Verse 5

You sweep them away like a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that springs up in the morning—

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Du feier dem bort som en elv; de er som en søvntilstand.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Du skyller dem bort som ved en flom; de er som en søvn: Om morgenen blomstrer de som gresset som spirer opp.

• Norsk King James

  Du fører dem bort som en flom; de er som en søvn: om morgenen er de som gress som spretter opp.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du skyller dem bort, de er som en søvn; om morgenen er det som gress som skifter.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Du skyller dem bort, som en søvn er de; om morgenen er de som det spirende gresset.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Du skyller dem bort som med en flom; de er som en søvn: om morgenen er de som gresset som vokser opp.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Du fører dem bort som med en flom; de er som dvale, og om morgenen gror de opp som frisk gress.

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

  Du skyller dem bort som med en flom; de er som en søvn: om morgenen er de som gresset som vokser opp.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Du skyller dem bort. De blir som en søvn, om morgenen er de som det gryende gress.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Du skyller dem bort som en flom. De er som morgendugg som skyter opp.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du bortskyllede dem, de ere som en Søvn; om Morgenen ere de som Græs, der omskiftes.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Du skyller dem bort som med en flom; de er som en drøm: om morgenen er de som gress som skyter opp.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  You carry them away like a flood; they are like a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Du skyller dem bort som i søvn. Om morgenen spirer de som gresset.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Du skyller dem bort, de er som en søvn, om morgenen er de som gresset som gror.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Du skyller dem bort som en flom; de er som en søvn. Om morgenen er de som gresset som spirer opp.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  As soone as thou scatrest them, they are euen as a slepe, and fade awaye sodenly like the grasse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou hast ouerflowed them: they are as a sleepe: in the morning he groweth like the grasse:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou makest them to flowe away, they are a sleepe: they be in the morning as an hearbe that groweth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thou hast inundated them, they are asleep, In the morning as grass he changeth.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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• World English Bible (2000)

  You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You bring their lives to an end and they“fall asleep.” In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;

Referenced Verses

• Isa 40:6 : 6 A voice says, 'Cry out.' And I said, 'What shall I cry?' All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.
• 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For, "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls off,
• Job 22:16 : 16 They were snatched away before their time, and their foundation was swept away by a flood.
• Ps 73:20 : 20 Like a dream when one awakes, so, Lord, when You arise, You will despise their image.
• Ps 103:15-16 : 15 As for man, his days are like grass, he blooms like a flower of the field. 16 The wind blows over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more.
• Isa 8:7-8 : 7 therefore the Lord is about to bring against them the mighty and abundant waters of the River—the king of Assyria and all his splendor. It will overflow all its channels and spill over all its banks. 8 It will sweep into Judah, flooding and passing through; it will reach up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the entire breadth of your land, O Immanuel.
• Isa 29:7-8 : 7 And all the nations warring against Ariel, all who attack her and her defenses, those who bring her distress, will be like a dream, like a vision of the night. 8 It will be as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, but he wakes and is still hungry; or as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, but he wakes and is still faint and craving. So it will be with all the hordes of nations that fight against Mount Zion.
• Job 27:20-21 : 20 Terrors overtake him like a flood; in the night a storm sweeps him away. 21 The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place.
• Job 9:26 : 26 They pass by like reed boats, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
• Job 20:8 : 8 Like a dream he flies away and is no more; he is chased away like a vision of the night.
• Jer 46:7-8 : 7 Who is this that rises like the Nile, like rivers that surge and toss about? 8 Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters surge like rivers. It says, 'I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy cities and their inhabitants.'
• Jas 1:10-11 : 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat, and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. In the same way, the rich person will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.