Verse 18

Because of Mount Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Sion-fjellet er øde; rever løper omkring.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Fordi Sions fjell er forlatt, vandrer revene på det.

• Norsk King James

  På grunn av den ødelagte Sion vandrer revene omkring.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  på grunn av Sions berg, som er øde; rever løper der.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  På Sions berg ligger det øde, rev lever i det.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  På grunn av Sions berg, som ligger øde, streifer rever omkring.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  På grunn av Sions fjell, som er øde, vandrer revene over det.

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

  På grunn av Sions berg, som ligger øde, streifer rever omkring.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For Sions berg ligger øde, rever vandrer på det.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Mount Zion, which lies desolate, is now roamed by foxes.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  På grunn av Sions fjell, som er forlatt, løper rever der.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  for Zions Bjergs Skyld, som er øde; Ræve løbe derpaa.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desote, the foxes walk upon it.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  På grunn av Sions fjell, som er øde, vandrer revene der.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Fordi Sions fjell er øde: Rever vandrer på det.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Fordi Sions berg er øde, rever streifer der.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  På grunn av Sions fjell, som er øde: Revene vandrer der.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  På grunn av Sions fjell som er øde; sjakaler vandrer der.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  because of ye hill of Sion that is destroyed, In so moch, that the foxes runne vpon it.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Because of the mountaine of Zion which is desolate: the foxes runne vpon it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Because of the hill of Sion that is destroyed: insomuch that the foxes runne vpon it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk on it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For the mount of Zion -- that is desolate, Foxes have gone up on it.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Because of the mountain of Zion which is a waste; jackals go over it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk on it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For wild animals are prowling over Mount Zion, which lies desolate.

Referenced Verses

• Mic 3:12 : 12 Therefore for your sake Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
• 1 Kgs 9:7-8 : 7 Then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for My name, I will cast out of My sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: 8 And at this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why has the LORD done this to this land and to this house?
• Ps 74:2-3 : 2 Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old; the rod of Your inheritance, which You have redeemed; this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt. 3 Lift up Your feet to the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy has done wickedly in the sanctuary.
• Isa 32:13-14 : 13 Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yes, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: 14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the bustle of the city shall be abandoned; the forts and towers shall become dens forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks;
• Jer 9:11 : 11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
• Jer 17:3 : 3 O my mountain in the field, I will give your substance and all your treasures to the spoil, and your high places for sin, throughout all your borders.
• Jer 26:9 : 9 Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
• Jer 52:13 : 13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, he burned with fire:
• Lam 2:8-9 : 8 The Lord has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: He has stretched out a line, He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying: therefore He made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together. 9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.