Verse 19

Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the sky; they pursued us on the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Våre forfølgere var raskere enn himmelens ørner; de forfulgte oss på fjellene og lå i bakhold for oss i ørkenen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Våre forfølgere er raskere enn himmelens ørner: de jager oss på fjellene, de ligger i bakhold for oss i ørkenen.

• Norsk King James

  Våre forfølgere er raskere enn himmelens ørner; de ventet på oss på fjellet, de lå i bakhold på oss i ørkenen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Våre forfølgere var raskere enn himmelens ørner; de jaget oss nådeløst i fjellene, de ventet på oss i ørkenen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Våre forfølgere var lettere enn ørner på himmelen; de jaget oss på fjellene, de lurte på oss i ørkenen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Våre forfølgere er raskere enn himmelens ørner; de forfulgte oss på fjellene, de ventet på oss i ørkenen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Våre forfølgere er raskere enn ørnene på himmelen; de forfulgte oss på fjellene og lurte på oss i ødemarken.

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

  Våre forfølgere er raskere enn himmelens ørner; de forfulgte oss på fjellene, de ventet på oss i ørkenen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Våre forfølgere er raskere enn ørner i himmelen; over fjellene jaget de oss, i ørkenen ventet de oss.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Våre forfølgere var raskere enn ørner på himmelen. De jaget oss på fjellene, de lå i bakhold i ørkenen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vore Forfølgere vare lettere end Ørne under Himmelen; de forfulgte os (grummeligen) paa Bjergene, de lurede paa os i Ørken.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they id wait for us in the wilderness.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Våre forfølgere er raskere enn himmelens ørner: de jaget oss på fjellene, de ventet på oss i ørkenen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Våre forfølgere var raskere enn himmelens ørner: De jaget oss på fjellene, de ventet på oss i ødemarken.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Raskere er våre forfølgere enn himmelens ørner, på fjellene har de jaget oss, i ødemarken har de ventet på oss.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Våre forfølgere var raskere enn himmelens ørner: De jaget oss på fjellene, de lå i bakhold for oss i ørkenen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De som forfulgte oss var raskere enn ørner på himmelen, de jaget oss over fjellene, la bakhold for oss i ødemarken.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Oure persecuters are swifter then the Aegles of the ayre: they folowed vpon vs ouer the mountaynes, and layed wait for vs in ye wildernesse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Our persecuters are swifter then the egles of the heauen: they pursued vs vpon the mountaines, and layed waite for vs in the wildernes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Our persecutours are swifter then the Egles of the ayre: they folowed vppon vs ouer the mountaynes, and layde wayte for vs in the wyldernesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Swifter have been our pursuers, Than the eagles of the heavens, On the mountains they have burned `after' us, In the wilderness they have laid wait for us.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Those who went after us were quicker than the eagles of the heaven, driving us before them on the mountains, waiting secretly for us in the waste land.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  ק(Qof) Those who pursued us were swifter than eagles in the sky. They chased us over the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 4:13 : 13 Behold, he shall come up like clouds, and his chariots shall be like a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are ruined.
• Isa 5:26-28 : 26 And he will lift up a banner to the nations from far, and will hiss to them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: 27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the belt of their waists be loosed, nor the strap of their shoes be broken: 28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hooves shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
• Hab 1:8 : 8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than evening wolves; their horsemen spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from afar; they fly as the eagle that hastens to eat.
• Isa 30:16-17 : 16 But you said, No; for we will flee on horses; therefore you shall flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore those who pursue you shall be swift. 17 One thousand shall flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you shall flee: until you are left as a beacon on the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.
• Deut 28:49 : 49 The LORD shall bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand;
• Matt 24:27-28 : 27 For as the lightning comes from the east and shines to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 28 For wherever the carcass is, there the eagles will be gathered together.
• Hos 8:1 : 1 Set the trumpet to your mouth. He shall come like an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant and trespassed against my law.
• Amos 2:14 : 14 Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not reinforce his strength, neither shall the mighty save himself:
• Amos 9:1-3 : 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said, Strike the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake; and cut them in the head, all of them. I will slay the last of them with the sword; he who flees from them shall not flee away, and he who escapes of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, from there my hand will take them; though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down. 3 And though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.