Verse 13

They took the young men to grind, and the children stumbled under the loads of wood.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Unge menn måtte male korn, mens gutter snublet under veden.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De unge mennene måtte male korn, og guttene falt under børen av ved.

• Norsk King James

  De tok de unge mennene til å male, og barna falt under vekten av veden.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Unge menn må male korn, og gutter snubler under tunge byrder.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De unge har måttet bære kvernen, gutter snubler under vedens byrde.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De unge mennene må kverne, og barna segner under vedbjelkene.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De tok de unge mennene for å male, og barna falt under veden.

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

  De unge mennene må kverne, og barna segner under vedbjelkene.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Unge menn må male korn, gutter snubler under vedbører.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Young men toil at the grinding millstones, and boys stumble under heavy loads of wood.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Unge menn må bære kornmøller, og gutter faller under vedbører.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  De toge unge Karle til at male, og Drenge snublede under (Byrden af) Ved.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Unge menn må male korn, og barn snubler under tunge bører.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De unge mennene bar kvernen; barna snublet under vedbør.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Unge menn bærer møllesteinen, gutter segner under vedbyrden.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Unge menn bærer møllesteinen, guttene snubler under veden.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De unge mennene knuste kornet, og guttene segnet under vekten av veden.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  they haue taken yonge mens lyues from them, and the boyes are hanged vp vpon trees.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They tooke the yong men to grinde, and the children fell vnder the wood.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  They haue taken young men to grinde, and the boyes fainted vnder the burthens of wood.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The young men bare the mill; The children stumbled under the wood.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Young men to grind they have taken, And youths with wood have stumbled.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The young men were crushing the grain, and the boys were falling under the wood.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The young men bare the mill; The children stumbled under the wood.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The young men perform menial labor; boys stagger from their labor.

Referenced Verses

• Judg 16:21 : 21 Then the Philistines took him and put out his eyes and brought him down to Gaza. They bound him with bronze chains, and he became a grinder in the prison.
• Neh 5:1-5 : 1 And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. 2 For there were those who said, We, our sons, and our daughters are many: therefore we need to take grain for them, that we may eat and live. 3 Others said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses to buy grain because of the famine. 4 There were also those who said, We have borrowed money for the king's tax, against our lands and vineyards. 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and indeed, we bring into bondage our sons and daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are already in bondage; nor is it in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.
• Job 31:10 : 10 Then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.
• Isa 47:2 : 2 Take the millstones and grind meal; uncover your hair, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
• Isa 58:6 : 6 Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
• Matt 23:4 : 4 For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
• Exod 1:11 : 11 Therefore they set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
• Exod 2:11 : 11 And it happened in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian striking a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
• Exod 11:5 : 5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant who is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
• Exod 23:5 : 5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you lying under its burden and you would refrain from helping it, you shall surely help him with it.