Verse 4

In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly spoiled: he has changed the portion of my people; how has he removed it from me! Turning away, he has divided our fields.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  På den dagen vil dere synge en klagesang om dere og si: 'Vi er helt fortapt! Folket mitt har mistet sin arv. Hvordan kan vi få den tilbake? Våre felter blir delt blant svikere.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  På den dagen skal man ta opp et ordspråk mot dere og klage med sørgende klage, og si: Vi er fullstendig herjet: Han har forandret delingen av mitt folk; hvordan har han tatt den fra meg! Han har delt ut markene våre til en fremmed.

• Norsk King James

  På den dagen vil noen ta opp en klage over dere og sørge over hva som har skjedd med dere, og si: Vi er helt ødelagte; han har endret det som tilhører folket mitt; hvordan kan han ta det fra meg? Han har delt våre marker.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  På den dagen skal man lage et ordtak om dere, og klage med en sørgelig klage, som sier: Vi er helt ødelagt, han har frarøvet mitt folks del; hvordan kan han ta min del fra meg? Han deler ut våre marker til andre.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  På den dagen skal folk lage en klagesang over dere og si: Vi er helt ødelagt! Mitt folks del er blitt forandret. Hvordan fjerner han den fra meg! Vår eiendom kan han gi til dem som vender seg bort.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  På den dagen vil man synge en hånende sang om dere, og klage sørgelig: Vi er fullstendig ødelagt! Han har tatt fra meg mitt folks arv, og delt våre åkrer.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Den dagen vil man fremføre en lignelse mot dere, klage med sorgfulle rop og si: 'Vi er fullstendig ødelagt! Han har endret vårt folks del – hvordan har han tatt den fra oss? Han har snudd seg bort og delt våre åkrer!'

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

  På den dagen vil man synge en hånende sang om dere, og klage sørgelig: Vi er fullstendig ødelagt! Han har tatt fra meg mitt folks arv, og delt våre åkrer.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Den dagen skal de bære frem en spott over dere og jamre en klagesang og si: Vi er fullstendig ødelagt! Min folks arv er blitt skiftet om, hvordan tok han fra meg våre marker, han deler dem ut!

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  On that day, they will take up a taunt against you and wail with bitter lament, saying: 'We are utterly ruined; my people's inheritance is divided. How it has been taken away from me! He removes our fields and gives them to traitors.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  På den dagen skal det bli laget en bespottelsessang mot dere og en klagesang skal synges: 'Vi er fullstendig ødelagt! Mitt folks arv blir snudd om; hvordan bortfører han den fra meg, og han deler ut våre marker til våre fiender.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Paa den samme Dag skal man optage et Ordsprog over eder, og beklage sig med en ynkelig Klage (og) sige: Vi ere ganske forstyrrede, han haver bortskiftet (mit) Folks Deel; hvorledes unddrager han Mit fra mig? han deler ud, idet han afvender vore Agre (fra os til Andre).

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  På den dagen skal man sette opp en klagesang mot dere og sørge med bitter sorg, og si: Vi er fullstendig ruinert: Han har forandret min folks arv: Hvordan har han fjernet den fra meg! Han har delt våre marker til andre.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Den dagen skal de lage et ordtak om dere og jamre i sørgmodig klage, si, 'Vi er fullstendig ødelagt! Mitt folks arvelodd er delt opp. Sannelig, han tar det fra meg og gir våre marker til forrædere!'»

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  På den dagen skal man spotte dere med en sang og si: Vi er fullstendig ødelagt! Mitt folks eiendom har han delt, hvordan har han snudd seg mot meg! Våre marker blir utdelt til frafalne.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Den dagen skal de ta opp et ordtak mot dere og sørge i bitter sorg og si: Vi er fullstendig ødelagt; han skifter ut min eiendom. Hvordan tar han den fra meg! Han deler våre jorder til opprørerne.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  På den dagen vil dette ord bli sagt om dere, og denne klagesangen vil bli laget: Mitt folks arv er utdelt, og ingen gir den tilbake; de som har gjort oss til fanger har tatt våre marker fra oss, og fullstendig ødeleggelse har kommet over oss.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  In that daye shall this terme be vsed, and a mournynge shal be made ouer you on this maner: We be vtterly desolate, the porcion off my people is translated. Whan wil he parte vnto vs the londe, that he hath taken from vs?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  In that daye shall they take vp a parable against you, and lament with a dolefull lamentation, and say, We be vtterly wasted: hee hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he taken it away to restore it vnto mee? he hath deuided our fieldes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  In that day shal this parable be vsed, and a mourning shalbe made ouer you on this maner: We be vtterly desolate, the portion of my people is translated: how wyll he parte vnto vs the lande that he hath taken from vs?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  In that day shall [one] take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, [and] say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed [it] from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  In that day they will take up a parable against you, And lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, 'We are utterly ruined! My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!'"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  In that day doth `one' take up for you a simile, And he hath wailed a wailing of wo, He hath said, We have been utterly spoiled, The portion of my people He doth change, How doth He move toward me! To the backslider our fields He apportioneth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, [and] say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove [it] from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In that day this saying will be said about you, and this song of grief will be made: The heritage of my people is measured out, and there is no one to give it back; those who have made us prisoners have taken our fields from us, and complete destruction has come to us.

• World English Bible (2000)

  In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, 'We are utterly ruined! My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  In that day people will sing this taunt song to you– they will mock you with this lament:‘We are completely destroyed; they sell off the property of my people. How they remove it from me! They assign our fields to the conqueror.’

Referenced Verses

• Hab 2:6 : 6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his! How long? And to him who loads himself with thick clay!
• Mic 1:15 : 15 Yet I will bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah: the glory of Israel shall come to Adullam.
• Isa 6:11 : 11 Then I said, Lord, how long? And He answered, Until the cities are laid waste without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land is utterly desolate,
• Isa 24:3 : 3 The land shall be utterly emptied and utterly plundered, for the LORD has spoken this word.
• Num 23:7 : 7 And he took up his parable and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.
• Deut 28:29 : 29 And you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and plundered evermore, and no man shall save you.
• Jer 9:10 : 10 For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled; they are gone.
• Jer 9:17-21 : 17 Thus says the LORD of hosts, Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilled women, that they may come: 18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. 19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, 'How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.' 20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation. 21 For death has climbed up into our windows, and has entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.
• Jer 14:18 : 18 If I go out to the field, then behold, those slain with the sword; and if I enter the city, then behold, those sick from famine! Yes, both prophet and priest roam about in a land they do not know.
• Jer 25:9-9 : 9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations. 10 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. 11 And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
• Lam 1:1-5 : 1 How does the city sit solitary, that was full of people! How has she become like a widow! She who was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, has become a tributary! 2 She weeps bitterly in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she has none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they have become her enemies. 3 Judah has gone into captivity because of affliction and great servitude: she dwells among the heathen, she finds no rest: all her persecutors have overtaken her between the straits. 4 The ways of Zion mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness. 5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children have gone into captivity before the enemy.
• Ezek 2:10 : 10 And he spread it before me; and it was written on the inside and on the outside: and there was written in it lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
• Ezek 16:44 : 44 Behold, everyone that uses proverbs shall use this proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter.
• Joel 1:8 : 8 Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
• Joel 1:13 : 13 Gird yourselves, and lament, you priests: howl, you ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God: for the grain offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.
• Amos 5:1 : 1 Hear this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
• Amos 5:17 : 17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through you, says the LORD.
• 2 Sam 1:17 : 17 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
• 2 Kgs 17:23-24 : 23 until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away from their own land to Assyria, as it is to this day. 24 The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities.
• 2 Chr 35:25 : 25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah, and all the singing men and the singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day and made them an ordinance in Israel. And behold, they are written in the lamentations.
• 2 Chr 36:20-21 : 20 And those who had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia, 21 to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate, she kept sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
• Job 27:1 : 1 Moreover, Job continued his discourse and said,
• Num 23:18 : 18 And he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen to me, son of Zippor:
• Num 24:3 : 3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said:
• Num 24:15 : 15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said:
• Isa 63:17-18 : 17 O LORD, why have you made us to stray from your ways, and hardened our heart from your fear? Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance. 18 The people of your holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.
• Jer 4:13 : 13 Behold, he shall come up like clouds, and his chariots shall be like a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are ruined.
• Isa 14:4 : 4 That you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
• Mic 2:10 : 10 Arise and depart, for this is not your rest; because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a severe destruction.
• Zeph 1:2 : 2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, says the LORD.
• Mark 12:12 : 12 They sought to arrest him, but feared the crowd, for they knew he had spoken the parable against them. So they left him and went away.