I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and my elders have died in the city, while they sought food to relieve their souls.