Verse 2

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For de skal snart visne som gress, og de skal visne som grønne vekster.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For de skal snart visne som gresset, og visne som det grønne gresset.

• Norsk King James

  For de vil snart bli rykket opp som gresset, og visne som det grønne urtet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For de vil raskt bli borte som gress, og visne som det grønne gresset.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For som gresset vil de raskt visne, og som grønne planter vil de dø bort.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For de skal snart bli kuttet ned som gresset, og visne som grønne planter.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For snart skal de bli kappet ned som gress, og visne som en grønn plante.

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

  For de skal snart bli kuttet ned som gresset, og visne som grønne planter.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For de blir raskt kuttet ned som gress og visner som grønne planter.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For they will soon wither like grass and fade like green plants.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For som gresset vil de snart visne bort, og som det grønne gresset vil de visne.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi de skulle hasteligen afhugges som Græs, og affalde som det grønne Græs.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For snart skal de bli slått ned som gresset, og visne som den grønne urten.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For de skal snart kuttes ned som gresset og visne som det grønne gresset.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For de visner raskt som gresset og visne som grønne vekster.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For de skal snart bli hogget ned som gresset og visne som det grønne gresset.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For de blir snart hugget ned som gresset, og visner som grønne planter.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For they shall soone be cut downe like ye grasse, & be wythered euen as ye grene herbe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For they shall soone bee cut downe like grasse, and shall wither as the greene herbe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse: and be withered euen as the greene hearbe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither like the green herb.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For they will quickly be cut down like grass, and become dry like the green plants.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither like the green herb.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants.

Referenced Verses

• Job 14:2 : 2 He comes forth like a flower and is cut down; he flees also as a shadow and does not continue.
• Job 20:5-9 : 5 That the triumph of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 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? 8 He shall fly away like a dream and shall not be found; yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night. 9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place behold him any longer.
• Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and indeed, he was no more; yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
• Ps 73:17-20 : 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood their end. 18 Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction. 19 How they are brought into desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awakes; so, O Lord, when You wake up, You shall despise their image.
• Ps 90:5-6 : 5 You carry them away like a flood; they are like a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up. 6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up; in the evening it is cut down and withers.
• Ps 92:7 : 7 When the wicked spring up like the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is so they may be destroyed forever.
• Ps 129:5-7 : 5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. 6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up: 7 With which the mower does not fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves his bosom.
• Jas 1:10-11 : 10 But the rich in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with a burning heat, and it withers the grass, and its flower falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes: so also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
• 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 Because "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,