Verse 6

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Må han komme som regn over åkrene, som regn som vanner jorden.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han skal komme ned som regn over nyslått gress, som regnskurer som vanner jorden.

• Norsk King James

  Han skal komme som regn på gresset til graset, som regnskurer som vanner jorden.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han skal komme ned som regn over nyslått eng, som dråper som vanner jorden.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  La han komme ned som regn på gresset, som vann som vanner jorden.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han skal komme ned som regn over nyslått gress, som regnskyll som vanner jorden.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han skal komme ned som regn over nyklippet gress, som dusjer som vanner jorden.

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

  Han skal komme ned som regn over nyslått gress, som regnskyll som vanner jorden.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han skal komme ned som regn på nyslått gress, som regnskurer som vanner jorden.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He will come down like rain upon cut grass, like showers that water the earth.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han skal falle som regn på nyslått gress, som regnskurer som vanner jorden.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han skal fare ned som Regn paa det afhugne (Græs), som Draaber, der vædske Jorden.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han skal komme ned som regn over nyslått gress, som byger som vanner jorden.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han skal falle ned som regn på slått eng, som en dusj som vanner jorden.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han skal komme ned som regn på nyslått gress, som dråper som vanner jorden.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han skal komme ned som regn på nyslått gress, som regnskyll som vanner jorden.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Må han komme ned som regn på nyslått gress, som dusjer som vanner jorden.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He shal come downe like the rayne in to a flese of woll, and like the droppes that water ye earth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  He shall come downe like the rayne vpon the mowen grasse, and as the showres that water the earth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He wyll come downe lyke the rayne into a fleece of wooll: euen as the droppes that water the earth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He will come down like rain on the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  He cometh down as rain on mown grass, As showers -- sprinkling the earth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:2 : 2 My teaching shall drop as the rain, my words shall distill as the dew, as the gentle rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
• Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we know, if we pursue to know the LORD: his coming is as certain as the morning; and he will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth.
• 2 Sam 23:4 : 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, like the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
• Ps 65:10 : 10 You water its ridges abundantly; You settle its furrows; You make it soft with showers; You bless its growth.
• Prov 16:15 : 15 In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favor is like a cloud of the latter rain.
• Prov 19:12 : 12 The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew upon the grass.
• Isa 5:6 : 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor dug; but briers and thorns shall come up: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
• Isa 14:3-5 : 3 And it will come to pass in the day that the LORD gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear, and from the hard bondage in which you were made to serve, 4 That you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 5 The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers.
• Ezek 34:23-26 : 23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. 24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it. 25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. 26 And I will make them and the places around my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
• 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.