Verse 3

You turn man to destruction; and say, Return, you children of men.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Du lar mennesket vende tilbake til støvet og sier: Vend tilbake, du menneske!

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Du lar mennesket gå tilbake til støvet, og sier: Vend tilbake, dere menneskebarn.

• Norsk King James

  Du vender mennesket til støv; og sier: Vend tilbake, dere mennesker.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du lar mennesket vende tilbake til støv og sier: Kom tilbake, dere menneskebarn!

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Du lar mennesket vende tilbake til støv og sier: 'Vend tilbake, menneskebarn.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Du vender mennesket tilbake til støv og sier: Vend tilbake, dere menneskebarn.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Du fører mennesket mot undergang; og du sier: Vend tilbake, dere mennesker.

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

  Du vender mennesket tilbake til støv og sier: Vend tilbake, dere menneskebarn.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Du lar mennesket vende tilbake til støvet og sier: «Vend tilbake, dere mennesker.»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You turn humankind back to dust, saying, 'Return, O children of man.'

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Psalms.90.3", "source": "תָּשֵׁ֣ב אֱ֭נוֹשׁ עַד־דַּכָּ֑א וַ֝תֹּ֗אמֶר שׁ֣וּבוּ בְנֵי־אָדָֽם׃", "text": "You *tāšēḇ* *ʾĕnôš* to *dakkāʾ*, and you *tōʾmer* *šûḇû* *bĕnê*-*ʾāḏām*.", "grammar": { "*tāšēḇ*": "hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you return/cause to return", "*ʾĕnôš*": "masculine singular - mankind/man", "*ʿaḏ-dakkāʾ*": "preposition + masculine singular - to dust/crushing/contrition", "*watōʾmer*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you say", "*šûḇû*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - return", "*bĕnê-ʾāḏām*": "masculine plural construct + proper name - sons of Adam/mankind/humans" }, "variants": { "*tāšēḇ*": "you return/you cause to return/you turn", "*ʾĕnôš*": "mankind/mortals/humanity/frail humans", "*dakkāʾ*": "dust/crushing/contrition/destruction", "*šûḇû*": "return/turn back/repent", "*bĕnê-ʾāḏām*": "sons of Adam/children of mankind/humans" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Du vender mennesket tilbake til støv og sier: 'Vend tilbake, dere menneskebarn.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du forvandler et Menneske, at han bliver knust, og du siger: Kommer igjen, I Menneskens Børn!

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Du lar mennesket vende tilbake til støv; og sier: Vend tilbake, dere menneskebarn.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Du fører mennesket tilbake til støv og sier: «Vend tilbake, menneskebarn.»

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Du lar mennesker bli til støv igjen, og sier: Vend tilbake, menneskebarn.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Du lar mennesket vende tilbake til støv og sier: Vend tilbake, dere mennesker.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Du sender mennesket tilbake til støvet, og sier: Vend tilbake, dere menneskebarn.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou turnest man to destruccion, Agayne, thou sayest: come agayne ye children of men.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou turnest man to destruction: againe thou sayest, Returne, ye sonnes of Adam.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou turnest man most miserable euen vnto dust: thou sayest also, O ye children of men returne you into dust.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you children of men."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou turnest man to destruction, And sayest, Return, ye children of men.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you children of men."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You make mankind return to the dust, and say,“Return, O people!”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
• Job 34:14-15 : 14 If He sets His heart upon man, if He gathers to Himself His spirit and His breath, 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return again to dust.
• Ps 104:29 : 29 You hide Your face, they are troubled: You take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
• Eccl 12:7 : 7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
• Ps 146:4 : 4 His breath departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
• Gen 6:6-7 : 6 And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 So the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.
• Num 14:35 : 35 I the LORD have said, I will surely do it to all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
• Job 12:10 : 10 In His hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.