Verse 10

For before these days there was no wage for man, nor any wage for beast; neither was there any peace for him who went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men, everyone against his neighbor.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For før disse dagene fantes det verken lønn for folkene eller belønning for dyrene, og det var ingen fred for den som gikk ut eller kom inn, på grunn av fienden. Jeg lot alle mennesker stride mot hverandre.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For før disse dagene var det ingen lønn til mennesket, og ingen lønn til dyret. Heller ikke var det fred for den som gikk ut eller kom inn på grunn av trengsel. For jeg hadde satt alle mennesker mot hverandre.

• Norsk King James

  For før disse dager var det ingen lønn for mennesker, ei heller lønn for dyrene; heller var det ingen fred for den som gikk ut eller kom inn, på grunn av trengselen; for jeg satte alle mennesker mot sine naboer.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For før disse dager var det ingen lønn for mennesket og intet for dyret; og for den som dro ut eller inn var det ingen fred på grunn av fienden, for jeg hadde satt alle menn opp mot hverandre.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For før de dager var det ingen lønn for menneskene og ingen lønn for dyrene, heller ikke fred for dem som gikk ut eller inn på grunn av fienden. Jeg satte alle menneskene opp mot hverandre.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For før disse dager var det ingen lønn for mennesket, heller ikke noen lønn for dyret; det var ingen fred for dem som gikk ut eller kom inn på grunn av trengsel, for jeg satte alle menn mot sin nabo.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For før disse dager fantes det ingen lønn for mann, ei heller for dyr; det var ingen fred for den som gikk inn eller ut på grunn av nød, for jeg lot alle mennesker stå mot sin neste.

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

  For før disse dager var det ingen lønn for mennesket, heller ikke noen lønn for dyret; det var ingen fred for dem som gikk ut eller kom inn på grunn av trengsel, for jeg satte alle menn mot sin nabo.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For før disse dagene var det ingen lønn for mennesket, og det var ingen lønn for dyret, og ingen fred for den som gikk ut eller kom inn på grunn av fienden; for jeg lot alle mennesker vende seg mot hverandre.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For before those days, there was no wage for people or animals, and no one could go about safely because of the enemy, for I had turned everyone against their neighbor.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For før de dagene var det ingen lønn for menneskene og ingen lønn for dyrene. De som dro ut og de som kom inn, hadde ingen fred på grunn av fienden. Jeg lot alle mennesker gå i strid mot hverandre.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi før disse samme Dage var Menneskers Løn ikke, og Dyrs Løn var ikke; og for den, som drog ud, og for den, som drog ind, var ikke Fred for Fjenden, thi jeg havde udladt alle Mænd, hver imod sin Næste.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For før disse dager var det ingen lønn for menneskene, og ingen lønn for dyrene, og det var ingen fred for dem som gikk ut eller kom inn på grunn av fienden. For jeg satte alle menn mot hverandre.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For før de dager var det ingen lønn for mennesket, heller ingen lønn for et dyr; det var heller ingen fred for den som gikk ut eller kom inn, på grunn av fienden. For jeg satte alle mennesker mot sin neste.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For før de dager var det ingen lønn for mennesker, og heller ingen lønn for dyr. Og den som går ut, så vel som den som kommer inn, finner ingen fred på grunn av fienden, og jeg sender alle mennesker hver mot sin nabo.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For før de dagene var det ingen lønn for mennesker, ei heller for dyr. Ingen hadde fred fra fienden når de gikk ut eller kom inn, for jeg satte alle mennesker opp mot hverandre.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For før de dagene var det ingen lønn for en manns arbeid, eller for bruken av et dyr, og det var ingen fred for den som gikk ut eller kom inn på grunn av angriperen; for jeg hadde vendt hver mann mot sin nabo.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For why? before these dayes nether men ner catel coude wynne eny thinge, nether might eny man come in and out in rest, for trouble: but I let euery man go agaynst his neghboure.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For before these dayes there was no hire for man nor any hire for beast, neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men, euery one against his neighbour.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For before these dayes neither men nor cattaile could winne any thing, neither might any man come in and out in reste for trouble: but I let euery man go against his neighbour.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither [was there any] peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For before those days there was no wages for man, nor any wages for an animal; neither was there any peace to him who went out or came in, because of the adversary. For I set all men everyone against his neighbor.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For, before those days there hath been no hiring of man, Yea, a hiring of beasts there is none; And to him who is going out, And to him who is coming in, There is no peace because of the adversary, And I send all men -- each against his neighbour.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For before those days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in, because of the adversary: for I set all men every one against his neighbor.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For before those days there was no payment for a man's work, or for the use of a beast, and there was no peace for him who went out or him who came in, because of the attacker: for I had every man turned against his neighbour.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For before those days there was no wages for man, nor any wages for an animal; neither was there any peace to him who went out or came in, because of the adversary. For I set all men everyone against his neighbor.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Before that time there was no compensation for man or animal, nor was there any relief from adversity for those who came and went, because I had pitted everybody– each one– against everyone else.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 19:2 : 2 I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they shall fight every one against his brother and every one against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
• Amos 3:6 : 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be calamity in a city, and the LORD has not brought it?
• Amos 9:4 : 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword, and it shall slay them; and I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
• Hag 2:16-18 : 16 Since those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty. 17 I struck you with blight and mildew and hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you did not turn to Me, says the LORD. 18 Consider now, from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it.
• Matt 10:34-36 : 34 Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth: I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 And a man's enemies will be those of his own household.
• Hag 1:6-9 : 6 You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but do not have enough; you drink, but are not filled; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes. 7 Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways. 8 Go up to the mountains, bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD. 9 You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the LORD of hosts. Because of My house that is in ruins, while each of you runs to his own house. 10 Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit. 11 For I called for a drought on the land and the mountains, on the grain and the new wine and the oil, on whatever the ground brings forth, on men and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.
• Jer 16:16 : 16 Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says the LORD, and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
• Judg 5:6-7 : 6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned, and the travelers walked through byways. 7 The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
• Judg 5:11 : 11 Those who are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of His villages in Israel; then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.
• 2 Chr 15:5-7 : 5 And in those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in, but great troubles were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. 6 And nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city; for God troubled them with all adversity. 7 Be strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.