Verse 4

Though you exalt yourself like the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down, says the LORD.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Om du hever rede høyt som ørnen, og om du setter ditt bo blant stjernene, også derfra skal jeg styrte deg ned, sier Herren.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Om du løfter deg selv så høyt som ørnen, og om du bygger ditt rede blant stjernene, derfra vil jeg få deg ned, sier Herren.

• Norsk King James

  Selv om du hever deg som en ørn, og selv om du setter reiret ditt blant stjernene, derfra vil jeg bringe deg ned, sier Herren.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Selv om du flyr høyt opp som ørnen, og selv om du bygger ditt reir blant stjernene, vil jeg kaste deg ned derfra, sier Herren.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Om du hever deg høyt som ørnen og setter ditt rede blant stjernene, så vil jeg bringe deg ned derfra, sier Herren.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Selv om du hever deg som en ørn og bygger ditt rede blant stjernene, vil jeg derfra dra deg ned, sier Herren.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Selv om du hever deg som ørnen og bygger redet ditt blant stjernene, vil jeg fra den høyden rive deg ned, sier Herren.

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

  Selv om du hever deg som en ørn og bygger ditt rede blant stjernene, vil jeg derfra dra deg ned, sier Herren.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Om du bygger ditt rede blant stjernene som ørnen, skal jeg få deg ned derfra, sier Herren.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Obadiah.1.4", "source": "אִם־תַּגְבִּ֣יהַּ כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁר וְאִם־בֵּ֥ין כּֽוֹכָבִ֖ים שִׂ֣ים קִנֶּ֑ךָ מִשָּׁ֥ם אוֹרִֽידְךָ֖ נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה", "text": "if-*tagbîah* like-the-*nešer* *wĕ*-if-between *kôkābîm* *śîm* *qinnekā* from-there *ʾôrîdĕkā* *nĕʾum*-*YHWH*", "grammar": { "*tagbîah*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you make high/soar", "*nešer*": "noun, masculine singular - eagle/vulture", "*wĕ*-": "conjunction - and", "*kôkābîm*": "noun, masculine plural - stars", "*śîm*": "qal infinitive construct - set/place", "*qinnekā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your nest", "*ʾôrîdĕkā*": "hiphil imperfect, 1st singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - I will bring you down", "*nĕʾum*": "noun, masculine singular construct - declaration of", "*YHWH*": "proper name - LORD/Yahweh" }, "variants": { "*tagbîah*": "you make high/soar/elevate yourself", "*nešer*": "eagle/vulture/large bird of prey", "*kôkābîm*": "stars/celestial bodies", "*śîm*": "set/place/put", "*qinnekā*": "your nest/your dwelling", "*ʾôrîdĕkā*": "I will bring you down/cause you to descend", "*nĕʾum*": "declaration/oracle/utterance" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Selv om du hever deg høyt som ørnen, og selv om du bygger ditt rede blant stjernene, skal jeg styrte deg ned derfra, sier Herren.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Om du end foer saa høit op som Ørnen, og om du satte din Rede iblandt Stjernerne, vil jeg dog kaste dig ned derfra, siger Herren.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Om du hever deg som en ørn, og om du bygger ditt rede blant stjernene, derfra skal jeg føre deg ned, sier Herren.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Selv om du reiser høyt som ørnen, og selv om ditt rede er satt blant stjernene, vil jeg dra deg ned derfra, sier Yahweh.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Selv om du stiger så høyt som en ørn, og selv om du bygger ditt rede blant stjernene, så skal jeg dra deg ned derfra, sier Herren.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Selv om du stiger høyt som ørnen, og selv om ditt rede er satt blant stjernene, vil jeg trekke deg ned derfra, sier Herren.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Om du hever deg som en ørn, om din bolig er blant stjernene, vil jeg likevel kaste deg ned derfra, sier Herren.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But though thou wentest vp as hye as the Aegle, and maydest thy nest aboue amonge the starres: yet wolde I plucke the downe from thece.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Though thou exalt thy selfe as the egle, and make thy nest among the starres, thence will I bring thee downe, sayth the Lord.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Yea though thou exalt thy selfe as the egle, and make they nest among the starres, thence wil I bring thee downe, sayth the Lorde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there, says Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  If thou dost go up high as an eagle, And if between stars thou dost set thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Though you go up on high like an eagle, though your house is placed among the stars, I will make you come down from there, says the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there," says Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Even if you were to soar high like an eagle, even if you were to make your nest among the stars, I can bring you down even from there!” says the LORD.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 14:12-15 : 12 How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the ground, who did weaken the nations! 13 For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will also sit upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High. 15 Yet you will be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
• Hab 2:9 : 9 Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
• Job 20:6-7 : 6 Though his greatness mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds, 7 Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, Where is he?
• Job 39:27-28 : 27 Does the eagle mount up at your command, and make its nest on high? 28 It dwells on the rock and resides on the crag of the rock, in the stronghold.
• Jer 49:16 : 16 Your terribleness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says the LORD.
• Jer 51:53 : 53 Though Babylon should ascend to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from Me shall destroyers come to her, says the LORD.
• Amos 9:2 : 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.