Verse 4

Your neck is like a tower of ivory; your eyes like the pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dine bryster er som to rådyr, tvillingkalver av en gasell.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Din hals er som et elfenbenstårn; dine øyne som dammer i Hesbon, ved porten til Bat-Rabbim; din nese er som Libanons tårn, vendt mot Damaskus.

• Norsk King James

  Halsen din er som et tårn av elfenben; øynene dine er som fiskehull i Heshbon, ved porten til Bathrabbim; nesen din er som et tårn av Libanon som ser mot Damaskus.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Din hals er som et elfenbenstårn, dine øyne som dammene i Hesbon ved porten til Bat-Rabbim. Din nese er som et tårn på Libanon som skuer mot Damaskus.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Dine bryst er som to gaseller, tvillinger av en gaselle.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Din hals er som et elfenbenstårn; dine øyne er som vannbassengene i Hesbon, ved porten Bat-Rabbim. Din nese er som Libanons tårn som ser mot Damaskus.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Din hals er som et elfenbtårn; øynene dine ligner fiskebassengene i Hesbon, ved porten til Bathrabbim; nesen din er som tårnet i Libanon som ser mot Damaskus.

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

  Din hals er som et elfenbenstårn; dine øyne er som vannbassengene i Hesbon, ved porten Bat-Rabbim. Din nese er som Libanons tårn som ser mot Damaskus.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Dine bryster er som to hjortekalver, tvillinger av en gasell.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dine to bryster er som to rådyrkalver, tvillinger av en gasell.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Din Hals er som et Elfenbeens Taarn, dine Øine ere ligesom de Fiskevande i Hesbon ved Betth-Rabbims Port, din Næse er (ligesom) et Taarn paa Libanon, som seer imod Damascus.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Din hals er som et elfenbenstårn; dine øyne som dammene i Hesjbon, ved Bath-Rabbims port; din nese som tårnet i Libanon, vendt mot Damaskus.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Din hals er som et elfenbenstårn. Dine øyne er som dammene i Hesjbon ved porten til Bat-Rabbim; din nese er som tårnet på Libanon som ser mot Damaskus.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Din nakke er som et elfenbenstårn. Dine øyne er dammer i Hesjbon, ved Bath-Rabbims port. Ditt ansikt er som et Libanon-tårn som ser mot Damaskus.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Din hals er som et elfenbenstårn; dine øyne som bassengene i Hesjbon, ved porten Bath-Rabbim; din nese som tårnet på Libanon som ser mot Damaskus.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Din hals er som et elfenbenstårn; dine øyne som vannene i Hesbon, ved porten til Bat-Rabbim; din nese er som tårnet på Libanon som ser ut over Damaskus.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thy neck is as it were a tower of yuery: Thyne eyes are like ye water poles in Hesebon, besyde the porte of Bathrabbim: Thy nose is like the tower of Libanus, which loketh towarde Damascus:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thy necke is like a towre of yuorie: thine eyes are like the fishe pooles in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the towre of Lebanon, that looketh toward Damascus.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thy necke is as it were a towre of iuorie: thine eyes also are lyke the water pooles that are in Hesebon, beside the port of Bathrabbim, thy nose is lyke the towre of Libanus, which loketh towarde Damascus.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thy neck [is] as a tower of ivory; thine eyes [like] the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose [is] as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thy neck as a tower of the ivory, Thine eyes pools in Heshbon, near the gate of Bath-Rabbim, Thy face as a tower of Lebanon looking to Damascus,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thy neck is like the tower of ivory; Thine eyes [as] the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon Which looketh toward Damascus.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Your neck is as a tower of ivory; your eyes like the waters in Heshbon, by the doorway of Bath-rabbim; your nose is as the tower on Lebanon looking over Damascus:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Your neck is like a tower made of ivory. Your eyes are the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon overlooking Damascus.

Referenced Verses

• Song 4:4 : 4 Your neck is like the tower of David, built for an armory, where hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
• Ps 144:12 : 12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as cornerstones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
• Song 1:10 : 10 Your cheeks are lovely with rows of jewels, your neck with chains of gold.
• Song 4:1 : 1 Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have dove's eyes within your locks: your hair is like a flock of goats, appearing from Mount Gilead.
• Song 4:8-9 : 8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. 9 You have ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.
• Song 5:14-15 : 14 His hands are like gold rings set with beryl: his body is like bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. 15 His legs are like pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
• Song 6:5 : 5 Turn your eyes away from me, for they overwhelm me. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Gilead.
• Isa 54:4 : 4 Fear not; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be you confounded; for you shall not be put to shame: for you shall forget the shame of your youth, and shall not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.
• Eph 1:17-18 : 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
• Eph 3:18-19 : 18 May be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which surpasses knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God.
• Phil 1:9-9 : 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment; 10 So that you may approve things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ;
• Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
• Gen 15:2 : 2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
• Num 21:25-26 : 25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages. 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to Arnon.
• 2 Sam 8:6 : 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus, and the Syrians became David's servants and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went.
• 1 Kgs 7:2 : 2 He also built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was one hundred cubits, and its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
• 1 Kgs 9:19 : 19 And all the storage cities that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
• 1 Kgs 10:18 : 18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
• 1 Kgs 10:22 : 22 For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish with the fleet of Hiram: once every three years the fleet of Tarshish came, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
• 1 Kgs 22:39 : 39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
• 2 Chr 8:6 : 6 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
• Ps 45:8 : 8 All your garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made you glad.