Verse 16

There shall be a handful of grain in the earth on the top of the mountains; the fruit shall shake like Lebanon, and those of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Må korn være rikelig i landet, på fjelltoppene; må frukten bølge som Libanon, og folk blomstre i byene som gresset på marken.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Det skal være en håndfull korn i landet på fjelltoppene; frukten derav skal svaie som Libanon, og innbyggerne i byen skal blomstre som gresset på jorden.

  • Norsk King James

    Det vil være en håndfull korn på jorden på toppen av fjellet; frukten derfra skal ristes som Libanon; og de i byen skal blomstre som gresset på jorden.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Når det er lite korn på jordens topper, skal dets avling bruse som Libanon, og byens innbyggere skal blomstre som planter på marken.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    La det være overflod av korn i landet på fjelltoppene, la dets frukt vaie som Libanon, og la folk blomstre i byen som gresset på marken.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Det skal være en håndfull korn i landet på toppene av fjellene; dets frukt skal vaie som Libanon, og de i byen skal blomstre som gresset på jorden.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    På fjelltopper skal det finnes en håndfull korn, og dens frukt skal svaie som Libanon, mens byens folk skal blomstre som jordens gress.

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

    Det skal være en håndfull korn i landet på toppene av fjellene; dets frukt skal vaie som Libanon, og de i byen skal blomstre som gresset på jorden.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    La det være rikdom av korn i landet, på fjellenes topp. Måtte dets frukt bruse som Libanon og blomstre i byene som gresset på jorden.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    May there be an abundance of grain in the land, flourishing on the tops of the mountains. May its fruit wave like Lebanon, and may people flourish in the cities like the grass of the earth.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Det skal være kornmengder i landet, selv på fjelltoppene. Frukten skal svaie som Libanons skog, og byens folk skal blomstre som gresset på marken.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    (Naar) der er lidet Korn i Jorden paa Bjergenes Top, (da) skal Frugten deraf suse som Libanon, og de af Staden skulle blomstre som Urter paa Jorden.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Det skal være en håndfull korn på jorden på toppen av fjellene; dens frukt skal bevege seg som Libanon: og de i byen skal blomstre som gress på jorden.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Det skal være overflod av korn i landet. Det skal vaie som sedrene på Libanon. La det blomstre, frodig som markens gress.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Det skal være en håndfull korn i landet, på fjelltoppene, og dens frukt skal svaie som Libanon. De skal blomstre ut fra byen som gresset på jorden.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Det skal være overflod av korn på jorden til fjellenes topp; dens grøde skal sveie som Libanon: byfolkene skal blomstre som gresset på jorden.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Må det være vidstrakte åkrer av korn i landet, som beveger seg på toppen av fjellene, fulle av frukt som Libanon: må dens stilker være utallige som gresset på jorden.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    There shalbe an heape of corne in the earth hye vpon the hilles, his frute shal shake like Libanus,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    An handfull of corne shall be sowen in the earth, euen in the toppe of the mountaines, and the fruite thereof shall shake like the trees of Lebanon: and the children shall florish out of the citie like the grasse of the earth.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    A handfull of corne shall be sowed in the earth vpon the toppe of hylles: and the fruite therof shall make a noyse lyke Libanus, and shall florishe in the citie lyke grasse vpon the earth.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and [they] of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    There shall be abundance of grain throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    There is a handful of corn in the earth, On the top of mountains, Shake like Lebanon doth its fruit, And they flourish out of the city as the herb of the earth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    May there be wide-stretching fields of grain in the land, shaking on the top of the mountains, full of fruit like Lebanon: may its stems be unnumbered like the grass of the earth.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 4:20 : 20 Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea in numbers, eating and drinking and rejoicing.
  • Job 5:25 : 25 You shall also know that your seed shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.
  • Job 8:7 : 7 Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.
  • Ps 72:6 : 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.
  • Ps 92:12-14 : 12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those who are planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and flourishing,
  • Ps 104:16 : 16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which He has planted;
  • Isa 2:2-3 : 2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established on the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3 And many people shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us His ways, and we will walk in His paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
  • Isa 29:17 : 17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
  • Isa 30:23 : 23 Then shall he give the rain for your seed, that you shall sow the ground with; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be rich and plentiful: in that day your cattle shall feed in large pastures.
  • Isa 32:15 : 15 Until the spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.
  • Isa 32:20 : 20 Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send forth the feet of the ox and the donkey.
  • Isa 35:2 : 2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the majesty of our God.
  • Isa 44:3-5 : 3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing upon your offspring: 4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. 5 One shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
  • Jer 33:22 : 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the descendants of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me.
  • Hos 14:5-7 : 5 I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and strike his roots as Lebanon. 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his fragrance as Lebanon. 7 Those who dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the grain, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
  • Matt 13:31-33 : 31 He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches. 33 He told them still another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.
  • Mark 16:15-16 : 15 And he said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that does not believe shall be condemned.
  • Acts 1:15 : 15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (the number of names together was about one hundred and twenty), and said,
  • Acts 2:41 : 41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
  • Acts 4:4 : 4 However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
  • 1 Cor 3:6-9 : 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth. 7 So then neither is he that plants anything, neither he that waters; but God that gives the growth. 8 Now he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are workers together with God: you are God's field, you are God's building.
  • Rev 7:9 : 9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no one could number, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and languages, stood before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands;
  • Rev 7:14 : 14 And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are those who came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.