Verse 8

Their appearance is blacker than coal; they are not recognized in the streets; their skin clings to their bones; it has withered, it has become like a stick.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Nå er ansiktene deres mørkere enn sot; de gjenkjenner ikke menneskene på gatene. Hudene deres henger som om de er tørre.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Deres utseende er blitt svartere enn kull; de kjennes ikke igjen på gatene; deres hud klistrer seg til deres ben; den er visnet, blitt som tre.

• Norsk King James

  Deres ansikt er svarte som kull; de er ikke gjenkjennelige i gatene; huden deres henger fra beina; de er visnet bort, de har blitt som kvister.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Nå er deres ansikter mørkere enn kull, de gjenkjennes ikke på gatene; huden klamrer seg til beina, tørr som tre.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Men nå er deres ansikter svart som kull; de er ikke igjenkjennelige på gatene, huden deres har blitt innhyllet i knoklene, tørket som en tørr kvist.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Deres ansikter er mørkere enn kull; de kjenner dem ikke igjen i gatene. Huden deres henger fast ved bena; den er vissen og har blitt som en kvist.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Deres ansikter er mørkere enn kull; de er sjeldne i gatene; huden sitter tett inntil beina, den har visnet og blitt som en tynn pinne.

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

  Deres ansikter er mørkere enn kull; de kjenner dem ikke igjen i gatene. Huden deres henger fast ved bena; den er vissen og har blitt som en kvist.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Nå er deres hud mørkere enn svart, deres kropp er ikke gjenkjent i gatene. Deres hud klamrer seg til deres bein, den er blitt tørr som tre.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Now their appearance is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones; it has become as dry as wood.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Lamentations.4.8", "source": "חָשַׁ֤ךְ מִשְּׁחוֹר֙ תָּֽאֳרָ֔ם לֹ֥א נִכְּר֖וּ בַּחוּצ֑וֹת צָפַ֤ד עוֹרָם֙ עַל־עַצְמָ֔ם יָבֵ֖שׁ הָיָ֥ה כָעֵֽץ׃", "text": "*Ḥāšaḵ* from *šəḥôr* their *tāʾŏrām*, not *nikkərû* in the *ḥûṣôt*; *ṣāp̄aḏ* their *ʿôrām* on their *ʿaṣmām*, *yāḇēš* it is like the *ʿēṣ*", "grammar": { "*ḥāšaḵ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is dark/black", "*mi-ššəḥôr*": "preposition + definite masculine singular noun - from blackness", "*tāʾŏrām*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their appearance/form", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*nikkərû*": "Niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are recognized", "*ba-ḥûṣôt*": "preposition + definite feminine plural noun - in the streets", "*ṣāp̄aḏ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it shrivels/clings", "*ʿôrām*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their skin", "*ʿal-ʿaṣmām*": "preposition + feminine plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - on their bones", "*yāḇēš*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is dry", "*hāyâ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is/was", "*kā-ʿēṣ*": "preposition + definite masculine singular noun - like the wood/tree" }, "variants": { "*ḥāšaḵ*": "is dark/is black/is gloomy", "*šəḥôr*": "blackness/soot/darkness", "*tāʾŏrām*": "their appearance/their form/their visage", "*nikkərû*": "are recognized/are known/are distinguished", "*ṣāp̄aḏ*": "shrivels/clings/sticks", "*yāḇēš*": "is dry/is withered/is parched", "*ʿēṣ*": "wood/tree/timber" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Nå er deres utseende mørkere enn sot, de er ikke gjenkjent i gatene. Huden henger på deres ben, den er tørr som tre.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Deres Skikkelse er mørkere end Sorthed, de kjendes ikke paa Gaderne; deres Hud hænger ved deres Been, den er tør som Træ.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Their visage is bcker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Nå er deres utseende mørkere enn kull, de er ikke å gjenkjenne på gatene, deres hud har klistret seg til beinene; den er vissen, blitt som en stokk.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Deres ansikter er svartere enn kull; de er ikke gjenkjent i gatene: Huden deres kleber seg til beina; den er visnet, har blitt som en stokk.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Deres ansikt har blitt mørkere enn svarthet, de er ikke kjent i gatene, huden klistrer seg til deres bein, den har visnet, blitt som tre.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Deres ansikt er svartere enn kull; de er ikke kjent igjen i gatene: Huden deres klistrer seg til beina, den er vissen, den er blitt som en pinne.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Deres ansikter er svartere enn natten; ingen kjenner dem igjen i gaten: huden henger på knoklene, de er tørre, de er blitt som tre.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But now their faces are very black: In so moch, that thou shuldest not knowe them in the stretes. Their skynne cleueth to their bones, It is wythered, and become like a drye stock.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Nowe their visage is blacker then a cole: they can not knowe them in the streetes: their skinne cleaueth to their bones: it is withered like a stocke.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But nowe their faces be very blacke, insomuche that thou shouldest not knowe them in the streetes: their skinne cleaueth to their bones, it is withered and become like a drye stocke.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: Their skin cleaves to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Darker than blackness hath been their visage, They have not been known in out-places, Cleaved hath their skin unto their bone, It hath withered -- it hath been as wood.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Their visage is blacker than a coal; They are not known in the streets: Their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Their face is blacker than night; in the streets no one has knowledge of them: their skin is hanging on their bones, they are dry, they have become like wood.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Their appearance is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: Their skin clings to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  ח(Khet) Now their appearance is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it is dried up, like tree bark.

Referenced Verses

• Job 30:30 : 30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
• Ps 102:3-5 : 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned like a hearth. 4 My heart is stricken and withered like grass, so I forget to eat my bread. 5 Because of the voice of my groaning, my bones cling to my skin.
• Lam 5:10 : 10 Our skin is black as an oven because of the terrible famine.
• Ps 119:83 : 83 For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, yet I do not forget Your statutes.
• Job 19:20 : 20 My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.
• Job 30:17-19 : 17 My bones are pierced in me at night, and my sinews find no rest. 18 By the great force of my disease my garment is changed: it binds me about like the collar of my coat. 19 He has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
• Ruth 1:19-20 : 19 So the two of them went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they had come to Bethlehem, that all the city was stirred because of them, and they said, Is this Naomi? 20 And she said to them, Do not call me Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
• Job 2:12 : 12 And when they lifted up their eyes from afar and did not recognize him, they lifted up their voices and wept; and they tore every one his mantle and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
• Job 33:21 : 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones, that were not seen, stick out.
• Ps 32:4 : 4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my vitality turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
• Ps 38:3 : 3 There is no health in my flesh because of your anger, nor is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
• Isa 52:14 : 14 As many were astonished at you; his appearance was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
• Lam 4:1-2 : 1 How has the gold become dim! How is the finest gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the top of every street. 2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they regarded as clay pots, the work of the hands of the potter!
• Ps 102:11 : 11 My days are like a shadow that declines, and I am withered like grass.
• Joel 2:6 : 6 Before them the people shall be much pained; all faces shall gather blackness.
• Nah 2:10 : 10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melts, and the knees strike together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather paleness.