Verse 3

Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, against this family I devise an evil from which you shall not remove your necks; neither shall you go haughtily, for this time is evil.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Derfor sier Herren: 'Se, jeg har bestemt for å sende dom over denne slekten. En dom som de ikke vil kunne unngå, for deres stolthet vil ikke redde dem i en tid preget av synd.'

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Derfor sier Herren: Se, jeg tenker ut en ulykke mot denne slekt, en som dere ikke kan riste av nakken; dere skal ikke gå stolt, for det er en ond tid.

  • Norsk King James

    Derfor sier Herren: Se, mot denne familien har jeg planlagt noe ondt, som dere ikke kan unnslippe; dere skal ikke være stolte, for denne tiden er ond.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Derfor sier Herren: Se, jeg vil la en ulykke komme over denne slekten; dere skal ikke unnslippe, og dere skal ikke gå med stolthet, for det er en ond tid.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Derfor, slik sier Herren: Se, jeg planlegger en ulykke mot denne slekt som dere ikke vil kunne unngå. Dere skal ikke kunne gå med oppreist hode, for det er en ond tid.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Derfor sier Herren: Se, jeg planlegger en ulykke mot denne slekten, som dere ikke skal unnslippe; dere skal ikke gå med stolthet, for denne tiden er ond.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Derfor sier HERREN: Se, jeg legges frem en ond plan mot denne familien – en plan du ikke kan unnslippe, og du skal ikke herske hovmodig, for denne tiden er ond.

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

    Derfor sier Herren: Se, jeg planlegger en ulykke mot denne slekten, som dere ikke skal unnslippe; dere skal ikke gå med stolthet, for denne tiden er ond.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Derfor sier Herren: Se, jeg planlegger en ulykke mot denne slekten, som dere ikke skal kunne fjerne fra halsen. Dere skal ikke vandre stolte, for det er en tid med ulykke.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Therefore, this is what the LORD says: 'I am planning disaster against this family, from which you cannot free your necks, nor will you walk proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.'

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Derfor, så sier Herren: Se, jeg skal tenke ut en ulykke over denne slekten, som dere ikke skal kunne rykke nakken fri fra. Dere skal ikke lenger vandre reise i stolthet, fordi tiden er ond.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Derfor sagde Herren saaledes: See, jeg tænker Ondt over denne Slægt; derfra skulle I ikke unddrage eders Hals, og ikke gaae stolteligen, thi det er en ond Tid.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Derfor sier Herren: Se, mot denne slekt planlegger jeg en ulykke, som dere ikke skal kunne fri dere fra; dere skal heller ikke kunne gå med stolthet, for denne tiden er ond.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Derfor sier Herren: «Se, jeg planlegger en ulykke mot dette folket, som dere ikke kan unnslippe. Dere skal ikke gå høyt i denne tiden, for det er en ond tid.»

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Derfor sier Herren: Se, jeg planlegger ulykke over denne slekten, som dere ikke kan unnslippe. Dere skal ikke gå stolte, for det er en ond tid.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Derfor sier Herren: Se, jeg utformer en ulykke mot denne slekten, som dere ikke skal kunne rømme fra nakken deres, og dere skal ikke vandre stolt, for det er en ond tid.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Derfor har Herren sagt: Se, mot denne slekt planlegger jeg en ulykke som dere ikke kan redde dere fra, og dere vil bli tynget av den; for det er en vond tid.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE: Beholde, agaynst this housholde haue I deuysed a plage, wherout ye shal not plucke youre neckes: Ye shal nomore go so proudly, for it will be a perlous tyme.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Therefore thus saieth the Lorde, Beholde, against this familie haue I deuised a plague, whereout yee shall not plucke your neckes, and ye shall not go so proudly, for this time is euill.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Therefore thus saith the Lorde: Beholde, against this housholde haue I deuised a plague, whereout ye shall not plucke your neckes: ye shall no more go so proudly, for it wyl be a perilous time.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time [is] evil.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Therefore thus says Yahweh: "Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, From which you will not remove your necks, Neither will you walk haughtily; For it is an evil time.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am devising against this family evil, From which ye do not remove your necks, Nor walk loftily, for a time of evil it `is'.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks, neither shall ye walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For this cause the Lord has said, See, against this family I am purposing an evil from which you will not be able to take your necks away, and you will be weighted down by it; for it is an evil time.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Therefore thus says Yahweh: "Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks, neither will you walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Therefore the LORD says this:“Look, I am devising disaster for this nation! It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of catastrophe.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 2:11-12 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. 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:
  • Jer 8:3 : 3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the remnant of those that remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Amos 5:13 : 13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
  • Jer 18:11 : 11 Now therefore go, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you: return now everyone from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
  • Amos 9:1-4 : 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said, Strike the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake; and cut them in the head, all of them. I will slay the last of them with the sword; he who flees from them shall not flee away, and he who escapes of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, from there my hand will take them; though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down. 3 And though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them. 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword, and it shall slay them; and I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
  • Lam 1:14 : 14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are woven together, and come upon my neck: he has made my strength to fall, the Lord has delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.
  • Lam 2:17 : 17 The Lord has done what He had planned; He has fulfilled His word that He commanded in the days of old: He has thrown down, and has not pitied: and He has caused your enemy to rejoice over you, He has exalted the strength of your adversaries.
  • Lam 5:5 : 5 Our necks are under persecution; we labor and have no rest.
  • Isa 28:14-18 : 14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, who rule this people who are in Jerusalem. 15 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hidden ourselves: 16 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation: he who believes shall not act hastily. 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. 18 And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then you shall be trampled down by it.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.
  • Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and His ways just; and those that walk in pride He is able to abase.
  • Dan 5:20-23 : 20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him. 21 Then he was driven from the sons of men; his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that He appoints over it whomever He chooses. 22 And you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this. 23 But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them, and you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, brass, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.
  • Amos 2:14-3:2 : 14 Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not reinforce his strength, neither shall the mighty save himself: 15 Neither shall he stand that handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself: neither shall he who rides the horse save himself. 16 And he who is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, says the LORD. 1 Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, 2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it because it is in the power of their hand.
  • Zeph 1:17-18 : 17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out like dust, and their flesh like refuse. 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.
  • Rom 16:4 : 4 Who have risked their own necks for my life; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
  • Eph 5:16 : 16 Making the most of the time, because the days are evil.
  • Jer 27:12 : 12 I spoke also to Zedekiah, king of Judah, according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
  • Jer 34:17 : 17 Therefore thus says the LORD: You have not listened to me in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbor; behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, says the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
  • Jer 36:23 : 23 And it happened, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
  • Jer 43:2 : 2 Then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, You speak falsely: the LORD our God has not sent you to say, Do not go into Egypt to live there:
  • Jer 13:15-17 : 15 Hear, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD has spoken. 16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness. 17 But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is taken captive.
  • Isa 3:16 : 16 Moreover the LORD says, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, making a tinkling with their feet:
  • Isa 5:19 : 19 Who say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it!