Verse 14

But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations they had not known. Thus the land became desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Men jeg skapte uro blant folkene de ikke kjente, og landet ble forlatt etter dem, uten noen som kunne gå gjennom det eller vende tilbake. Slik gjorde de det verdifulle landet til en ødemark.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men jeg spredte dem som en storm blant alle folkeslagene som de ikke kjente. Slik ble landet øde etter dem, og ingen gikk gjennom eller kom tilbake, for de la det herlige landet øde.

• Norsk King James

  Men jeg spredte dem som et virvelvindu blant nasjonene de ikke kjente. Slik ble landet øde etter dem, så ingen gikk gjennom eller kom tilbake; for de la det deilige landet øde.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg spredte dem med en storm blant alle folkeslagene de ikke kjente, og landet ble øde etter dem, ingen gikk gjennom det eller kom tilbake. For de gjorde det ønskelige landet helt øde.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  "Jeg spredte dem blant alle folkeslagene de ikke kjente, og landet ble lagt øde etter dem, slik at ingen kom eller gikk. De gjorde det herlige landet til en ørken."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men jeg spredte dem som ved en storm blant alle de folkene de ikke kjente. På denne måten ble landet øde etter dem, slik at ingen gikk gjennom eller kom tilbake. For de gjorde det deilige landet øde.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men jeg spredte dem med en virvelvind blant alle de nasjoner de ikke kjente. Slik ble landet øde etter dem, slik at ingen vandret gjennom eller vendte tilbake, for de gjorde det skjønne landet øde.

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

  Men jeg spredte dem som ved en storm blant alle de folkene de ikke kjente. På denne måten ble landet øde etter dem, slik at ingen gikk gjennom eller kom tilbake. For de gjorde det deilige landet øde.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg spredte dem blant alle de folkene de ikke kjente, og landet ble øde etter dem, så ingen kom og gikk. Dette gjorde de det kjente, frodige landet til en ørken.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  'I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known. The land was left so desolate behind them that no one could come or go. This is how they made the pleasant land a wasteland.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jeg vil kaste dem bort blant alle de folk som de ikke har kjent, og landet skal bli øde etter dem, så ingen går frem og tilbake. For de har gjort det kostbare landet øde.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men jeg haver bortdrevet dem som ved en Storm iblandt alle Hedningerne, som de ikke kjendte, og Landet er ødelagt efter dem, at Ingen gaaer igjennem eller kommer tilbage; thi de gjorde det ønskelige Land aldeles øde.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men jeg spredte dem med en virvelvind blant alle folkeslagene de ikke kjente. Slik ble landet øde etter dem, slik at ingen passerte gjennom det eller vendte tilbake, for de gjorde det vakre landet øde.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  "men jeg vil spre dem med en stormvind blant alle de folkeslag som de ikke har kjent. Slik ble landet øde etter dem, så ingen kunne passere gjennom eller vende tilbake, for de gjorde det herlige landet øde."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og Jeg spredte dem blant alle de folkeslag de ikke kjente, landet ble øde etter dem, slik at ingen passerte gjennom og vendte tilbake, og de gjorde et yndet land til ødeleggelse!'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  men jeg vil spre dem med en virvelvind blant alle de folkene som de ikke har kjent. Slik ble landet øde etter dem, så ingen passerte gjennom eller vendte tilbake: for de la det vakre landet øde.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men med en stormvind spredte jeg dem blant alle nasjonene som de ikke kjente. Så landet ble øde etter dem, slik at ingen gikk gjennom eller vendte tilbake, for de hadde gjort det ønskede landet øde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  but scatered them amonge all Gentiles, whom they knewe not. Thus the londe was made so desolate, yt there traualed no man in it nether to ner fro, for that pleasaunt londe was vtterly layed waist.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Bnt I scattered them among al the nations, whom they knew not: thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they layd the pleasant land waste.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But scattred them among al the nations whom they knew not: Thus the land was made so desolate after them, that there trauayled no man in it neither to nor fro: for that plesaunt lande was vtterly layd waste.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I toss them on all the nations, That they have not known, The land hath been desolate behind them, Of any passing by and turning back, And they set a desirable land for a desolation!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But with a storm-wind I sent them in flight among all the nations of whom they had no knowledge. So the land was waste after them, so that no man went through or came back: for they had made waste the desired land.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they made the pleasant land desolate."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  ‘Rather, I will sweep them away in a storm into all the nations they are not familiar with.’ Thus the land had become desolate because of them, with no one crossing through or returning, for they had made the fruitful land a waste.”

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:33 : 33 The fruit of your land, and all your labors, shall a nation which you know not eat up; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed always:
• Deut 28:64 : 64 And the LORD shall scatter you among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known, even wood and stone.
• Jer 23:19 : 19 Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD has gone forth in fury, a grievous whirlwind; it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
• Deut 4:27 : 27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and you shall be left few in number among the heathen, where the LORD shall lead you.
• Zeph 3:6 : 6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passes by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, no inhabitant.
• Zech 2:6 : 6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, says the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of heaven, says the LORD.
• Zech 9:14 : 14 The LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth like lightning: and the Lord GOD shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
• Jer 4:11-12 : 11 At that time it shall be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, 12 Even a full wind from those places shall come to me: now I also will speak judgment against them.
• Jer 5:15 : 15 Behold, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, says the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, neither understand what they say.
• Jer 25:32-33 : 32 Thus says the LORD of hosts, Behold, disaster shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the farthest parts of the earth. 33 And at that day the slain of the LORD shall be from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered nor buried; they shall be like dung upon the ground.
• Jer 30:23 : 23 Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goes forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind; it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
• Jer 36:19 : 19 Then the princes said to Baruch, Go, hide yourself, you and Jeremiah; and let no man know where you are.
• Jer 44:6 : 6 Therefore my fury and my anger was poured forth, and kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.
• Jer 52:30 : 30 In the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty-five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.
• Dan 8:9 : 9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which grew exceedingly great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land.
• Dan 9:16-18 : 16 O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I plead with You, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain: because for our sins and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach to all around us. 17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and cause Your face to shine upon Your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 18 O my God, incline Your ear, and hear; open Your eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name: for we do not present our supplications before You for our righteousness, but for Your great mercies.
• Amos 1:14 : 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
• Nah 1:3 : 3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
• Hab 3:14 : 14 You pierced with his own staves the head of his villages. They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me; their rejoicing was like to devour the poor secretly.
• 2 Chr 36:21 : 21 to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate, she kept sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
• Ps 58:9 : 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
• Isa 17:13 : 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
• Isa 21:1 : 1 The prophecy concerning the desert by the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through, so it comes from the desert, from a dreadful land.
• Deut 28:49 : 49 The LORD shall bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand;
• Lev 26:22 : 22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your livestock, and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate.
• Lev 26:33 : 33 And I will scatter you among the nations, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
• Isa 66:15 : 15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.