Verse 8

Are you better than populous No, that was situated among the rivers, that had the waters around it, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was from the sea?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Er du bedre enn No-Ammon, som lå ved elven, omgitt av vann? Deres forsvar var havet, og vannet var som en mur rundt henne.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Er du bedre enn No-Amon, som var plassert ved elvene, som hadde vann rundt seg, der sin befestning var havet og hennes mur var fra havet?

• Norsk King James

  Er du bedre enn den folkerike byen No, som lå ved elvene, hadde vannene rundt seg, hvis murer strakte seg mot havet?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Er du bedre enn No-Amon, den folkerike byen mellom elvene, omgitt av vann, med havet som voll, hvis mur var havet?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Er du bedre enn No-Amon som satt ved elvene, omgitt av vann, hvis festning var havet, og havet var hennes mur?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Er du bedre enn befolkningsrike No, som lå blant elvene, som hadde vann rundt seg, hvis festningsverk var havet, og hennes mur var fra havet?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Er du bedre enn det folkerike No, som lå ved elvene, omringet av vann, hvis voll var havet og murene kom fra havet?

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

  Er du bedre enn befolkningsrike No, som lå blant elvene, som hadde vann rundt seg, hvis festningsverk var havet, og hennes mur var fra havet?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Er du bedre enn No-Amon, som ligger ved Nilens kanaler, omgitt av vann? Havet var hennes festning, havet var hennes mur.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Are you better than Thebes, situated by the Nile with water around her? The river was her defense, the waters her wall.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Er du bedre enn No-Amon, som lå ved Nilen, omgitt av vann? Hennes forsvar var havet, vannet var hennes mur.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Mon du være bedre end No, den folkerige (Stad), som laae imellem Floderne, som havde Vand trindt omkring, hvis Værn var Havet, dens Muur var af Havet?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Er du bedre enn byen No, som lå mellom elvene, omgitt av vann, med havet som en voll, og hennes mur fra sjøen?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Er du bedre enn No-Amon {eller, Teben} som lå blant elvene, som hadde vannene rundt henne; som hadde havet som mur, og sjøen til vern?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Er du bedre enn No-Ammon, som lå ved Nilen, med vann rundt omkring? Havet var hennes mur, og vann hennes forsvar.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Er du bedre enn No-Amon, som lå blant elvene, med vann rundt seg, hvis forsvar var havet og muren var av sjø?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Er du bedre enn No-Amon, som satt ved Nilens elver, omgitt av vann; hvis mur var havet og hennes jordverk vannene?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Art thou better then the greate cite of Alexadria? that laye in the waters, and had the waters rounde aboute it: which was strongly fenced & walled with the see?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Art thou better then No, which was ful of people? that lay in the riuers, and had the waters round about it? whose ditche was the sea, and her wall was from the sea?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wilt thou count thy selfe better then Alexandria the great, that was scituate amonges the riuers, compassed round about with water, whose fortresse was the sea and had her wall from the sea?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, [that had] the waters round about it, whose rampart [was] the sea, [and] her wall [was] from the sea?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Are you better than No-Amon,{or, Thebes} who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Art thou better than No-Ammon, That is dwelling among brooks? Waters she hath round about her, Whose bulwark `is' the sea, waters her wall.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Art thou better than No-amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her; whose rampart was the sea, [and] her wall was of the sea? [

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Are you better than No-amon, seated on the Nile streams, with waters all round her; whose wall was the sea and her earthwork the waters?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Are you better than No-Amon, who was situated among the rivers, who had the waters around her; whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was of the sea?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Nineveh Will Suffer the Same Fate as Thebes You are no more secure than Thebes– she was located on the banks of the Nile; the waters surrounded her, her rampart was the sea, the water was her wall.

Referenced Verses

• 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?
• Ezek 30:14-16 : 14 I will make Pathros desolate, set fire in Zoan, and execute judgments in No. 15 I will pour my fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No. 16 I will set fire in Egypt: Sin will suffer great pain, No will be torn apart, and Noph will have distresses daily.
• Ezek 31:2-3 : 2 Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Who are you like in your greatness? 3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a sheltering canopy, and of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.
• Isa 19:5-9 : 5 The waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. 6 They shall turn the rivers away; the brooks of defense shall be emptied and dried up; the reeds and rushes shall wither. 7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and everything sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more. 8 The fishermen also shall mourn, and all who cast hooks into the brooks shall lament, and those who spread nets upon the waters shall languish. 9 Moreover, those who work in fine flax and those who weave networks shall be confounded. 10 They shall be broken in their purposes, all who make sluices and ponds for fish.
• Jer 46:25-26 : 25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says; Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all who trust in him: 26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says the LORD.