Verse 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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han sitter i skjul i landsbyene; på hemmelige steder angriper han den uskyldige; hans øyne lurker etter den hjelpeløse.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han sitter i bakhold i landsbyene: i hemmelighet myrder han den uskyldige; hans øyne er skjult rettet mot de fattige.

• Norsk King James

  Han sitter i bakhold i landsbyene; på de skjulte steder begår han drap på de uskyldige; øynene hans er rettet mot de fattige.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han ligger på lur i landsbyene, i skjul dreper han den uskyldige; hans øyne venter på den svake.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han sitter i bakhold i landsbyene; i hemmelighet dreper han den uskyldige. Hans øyne speider etter de hjelpeløse.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han sitter på lurestedene i landsbyene: På hemmelige steder dreper han de uskyldige: Hans øyne er rettet i hemmelighet mot de fattige.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han skjuler seg i landsbyenes bakgater; på hemmelige steder myrder han de uskyldige, og hans blikk er drevet mot de fattige.

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

  Han sitter på lurestedene i landsbyene: På hemmelige steder dreper han de uskyldige: Hans øyne er rettet i hemmelighet mot de fattige.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han sitter i bakhold i landsbyene; i skjul dreper han den uskyldige; hans øyne speider etter den elendige.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He sits in ambush in the villages; in the hiding places he murders the innocent; his eyes stealthily watch for the helpless.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han sitter i bakholdet ved landsbyene; i de skjulte steder myrder han den uskyldige; hans øyne lurer på den hjelpeløse.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han sidder paa Luur ved Forgaardene, han ihjelslaaer en Uskyldig i Skjul, hans Øine skjule sig imod den Svage.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han sitter i bakhold i landsbyene: på hemmelige steder myrder han den uskyldige: hans øyne er skjult rettet mot de fattige.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han lurer i vente nær landsbyene. Fra bakhold myrder han de uskyldige. Hans øyne er hemmelig rettet mot de hjelpeløse.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han sitter i bakhold ved landsbyene; i hemmelighet dreper han den uskyldige. Hans øyne speider etter de elendige.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han sitter i landsbyenes skjulesteder; På hemmelige steder myrder han de uskyldige; Hans øyne speider i ly for de hjelpeløse.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han venter i byenes mørke steder: i hemmelige steder dreper han dem som ikke har gjort noe galt: hans øyne er hemmelig vendt mot de fattige.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He lyeth waytinge secretly, as it were a lyon in his denne. He lurketh that he maye rauysh the poore,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  He lieth in waite in the villages: in the secret places doeth hee murther the innocent: his eyes are bent against the poore.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He sitteth lurkyng in theeuishe corners of the streates: and priuily in lurking dennes he doth murther the innocent, he eyeth diligently hym that is weake.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.

Referenced Verses

• 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.
• Luke 8:1 : 1 And it happened afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,
• Luke 10:1 : 1 After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before him into every city and place where he himself would come.
• 1 Sam 22:18 : 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn you, and attack the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and killed on that day eighty-five persons that wore a linen ephod.
• 1 Sam 23:23 : 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.
• 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD.
• Ps 17:11 : 11 They have now surrounded us in our steps; they have set their eyes, bending down to the earth.
• Ps 94:6 : 6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
• Prov 1:11-12 : 11 If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; 12 Let us swallow them alive like the grave, and whole, like those who go down into the pit;
• Prov 6:12-13 : 12 A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth. 13 He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches with his fingers;
• Jer 22:17 : 17 But your eyes and your heart are set only on your covetousness, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression, and on violence, to do it.