Verse 4

Thus says the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, each with his staff in his hand because of great age.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så sier Herren, Gud over hærskarene: Gamle menn og kvinner skal sette seg på Jerusalems gater, hver med sin stokk i hånden fordi de er gamle.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Det skal igjen bo gamle menn og kvinner i Jerusalems gater, hver med sin stav i hånden på grunn av høy alder.

• Norsk King James

  Slik sier Herren, Gud over hærskaren; Det skal fortsatt bo gamle menn og kvinner i gatene i Jerusalem, og hver mann med sin stokk i hånden for deres høye alder.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så sier Herrens, hærskarenes Gud: Det skal igjen sitte gamle menn og kvinner på Jerusalems gater, hver med sin stav i hånden på grunn av høy alder.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Det skal igjen sitte gamle menn og kvinner på Jerusalems gater, enhver med staven i hånden på grunn av sin høye alder.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Det skal igjen bo gamle menn og gamle kvinner i Jerusalems gater, og hver mann med sin stav i hånden på grunn av høy alder.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Slik sier HERRENs hærskarer: Eldre menn og kvinner skal fortsatt bo på Jerusalems gater, og hver mann vil, i sin alder, bære sin stav.

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

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Det skal igjen bo gamle menn og gamle kvinner i Jerusalems gater, og hver mann med sin stav i hånden på grunn av høy alder.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Enda skal gamle menn og kvinner sitte på Jerusalems torv, hver med sin stav i hånd på grunn av høy alder.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Old men and women will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each holding a staff in hand because of old age.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Atter skal gamle menn og gamle kvinner sitte på byens torg i Jerusalem, hver med sin stav i hånden på grunn av høy alder.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Saa sagde den Herre Zebaoth: Der skulle endnu sidde gamle Mænd og gamle Qvinder paa Jerusalems Gader, og den Mand, som (haver) sin Stav i sin Haand for (sine) Dages Mangfoldigheds Skyld.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Det skal igjen bo gamle menn og gamle kvinner i Jerusalems gater, og alle skal ha staven i hånden på grunn av sin høye alder.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så sier Yahve, hærskarenes Gud: "Gamle menn og gamle kvinner vil igjen bo i Jerusalems gater, hver med sin stav i hånden på grunn av høy alder.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Slik sier Herren over hærskarenes Gud: Igjen skal gamle menn og gamle kvinner bo på Jerusalems brede plasser, og hver enkelt med sin stav i hånden på grunn av høy alder.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Gamle menn og kvinner skal igjen sitte på Jerusalems gater, hver med sin stav i hånden på grunn av sin høye alder.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dette er hva hærskarenes Gud har sagt: Det vil igjen være gamle menn og gamle kvinner som sitter på torgene i Jerusalem, hver med sin stav i hånden fordi de er så gamle.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: There shall yet olde men and women dwel agayne in the stretes of Ierusalem: yee and soch as go with staues in their hondes for very age.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, There shall yet olde men and olde women dwell in the streetes of Ierusalem, & euery man with his staffe in his hand for very age.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thus saith the lord of hoastes: There shal yet olde men & olde women dwel againe in the streetes of Hierusalem: yea, & such as go with staues in their handes for very age.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Again dwell do old men and old women, In broad places of Jerusalem, And each his staff in his hand, Because of abundance of days.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  This is what the Lord of armies has said: There will again be old men and old women seated in the open spaces of Jerusalem, every man with his stick in his hand because he is so old.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Thus says Yahweh of Armies: "Old men and old women will again dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, every man with his staff in his hand for very age.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Moreover, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says,‘Old men and women will once more live in the plazas of Jerusalem, each one leaning on a cane because of advanced age.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 2:31 : 31 Behold, the days are coming, that I will cut off your strength, and the strength of your father's house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
• Job 5:26 : 26 You shall come to your grave at a full age, like a sheaf of grain comes in its season.
• Job 42:17 : 17 So Job died, old and full of days.
• Isa 65:20-22 : 20 No more shall an infant from there live but a few days, nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days; for the child shall die a hundred years old, but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed. 21 They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 22 They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
• Lam 2:20-22 : 20 Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom You have done this. Shall the women eat their offspring, the children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? 21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword; You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have killed, and not pitied. 22 You have called as on a solemn day my terrors all around, so that in the day of the Lord's anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have nurtured and brought up my enemy has consumed.
• Lam 5:11-15 : 11 They ravished the women in Zion, the young women in the cities of Judah. 12 Princes were hung up by their hands; the faces of elders were not honored. 13 They took the young men to grind, and the children stumbled under the loads of wood. 14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music. 15 The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
• Heb 12:22 : 22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,