Verse 6

These have power to shut heaven, that it does not rain in the days of their prophecy; and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Disse har makt til å stenge himmelen, så det ikke regner i dagene av profetiene deres; og de har makt over vannene til å gjøre dem til blod, og til å ramme jorden med alle slags plager, så ofte som de ønsker.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Disse har makt til å stenge himmelen, så det ikke faller regn i de dager de profeterer. Og de har makt over vannene til å gjøre dem til blod, og til å ramme jorden med enhver plage, så ofte de ønsker.

• Norsk King James

  Disse har makt til å stenge himmelen, så det ikke skal komme regn i profetenes dager; og de har makt over vannene til å gjøre dem til blod, og til å ramme jorden med alle plager, så ofte de ønsker.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De har makt til å stenge himmelen, så det ikke faller regn i de dager de profeterer, og de har makt til å forvandle vann til blod og slå jorden med all slags plager så ofte de vil.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Disse har makt til å lukke himmelen, så det ikke regner i de dager de profeterer: og de har makt over vannene til å forvandle dem til blod, og å slå jorden med alle slags plager så ofte de vil.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  De har makt til å lukke himmelen, så det ikke faller regn i deres profetidager, og makt over vannene til å forvandle dem til blod og til å slå jorden med enhver plage så ofte de vil.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De har makt til å lukke himmelen, så det ikke regner i dagene de profeterer, og de har makt over vannene til å gjøre dem til blod og til å ramme jorden med alle slags plager så ofte de vil.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De har makt til å forsegle himmelen slik at det ikke regner i deres profetiske tid, og de har makt over vannene til å forvandle dem til blod, og til å slå jorden med alle slags plager så ofte de vil.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Disse har makt til å lukke himmelen slik at det ikke regner i den tid de profeterer. De har makt over vannene til å gjøre dem til blod, og til å slå jorden med alle slags plager så ofte de vil.

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

  Disse har makt til å lukke himmelen slik at det ikke regner i den tid de profeterer. De har makt over vannene til å gjøre dem til blod, og til å slå jorden med alle slags plager så ofte de vil.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De har makt til å lukke himmelen, så det ikke faller regn i deres profetidager, og de har makt over vannene til å forvandle dem til blod og til å slå jorden med alle plager så ofte de vil.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They have authority to shut the sky so no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy. They also have power over the waters to turn them into blood and to strike the earth with any plague whenever they wish.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Disse har makt til å lukke himmelen så det ikke regner i de dager de profeterer, og de har makt over vannene til å forvandle dem til blod og til å slå jorden med alle plager så ofte de vil.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Disse have Magt at tillukke Himmelen, at der ingen Regn skal falde i deres Propheties Dage, og de have Magt over Vandene, at forvandle dem til Blod, og at slaae Jorden med allehaande Plager, saa ofte de ville.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De har makt til å stenge himmelen, så det ikke faller regn i deres profetidager. De har makt over vannene til å forvandle dem til blod og til å slå jorden med alle plager så ofte de vil.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Disse har makt til å lukke himmelen, så det ikke faller regn i profetienes dager. De har makt over vannene til å gjøre dem til blod, og å slå jorden med alle plager, så ofte de vil.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Disse har makt til å lukke himmelen så det ikke faller regn i de dager de profeterer, og de har makt over vannene til å forvandle dem til blod, og å slå jorden med alle plager så ofte de vil.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Disse har makt til å lukke himmelen så det ikke regner på dagene av deres profeti; og de har makt over vannene til å forvandle dem til blod og til å slå jorden med alle slags plager, så ofte de vil.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De har makt til å lukke himmelen, så det ikke faller regn i de dager de profeterer. De har også makt over vannene til å gjøre dem til blod og til å slå jorden med alle plager, så ofte de vil.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  These have power to shut heven that it rayne not in the dayes of their prophesyinge: and have power over waters to turne them to bloud and to smyte the erth wt almaner plages as often as they will.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  These haue power to shut heauen, that it rayne not in the dayes of their prophesyinge: and haue power ouer waters, to turne them to bloud, and to smyte the earth with all maner plages, as often as they will.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  These haue power to shut heauen, that it raine not in the dayes of their prophecying, and haue power ouer waters to turne them into blood, and to smite the earth with all maner plagues, as often as they will.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  These haue power to shut heauen, that it rayne not in the dayes of their prophesiyng: and haue power ouer waters, to turne them to blood, and to smite the earth with all maner plagues, as often as they wyll.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  These have authority to shut the heaven, that it may not rain rain in the days of their prophecy, and authority they have over the waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the land with every plague, as often as they may will.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  These have the power to shut the heaven, that it rain not during the days of their prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they shall desire.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  These have the power to keep the heaven shut, so that there may be no rain in the days when they are prophets: and they have power over the waters to make them into blood, and to send every sort of disease on the earth as their pleasure is.

• World English Bible (2000)

  These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  These two have the power to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time they are prophesying. They have power to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain for these years, except by my word.
• Luke 4:25 : 25 But I tell you the truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine swept throughout all the land;
• Jas 5:16-18 : 16 Confess your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
• Ps 105:26-36 : 26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. 27 They showed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they did not rebel against his word. 29 He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish. 30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. 31 He spoke, and there came various sorts of flies, and lice in all their territory. 32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. 33 He struck their vines also and their fig trees; and broke the trees of their territory. 34 He spoke, and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that without number, 35 And ate up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. 36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
• Ezek 7:1-9 : 1 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2 Also, you son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel: An end, the end has come upon the four corners of the land. 3 Now the end has come upon you, and I will send my anger upon you, and will judge you according to your ways, and will repay you for all your abominations. 4 And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity: but I will repay your ways upon you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the LORD. 5 Thus says the Lord GOD: An evil, a singular evil, behold, has come. 6 An end has come, the end has come; it watches for you; behold, it has come. 7 The morning has come upon you, O you that dwell in the land; the time has come, the day of trouble is near, and not the joyful shouting from the mountains. 8 Now I will shortly pour out my fury upon you, and accomplish my anger upon you; and I will judge you according to your ways, and will repay you for all your abominations. 9 And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; I will repay you according to your ways and your abominations that are in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the LORD who strikes. 10 Behold the day, behold, it has come; the morning has gone forth, the rod has blossomed, pride has budded. 11 Violence has risen up into a rod of wickedness; none of them shall remain, not of their multitude, nor of any of theirs; neither shall there be wailing for them. 12 The time has come, the day draws near; let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
• Exod 7:17-25 : 17 Thus says the LORD, By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. 18 And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall stink, and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river. 19 And the LORD spoke to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your rod, and stretch out your hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone. 20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. 21 And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. 22 And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he listen to them, as the LORD had said. 23 And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also. 24 And all the Egyptians dug around the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. 25 And seven days were fulfilled, after the LORD had struck the river.
• 1 Sam 4:8 : 8 Woe to us! who shall deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.