Verse 12

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited for good, but evil came down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For den som bor i Marot, venter forgjeves etter det gode, for ulykken har rammet Jerusalems port.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Den som bor i Marot pinte seg for godt, men ulykke kom ned fra Herren til Jerusalems port.

• Norsk King James

  For innbyggeren av Maroth ventet på det gode; men ondt kom ned til porten til Jerusalem.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hun som bor i Marot venter på noe godt, men ulykken kom fra Herren, til Jerusalems port.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For de som bor i Marot sørger over det gode, for ulykke har kommet ned fra Herren til Jerusalems port.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For innbyggerne i Marot venter møysommelig på noe godt; men ondt har kommet fra Herren til Jerusalems port.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For den som bor i Maroth ventet nøye på noe godt, men det onde kom ned fra Herren til Jerusalems port.

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

  For innbyggerne i Marot venter møysommelig på noe godt; men ondt har kommet fra Herren til Jerusalems port.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For den som bor i Marot, sverger etter lykke, men onde kommer ned fra Herren til Jerusalems port.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The inhabitants of Maroth writhe in pain, waiting for relief, because disaster has come from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For innbyggerne i Marot lengter etter det gode, men ulykke fra Herren har kommet ned til Jerusalems port.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi Indbyggersken i Maroth lider Smerte for det Gode; thi der nedkom Ondt fra Herren til Jerusalems Port.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For innbyggeren av Marot ventet ivrig på det gode; men ulykke kom ned fra Herren til Jerusalems port.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For innbyggeren av Marot venter engstelig på noe godt, fordi ondt har kommet ned fra Herren til Jerusalems port.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Den som bor i Marot ventet på hjelp, men ulykken kom fra Herren til Jerusalems port.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For innbyggerne i Marot venter med angst på det gode, fordi det onde har kommet ned fra Herren til porten til Jerusalem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For den som bor i Marot venter på det gode: for ondt har kommet ned fra Herren til Jerusalem-portene.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The rebellious cite hopeth, that it shal not be so euell: but for all that, the plage shal come from the LORDE, euen in to the porte of Ierusalem.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the inhabitant of Maroth wayted for good, but euill came from the Lorde vnto the gate of Ierusalem.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the inhabitautes of Maroth wayled for good, but the plague shall come from the Lorde, euen vnto the gates of Hierusalem.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, Because evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For stayed for good hath the inhabitant of Maroth, For evil hath come down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the one living in Maroth is waiting for good: for evil has come down from the Lord to the doorways of Jerusalem.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Indeed, the residents of Maroth hope for something good to happen, though the LORD has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 14:19 : 19 Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You struck us down, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, but behold, trouble!
• Amos 3:6 : 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be calamity in a city, and the LORD has not brought it?
• Mic 1:9 : 9 For her wound is incurable; for it has come to Judah; it has reached the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
• Isa 45:7 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create calamity: I the LORD do all these things.
• Isa 59:9-9 : 9 Therefore justice is far from us, nor does righteousness overtake us: we wait for light, but see obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon as in the night; we are in desolate places like dead men. 11 We all roar like bears, and mourn deeply like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
• Jer 8:15 : 15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold, trouble!
• Ruth 1:20 : 20 And she said to them, Do not call me Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
• 1 Sam 4:13 : 13 And when he came, behold, Eli sat upon a seat by the roadside watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told it, all the city cried out.
• Job 30:26 : 26 When I looked for good, then evil came to me; and when I waited for light, darkness came.