Verse 14

Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I mourned as a dove: my eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Jeg kvitre som en svale, og klager som en due; mine øyne ser sorgfullt opp mot himmelen. Herre, jeg er undertrykt; vær min beder!

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Som en trane eller en svale så jeg klynget, jeg sukket som en due; mine øyne svant mens jeg så oppover: Herre, jeg er undertrykt; gå i borgen for meg.

  • Norsk King James

    Som en hegre eller en svale kvitrede jeg; jeg sørget som en due. Mine øyne svikter av å se oppover: O HERRE, jeg er nedbøyd; vær du min hjelp.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Jeg pep som en trane, klaget som en due. Mine øyne så opp mot det høye: Herre, jeg er undertrykt, gå god for meg.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Som en svale eller trane klynket jeg, jeg sukkede som en due; mine øyne ble trette mot det høye. Herre, jeg er undertrykt; vær min hjelper.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Som en trane eller svale klapret jeg; jeg klaget som en due; mine øyne svikter mens jeg ser opp: Herre, jeg er undertrykt; vær min hjelpsmann.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    «Som en hejre jamret jeg, og jeg sørget som en due; mine øyne svikter i å se oppover. O HERREN, jeg er undertrykt – hjelp meg.»

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

    Som en trane eller svale klapret jeg; jeg klaget som en due; mine øyne svikter mens jeg ser opp: Herre, jeg er undertrykt; vær min hjelpsmann.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Som en svales kvitre sånn sukker jeg, jeg sukker som en due; mine øyne er matte av å se oppover. Herre, jeg er i nød, gå i forbønn for meg!

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    I chirp like a swift or a crane, I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look to the heavens. Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Isaiah.38.14", "source": "כְּס֤וּס עָגוּר֙ כֵּ֣ן אֲצַפְצֵ֔ף אֶהְגֶּ֖ה כַּיּוֹנָ֑ה דַּלּ֤וּ עֵינַי֙ לַמָּר֔וֹם אֲדֹנָ֖י עָֽשְׁקָה־לִּ֥י עָרְבֵֽנִי׃", "text": "Like-*sûs* *ʿāgûr* thus *ʾăṣapṣēp* *ʾehgeh* like-the-*yônâ* *dallû* *ʿênay* to-the-*mārôm* *ʾădōnāy* *ʿāšqâ*-to-me *ʿārbēnî*.", "grammar": { "*sûs*": "masculine singular noun - swift", "*ʿāgûr*": "masculine singular noun - crane", "*ʾăṣapṣēp*": "pilpel imperfect, 1st person singular - I chirp", "*ʾehgeh*": "qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I moan", "*yônâ*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - dove", "*dallû*": "qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are weak", "*ʿênay*": "feminine dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my eyes", "*mārôm*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - height", "*ʾădōnāy*": "proper noun - my Lord", "*ʿāšqâ*": "qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she oppresses", "*ʿārbēnî*": "qal imperative, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - be surety for me" }, "variants": { "*sûs*": "swift, swallow", "*ʿāgûr*": "crane, wryneck, swallow", "*ʾăṣapṣēp*": "I chirp, I twitter, I peep", "*ʾehgeh*": "I moan, I murmur, I meditate", "*yônâ*": "dove, pigeon", "*dallû*": "they are weak, they fail, they languish", "*mārôm*": "height, heaven, on high", "*ʿāšqâ*": "she oppresses, she mistreats", "*ʿārbēnî*": "be surety for me, take responsibility for me, pledge for me" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Som en svale eller trane så kvitret jeg, jeg klynget meg som en due. Mine øyne så svake oppad: Herre, jeg er undertrykt; vær min talsmann.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Jeg qviddrede saa som en Trane, som en Svale, jeg kurrede som en Due; mine Øine opløftede sig til det Høie: Herre! jeg undertrykkes, vær Borgen for mig.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Som en trane eller svale kvitret jeg, jeg stønnet som en due. Mine øyne ble svake av å se oppover. Herre, jeg er undertrykt; grip inn for meg.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Som en svale eller en trane kvedet jeg, jeg sukket som en due; mine øyne svek av å se oppover: Herre, jeg er undertrykt, vær min borgen.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Som en trane eller en svale klager jeg, jeg sukker som en due, mine øyne svever opp, Herre, nød er over meg, vær min redning.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Som en svale eller trane kvidret jeg, jeg klaget som en due; mine øyne svek i sitt blikk oppover. Å, Herre, jeg er undertrykt, vær min sikkerhet.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Jeg klager som en svale, jeg jamrer som en due; mine øyne ser opp av lengsel. Å Herre, jeg er knust, gå i rette for meg.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then chatred I like a swalowe, and like a Crane, and mourned as a doue. I lift vp myne eyes in to ye hight: O LORDE, (sayde I) violence is done vnto me, be thou suertie for me.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourne as a doue: mine eies were lift vp on high: O Lord, it hath oppressed me, comfort me.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then chattered I lyke a swallowe, and lyke a crane, and mourned lyke a doue, I lift vp mine eyes into the heyght: O Lorde sayde my sicknesse kepeth me downe, ease thou me.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Like a crane [or] a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; my eyes fail [with looking] upward: Lord, I am oppressed, be my collateral.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    As a crane -- a swallow -- so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression `is' on me, be my surety.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O Lord, I am oppressed; help me!

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 59:11 : 11 We all roar like bears, and mourn deeply like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
  • Ps 119:122-123 : 122 Be surety for Your servant for good; do not let the proud oppress me. 123 My eyes fail from seeking Your salvation and Your righteous word.
  • Job 30:29 : 29 I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to owls.
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I am weary of my crying; my throat is dry; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
  • Ezek 7:16 : 16 But those who escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, everyone for his iniquity.
  • Nah 2:7 : 7 And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.
  • Job 17:3 : 3 Put down now, give me a pledge with You; who is he that will strike hands with me?
  • Ps 102:4-7 : 4 My heart is stricken and withered like grass, so I forget to eat my bread. 5 Because of the voice of my groaning, my bones cling to my skin. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert. 7 I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.
  • Ps 119:82 : 82 My eyes fail with longing for Your word, saying, 'When will You comfort me?'
  • Ps 123:1-4 : 1 To you I lift up my eyes, O you who dwell in the heavens. 2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, until he has mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorn of those who are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
  • Ps 143:7 : 7 Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails: do not hide Your face from me, lest I be like those who go down into the pit.
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 As for us, our eyes failed as we watched for a nation that could not save us.