Verse 14

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and whose jaws are like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Det er en generasjon med tenner som sverd og kjever som kniver, som fortærer de fattige på jorden og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Det finnes en generasjon med tenner lik sverd, og kjever som kniver, for å fortære de fattige fra jorden og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Norsk King James

  Det er en generasjon hvis tenner er som sverd, og deres kjever som kniver, for å fortære de fattige fra jorden, og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  en generasjon med tenner som sverd og kinntær som kniver, for å fortære de fattige fra jorden og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Det er en slekt hvis tenner er sverd, og hvis kjever er kniver, for å fortære de fattige fra jorden og de nødlidende blant menneskene.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Det finnes en generasjon hvis tenner er som sverd, og hvis kjevetenner er som kniver, for å sluke de fattige fra jorden og de trengende blant menneskene.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Det finnes en generasjon hvis tenner er som sverd og kjevetenner som kniver, for å rive de fattige fra jorden og de nødstedte fra folket.

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

  Det finnes en generasjon hvis tenner er som sverd, og hvis kjevetenner er som kniver, for å sluke de fattige fra jorden og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  en generasjon hvis tenner er sverd og hvis kjever er kniver, for å fortære de fattige fra jorden og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  There is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the poor from the earth and the needy from among mankind.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Proverbs.30.14", "source": "דּ֤וֹר ׀ חֲרָב֣וֹת שִׁנָּיו֮ וּֽמַאֲכָל֢וֹת מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥יו לֶאֱכֹ֣ל עֲנִיִּ֣ים מֵאֶ֑רֶץ וְ֝אֶבְיוֹנִ֗ים מֵאָדָֽם׃ פ", "text": "*Dôr* *ḥărābôt* *šinnāyw* *ûmaʾăḵālôt* *metalleʿōtāyw* *leʾĕḵōl* *ʿăniyyîm* *mēʾereṣ* *weʾebyônîm* *mēʾādām*", "grammar": { "*Dôr*": "masculine singular noun - generation", "*ḥărābôt*": "feminine plural noun - swords", "*šinnāyw*": "feminine plural noun + third person masculine singular suffix - his teeth", "*ûmaʾăḵālôt*": "conjunction + feminine plural noun - and knives", "*metalleʿōtāyw*": "feminine plural noun + third person masculine singular suffix - his jaw teeth/molars", "*leʾĕḵōl*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to devour", "*ʿăniyyîm*": "masculine plural adjective/noun - poor/afflicted ones", "*mēʾereṣ*": "preposition + feminine singular noun - from the earth/land", "*weʾebyônîm*": "conjunction + masculine plural adjective/noun - and needy ones", "*mēʾādām*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - from mankind/humanity" }, "variants": { "*ḥărābôt*": "swords/daggers/cutting instruments", "*metalleʿōtāyw*": "his jaw teeth/molars/fangs", "*ʿăniyyîm*": "poor/afflicted/humble/weak ones" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Det er en generasjon hvis tenner er som sverd, og hvis kinntenner er som kniver, for å fortære de fattige fra jorden, og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  en Slægt, hvis Tænder ere Sværd, og hvis Kindtænder ere Knive til at fortære de Elendige af Landet og de Fattige iblandt Menneskene.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Det er en generasjon hvis tenner er som sverd, og hvis hjørnetenner er som kniver, for å oppsluke de fattige fra jorden og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Det er en generasjon hvis tenner er som sverd, og hvis kjever er som kniver for å fortære de fattige fra jorden og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  En generasjon -- sverd er deres tenner, og kniver er deres kinntenner, for å fortære de fattige fra jorden, og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Det finnes en generasjon hvis tenner er som sverd, og deres jeksler som kniver, For å fortære de fattige fra jorden, og de trengende blant menneskene.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Det finnes en generasjon hvis tenner er som sverd, deres sterke tenner som kniver, for å ødelegge de fattige fra jorden og de i nød blant menneskene.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  This peoples tethe are swerdes, and with their chaft bones they consume and deuoure the symple of the earth, and the poore from amonge me.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  There is a generation, whose teeth are as swordes, and their chawes as kniues to eate vp the afflicted out of the earth, and the poore from among men.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  There is a generation whose teeth are as swordes, and their chawes as knyues, to deuour the poore from of the earth, & the needy from among men.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  [There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, And their jaws like knives, To devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A generation -- swords `are' their teeth, And knives -- their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from `among' men.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  There is a generation whose teeth are [as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

• World English Bible (2000)

  There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, and their jaws like knives, to devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions, and I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
• Ps 3:7 : 7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for you have smitten all my enemies on the cheekbone; you have broken the teeth of the ungodly.
• Ps 14:4 : 4 Do all the workers of iniquity have no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon the LORD?
• Job 29:17 : 17 And I broke the fangs of the wicked, and plucked the victim from his teeth.
• Amos 8:4 : 4 Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land fail,
• Eccl 4:1 : 1 So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter.
• Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent; his eyes are secretly set against the poor. 9 He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net.
• Rev 9:8 : 8 They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions.
• Ps 12:5 : 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; I will set him in safety from him who puffs at him.
• Ps 52:2 : 2 Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
• Ps 58:6 : 6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
• Prov 12:18 : 18 There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
• Prov 22:16 : 16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.
• Prov 28:3 : 3 A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.
• Isa 32:7 : 7 The schemes of the miser are evil: he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks what is right.
• Dan 7:5-7 : 5 And behold, another beast, a second one, was like a bear. It raised itself up on one side, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And they said to it, Arise, devour much flesh. 6 After this, I looked, and behold, another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it. 7 After this, I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces and trampled what was left with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
• Amos 2:7 : 7 They pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go in to the same maid, to profane My holy name:
• Amos 4:1 : 1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, 'Bring, and let us drink.'
• Mic 2:1-2 : 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. 2 They covet fields and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away; so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
• Mic 3:1-5 : 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O leaders of Jacob, and you rulers of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know justice? 2 Who hate good and love evil; who strip their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, like meat for the pot, and like flesh within the cauldron. 4 Then they shall cry to the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, because they have done evil in their deeds. 5 Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who make my people err, who bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that puts not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
• Hab 3:14 : 14 You pierced with his own staves the head of his villages. They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me; their rejoicing was like to devour the poor secretly.
• Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not gnaw the bones until the morning.
• Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
• Jas 5:1-4 : 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded; and their corrosion shall be a witness against you, and shall consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure for the last days. 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.