Verse 7

So I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. I took to myself two staffs: one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bonds; and I fed the flock.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så tok jeg på meg plikten å hyrde de slaktede fårene, nemlig de mest utsatte. Jeg tok to staver; den ene kalte jeg «Behag» og den andre «Enhet», og jeg voktet fårene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Så jeg føde slaktefårene, spesielt de elendige av flokken. Jeg tok to staver: En kalte jeg Skjønnhet og den andre kalte jeg Bånd. Og jeg føde flokken.

• Norsk King James

  Og jeg skal ta vare på flokken som skal slaktes, ja, dere, O de fattige i flokken. Jeg tok to staver; den ene kalte jeg Skjønnhet, og den andre kalte jeg Bånd; og jeg passet flokken.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg voktet slaktefårene, for de var stakkarslige får. Jeg tok to staver, en kalte jeg 'Velvilje' og den andre 'Bånd', og jeg voktet fårene.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og jeg gjetet saueflokken som var bestemt for slakt, for de usle blant fårene. Jeg tok for meg to staver, en kalte jeg ‘Nåde’ og den andre kalte jeg ‘Forbund’. Jeg gjetet flokken.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og jeg skal gjete slakteflokken, også dere, de fattige i flokken. Og jeg tok til meg to staver; den ene kalte jeg Skjønnhet, og den andre kalte jeg Bånd; og jeg gjette flokken.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og jeg skal ta vare på den slakteflokken, dere som er fattige blant flokken. Jeg tok til meg to stokker; den ene kalte jeg Skjønnhet, og den andre Band, og jeg tok vare på flokken.

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

  Og jeg skal gjete slakteflokken, også dere, de fattige i flokken. Og jeg tok til meg to staver; den ene kalte jeg Skjønnhet, og den andre kalte jeg Bånd; og jeg gjette flokken.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Så voktet jeg slaktens flokk, og jeg tok meg to staver; jeg kalte den ene for 'Gunst' og den andre for 'Bånd', og jeg voktet flokken.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs—one I called Favor and the other Union—and I shepherded the flock.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så jeg voktet slaktesauene, som egentlig var de elendige av hjorden. Jeg tok to staver: Den ene kalte jeg Nåde, den andre kalte jeg Bånd, og jeg voktet sauene.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og jeg fødte disse Slagtefaar, fordi de ere elendige Faar; og jeg tog mig to Stave, een kaldte jeg: Liflighed, og den anden kaldte jeg: Baand, og jeg fødte Faarene.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg ble hyrde for slaktens flokk, ja, for de fattige av flokken. Jeg tok to staver, den ene kalte jeg Skjønnhet, og den andre kalte jeg Bånd, og jeg fostret flokken.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så jeg førte sørgeflokken, særlig de undertrykte i flokken. Jeg tok to staver for meg. Den ene kalte jeg "Nåde", og den andre kalte jeg "Enhet", og jeg førte flokken.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Så jeg gjeter slakteflokken, dere elendige i flokken, og jeg tar meg to staver; den ene kaller jeg Vennlighet og den andre kaller jeg Bånd, og jeg gjeter flokken.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så jeg ga føde til slakteflokken, ja, den fattige delen av flokken. Og jeg tok to staver for meg; den ene kalte jeg Prydelig, og den andre kalte jeg Forening; og jeg ga flokken føde.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Så tok jeg vare på dødens flokk, for de som tjente på flokken; og jeg tok to staver, én kalte jeg Ynde, og den andre Bånd; og jeg tok vare på flokken.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I myself fedde ye slaughter shepe (a poore flocke verely) ad toke vnto me two staues: the one I called louynge mekenesse, the other I called wo, and so I kepte the shepe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For I fed the sheepe of slaughter, euen the poore of the flocke, and I tooke vnto me two staues: the one I called Beautie, and the other I called Bandes, and I fed the sheepe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I my selfe fed the slaughter sheepe, a poore flocke veryly, and toke vnto me two staues: the one called Beautie, the other called Bandes: and so fedde the sheepe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And I will feed the flock of slaughter, [even] you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called "Favor," and the other I called "Union," and I fed the flock.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I feed the flock of slaughter, even you, ye afflicted of the flock; and I take to me two staves, the one I have called Pleasantness, and the other I have called Bands, and I feed the flock.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So I took care of the flock of death, for those who made profit out of the flock; and I took for myself two rods, naming one Beautiful, and the other Bands; and I took care of the flock.

• World English Bible (2000)

  So I fed the flock of slaughter, especially the oppressed of the flock. I took for myself two staffs. The one I called "Favor," and the other I called "Union," and I fed the flock.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So I began to shepherd the flock destined for slaughter, the most afflicted of all the flock. Then I took two staffs, calling one“Pleasantness” and the other“Union,” and I tended the flock.

Referenced Verses

• Zech 11:4 : 4 Thus says the LORD my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter.
• Zech 11:14 : 14 Then I cut in two my other staff, Bonds, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
• Isa 11:4 : 4 But with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
• Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
• Ezek 37:16-23 : 16 Moreover, son of man, take one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions: 17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in your hand. 18 And when the children of your people shall speak to you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these? 19 Say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand. 20 And the sticks whereon you write shall be in your hand before their eyes. 21 And say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: 22 And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall no more be two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all: 23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.
• Zeph 3:12 : 12 I will also leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
• Jer 5:4-5 : 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. 5 I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
• Lev 27:32 : 32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the LORD.
• 1 Sam 17:40 : 40 He took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the brook, put them in the shepherd's bag, in the pouch he had, and with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.
• 1 Sam 17:43 : 43 The Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
• Ps 23:4 : 4 Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
• Ps 133:1-3 : 1 Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, even Aaron's beard, coming down upon the edge of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descends upon the mountains of Zion, for there the LORD commanded the blessing, life forevermore.
• Zech 13:8-9 : 8 And it shall come to pass that in all the land, says the LORD, two-thirds shall be cut off and die, but one-third shall be left in it. 9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them as gold is tested; they shall call on my name, and I will hear them; I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
• Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
• Mark 12:37 : 37 Therefore David himself calls him 'Lord'; how then is he his son?' And the common people heard him gladly.
• John 10:16 : 16 And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
• John 17:21-23 : 21 That they all may be one; as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 And the glory which you gave me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 I in them, and you in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them, as you have loved me.
• Eph 2:13-16 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances, to create in Himself of the two one new man, so making peace; 16 And that He might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
• Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
• Zech 11:10-11 : 10 I took my staff, Beauty, and cut it in two, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. 11 It was broken on that day, and so the poor of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.