Verse 1

For behold, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud, yes, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

Other Translations

• Norsk King James

  For se, dagen kommer som skal brenne som en ovn; og alle de stolte, ja, alle som gjør ondt, skal bli som halm: og denne dagen skal brenne dem opp, sier Herren, så det ikke skal bli igjen verken rot eller grein.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For se, dagen kommer som brenner som en ovn; da skal alle de stolte og alle som handler ondt være som halm, og denne dagen som kommer, skal sette dem i brann, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og den skal ikke etterlate noen rot eller gren.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For se, dagen kommer som skal brenne som en ovn; og alle de stolte, ja, og alle som handler ondt, skal bli som halm: og dagen som kommer skal brenne dem opp, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, så det ikke skal etterlates hverken rot eller gren.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For se, den dagen kommer som skal brenne som en ovn; og alle de stolte, ja, alle de som gjør ondskap, skal bli som tørr strå. Den dagen vil brenne dem opp, sier HERRENS hær, og la dem være verken rot eller gren.

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

  For se, dagen kommer som skal brenne som en ovn; og alle de stolte, ja, og alle som handler ondt, skal bli som halm: og dagen som kommer skal brenne dem opp, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, så det ikke skal etterlates hverken rot eller gren.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi see, Dagen kommer, der brænder som en Ovn; da skulle alle Hovmodige og hver, som gjør Ugudelighed, være Halm, og den Dag, den, som kommer, skal optænde dem, sagde den Herre Zebaoth, og den skal ikke lade dem Rod eller Green.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For se, dagen kommer som skal brenne som en ovn; og alle de stolte, ja, alle som handler urettferdig, skal bli som halm: og den dagen som kommer skal brenne dem opp, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, så det ikke lar dem tilbake verken rot eller gren.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For se, dagen kommer, brennende som en ovn; alle de stolte, ja, alle som gjør urett, skal bli som halm; og dagen som kommer, skal sette dem i brann, sier Herren over hærskarene, så den verken lar rot eller grener tilbake.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For se, dagen kommer, brennende som en ovn, og alle de stolte og alle som handler ondt, skal bli som halm, og dagen som kommer skal brenne dem opp, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, så det ikke etterlater dem rot eller grein.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Se, dagen kommer, den brenner som en ovn. Alle de stolte og alle som gjør ondt, skal bli som halm. Dagen som kommer, skal sette dem i brann, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, så verken rot eller gren blir igjen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For se, dagen kommer, den brenner som en ovn; alle de stolte og de som gjør ondt vil være som tørre strå: og på den dagen som kommer skal de bli oppbrent, sier Herren over hærskarene, inntil verken rot eller gren er igjen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For marck, the daye commeth that shall burne as an oue: and all the proude, yee and all soch as do wickednesse, shalbe straw: and the daye that is for to come, shall burne the vp (sayeth the LORDE of hoostes) so that it shal leaue them nether rote ner braunch.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For behold, the day commeth that shall burne as an ouen, and all the proude, yea, and all that doe wickedly, shall be stubble, and the day that commeth, shall burne them vp, sayeth the Lorde of hostes, and shall leaue them neither roote nor branche.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For marke, the day commeth burning like an ouen: and all the proude, and all that worke wickednesse shalbe stubble, and the day that is for to come shall burne them, saith the Lorde of hoastes, and shall leaue them neither roote, nor braunche.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up," says Yahweh of Hosts, "that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For, lo, the day hath come, burning as a furnace, And all the proud, and every wicked doer, have been stubble, And burnt them hath the day that came, Said Jehovah of Hosts, That there is not left to them root or branch,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "For, behold, the day comes, it burns as a furnace; and all the proud, and all who work wickedness, will be stubble; and the day that comes will burn them up," says Yahweh of Armies, "that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  (3:19)“For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“It will not leave them even a root or branch.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 5:24 : 24 Therefore as the fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
• Isa 47:14 : 14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them. They shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame; there shall not be a coal to warm by, nor a fire to sit before.
• Obad 1:18 : 18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall kindle them and devour them, and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau, for the LORD has spoken.
• Mal 3:2 : 2 But who may endure the day of his coming? And who shall stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap:
• 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
• 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved for fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
• Mal 3:15 : 15 And now we call the proud blessed; yes, those who do wickedness are raised up; yes, those who test God go free.
• Mal 4:5 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
• Matt 3:12 : 12 His winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
• Nah 1:5-6 : 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yes, the world and all who dwell in it. 6 Who can stand before his indignation? And who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
• Joel 2:31 : 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.
• Zeph 1:18 : 18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy: for He will make a speedy end of all those that dwell in the land.
• Zech 14:1 : 1 Behold, the day of the LORD comes, and your spoil shall be divided in the midst of you.
• Amos 2:9 : 9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.
• Nah 1:10 : 10 For while they are entangled like thorns and while they are drunken like drunkards, they shall be devoured as fully dry stubble.
• Ezek 7:10 : 10 Behold the day, behold, it has come; the morning has gone forth, the rod has blossomed, pride has budded.
• Joel 2:1 : 1 Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming, for it is near at hand;
• Isa 40:24 : 24 Indeed, they shall not be planted; indeed, they shall not be sown; indeed, their stock shall not take root in the earth; and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
• Isa 41:2 : 2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
• Exod 15:7 : 7 And in the greatness of your excellence you have overthrown those who rose against you: you sent forth your wrath, which consumed them like stubble.
• Job 18:16 : 16 His roots shall be dried up below, and above his branch shall be cut off.
• Ps 21:9-9 : 9 You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall consume them. 10 You shall destroy their offspring from the earth, and their descendants from among the children of men.
• Ps 119:119 : 119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross, therefore I love Your testimonies.
• Isa 2:12-17 : 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty, and upon everyone that is lifted up, and he shall be brought low: 13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 14 And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, 15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fortified wall, 16 And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low; and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Luke 19:43 : 43 For the days shall come upon you, when your enemies will build an embankment around you and surround you and enclose you on every side,
• Luke 21:20 : 20 And when you shall see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near.
• Mal 3:18 : 18 Then shall you return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
• Zeph 1:14 : 14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastens greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry out there bitterly.