Verse 4

Though Edom says, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus says the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD has indignation forever.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Edom må si: Vi er knust, men vi skal bygge ruinene på nytt. Men dette er hva hærskarenes Herre sier: De skal bygge, men jeg vil rive ned. De skal kalles ondskapens land, folket som Herren alltid er sint på.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Edom sier: Vi er knust, men vi skal vende tilbake og bygge opp ruinene. Men slik sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: De kan bygge, men jeg skal rive ned. De skal kalles ondskapens grense og folket som Herren alltid er vred på.

• Norsk King James

  Når Edom sier: Vi er blitt fattige, men vi vil gå tilbake og gjenoppbygge de ødelagte områdene; så sier Herren over hærskarene: De skal bygge, men jeg vil rive ned; og de skal kalle dem Grensen for ondskap, og folket som Herren alltid har vært sint på.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Edom sier kanskje: Vi er blitt fattige, men vi skal vende tilbake og bygge opp de ødelagte steder. Men Herren, hærskarenes Gud, sier: Om de bygger, skal jeg rive ned. De skal kalles ondskapens grenser og folket som Herren er vred på til evig tid.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Når Edom sier: 'Vi er knust, men vi skal vende tilbake og bygge opp ruinene', da sier Herren over hærskarene: 'De kan bygge opp, men jeg vil rive ned. De skal kalles det ugudelige landet, og folket som Herren er vred på for alltid.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Om Edom sier: 'Vi er blitt fattige, men vi skal vende tilbake og bygge opp de ødelagte stedene'; så sier Herren over hærskarene: 'De skal bygge, men jeg vil rive ned, og de skal kalles ondskapens grenser, og folket som Herren er vred på for alltid.'

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Samtidig sier Edom: 'Vi er elendige, men vi skal vende tilbake og gjenoppbygge de ødelagte stedene.' Slik sier Herren Hærskarers Herre: 'De skal bygge, men jeg vil rive dem ned; og de skal kalles: «Ondskapens grense» og «folket som Herren har evig forargelse over».'

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

  Om Edom sier: 'Vi er blitt fattige, men vi skal vende tilbake og bygge opp de ødelagte stedene'; så sier Herren over hærskarene: 'De skal bygge, men jeg vil rive ned, og de skal kalles ondskapens grenser, og folket som Herren er vred på for alltid.'

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Om Edom sier: 'Vi er knust, men vi vil vende tilbake og bygge opp ruinene,' så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: De kan bygge opp, men jeg vil rive ned. De skal kalles 'ondskapens grenser' og 'folket som Herren er vred på til evig tid.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Though Edom may say, 'We have been destroyed, but we will rebuild the ruins,' this is what the LORD of Hosts says: They may rebuild, but I will tear it down. They will be called 'The Wicked Land,' and 'The people the LORD is angry with forever.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Selv om Edom skulle si: 'Vi har blitt knust, men vi vil gjenoppbygge ruinene,' så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: De skal bygge, men jeg vil rive. De skal kalles et ugudelig land og folket som Herren alltid er vred på.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Omendskjøndt Edom vilde sige: Vi ere vel blevne fattige, men vi ville komme igjen og bygge de øde Steder, saa sagde den Herre Zebaoth: Ville de bygge, da vil jeg, jeg nedbryde, og man skal kalde dem Ugudeligheds Landemærke og det Folk, paa hvilket Herren er vred indtil evig (Tid).

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Edom sier: Vi er fattige, men vi skal vende tilbake og bygge opp de ødelagte stedene. Så sier hærskarenes Herre: De skal bygge, men jeg skal rive ned. De skal kalles ondskapens grenser, folket som Herren er harm på for alltid.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Mens Edom sier, "Vi er blitt slått ned, men vi vil vende tilbake og bygge de øde stedene;" slik sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, "De skal bygge, men jeg vil rive ned; og folk skal kalle dem 'Det onde land', folket som Herren er vred på for alltid."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Edom sier: 'Vi har blitt ødelagt, men vi skal vende tilbake og bygge opp ruinene.' Så sier Herren over hærskaren: De kan bygge, men jeg vil rive ned, og de skal kalles 'syndens land' og 'folket som Herren er vred på for alltid'.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Edoms folk sier: Vi er knust, men vi skal vende tilbake og bygge opp igjen de ødelagte stedene. Men slik sier Herren over hærskarene: De skal bygge opp, men jeg vil rive ned, og folk skal kalle dem for ondskapens grense og det folket Herren er vred på for alltid.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Selv om Edom sier, Vi er knust, men vi skal vende tilbake og bygge opp de ødelagte stedsene, så sier Herren over hærskarene: De kan bygge, men jeg vil rive ned, og de vil kalles ondskapens land og folket som Herren alltid er harm på.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And though Edom sayde: well, we are destroyed, we wil go buylde vp agayne the places that be waisted: yet (sayeth ye LORDE of hoostes) what they buylded, that brake I downe: so that it was called a cursed londe, and a people, whom the LORDE hath euer bene angrie withall.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Though Edom say, wee are impouerished, but we will returne and build the desolate places, yet sayeth the Lorde of hostes, they shall builde, but I will destroy it, and they shall call them, The border of wickednes, and the people, with whome the Lord is angrie for euer.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Though Edom say, We are impouerished, but we wil returne and builde the desolate places: yet saith the Lorde of hoastes, They shal builde, but I wil destroy: & they shal cal them, The border of wickednes, & the people with whom the Lorde is angry for euer.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Whereas Edom says, "We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places;" thus says Yahweh of Hosts, "They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them 'The Wicked Land,' even the people against whom Yahweh shows wrath forever."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Because Edom saith, `We have been made poor, And we turn back and we build the wastes,' Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: They do build, and I do destroy, And `men' have called to them, `O region of wickedness,' `O people whom Jehovah defied to the age.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Though Edom says, We are crushed down but we will come back, building up the waste places; this is what the Lord of armies has said: They may put up buildings, but I will have them pulled down; and they will be named The land of evil-doing, and The people against whom the Lord keeps his wrath for ever.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Whereas Edom says, "We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places;" thus says Yahweh of Armies, "They shall build, but I will throw down; and men will call them 'The Wicked Land,' even the people against whom Yahweh shows wrath forever."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Edom says,“Though we are devastated, we will once again build the ruined places.” So the LORD of Heaven’s Armies responds,“They indeed may build, but I will overthrow. They will be known as the land of evil, the people with whom the LORD is permanently displeased.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 9:9-9 : 9 And all the people will know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, who say in the pride and stubbornness of heart, 10 The bricks have fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones; the sycamores are cut down, but we will replace them with cedars.
• Ezek 25:14 : 14 And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, says the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 35:9 : 9 I will make you perpetual desolations, and your cities shall not return: and you shall know that I am the LORD.
• Amos 6:2 : 2 Pass over to Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? Or is their border greater than your border?
• Mal 1:3 : 3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the jackals of the wilderness.
• Matt 12:30 : 30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that does not gather with me scatters abroad.
• Jas 4:13-16 : 13 Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city and spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit; 14 Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. 15 Instead you ought to say, If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that. 16 But now you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.
• Job 9:4 : 4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against Him and succeeded?
• Job 12:14 : 14 Behold, He breaks down, and it cannot be rebuilt: He shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.
• Job 34:29 : 29 When He gives quietness, who then can make trouble? And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him? Whether it be done against a nation or against a man only.
• Ps 127:1 : 1 Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain; unless the LORD keeps the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
• Ps 137:7 : 7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, Tear it down, tear it down, even to its foundation.
• Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the LORD.
• Isa 10:4 : 4 Without me, they shall bow down among the prisoners, and they shall fall among the slain. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
• Isa 10:15-16 : 15 Shall the ax boast against him who cuts with it? Or shall the saw magnify itself against him who shakes it? As if the rod should shake itself against those who lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were not wood. 16 Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory, he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
• Isa 11:14 : 14 But they shall swoop down upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; together they shall plunder the people of the east: they shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
• Isa 34:5 : 5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
• Isa 34:10 : 10 It shall not be quenched night nor day; its smoke shall ascend forever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it forever and ever.
• Isa 63:1-6 : 1 Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? This one who is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength? It is I, who speak in righteousness, mighty to save. 2 Why are you red in your apparel, and your garments like one who treads in the winepress? 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people, there was none with me: for I will tread them in my anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my clothing. 4 For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come. 5 And I looked, and there was no one to help; and I wondered that there was no one to uphold: therefore my own arm brought salvation for me; and my fury, it upheld me. 6 And I will tread down the people in my anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
• Jer 31:17 : 17 And there is hope in your future, says the LORD, that your children shall come again to their own border.
• Lam 3:37 : 37 Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not commanded it?
• Lam 4:21-22 : 21 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, who dwell in the land of Uz; the cup shall also pass to you, you shall become drunk and make yourself naked. 22 The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no longer carry you away into captivity; he will visit your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will uncover your sins.
• Ezek 11:10 : 10 You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you at the border of Israel; and you shall know that I am the LORD.