Verse 18

I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jeg vil åpne elver på høyder og kilder midt i dalene; jeg vil gjøre ørkenen til en vannrik innsjø, og det tørre landet til vannets kilder.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg vil åpne elver på høye steder, og kilder midt i dalene: jeg vil gjøre ørkenen til en vannsamling og det tørre land til vannkilder.

• Norsk King James

  Jeg vil åpne elver på høye steder, og kilder i dalene: jeg vil gjøre ørkenen til vannkilder, og det tørre landet til kilder.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg vil åpne elver på de høyeste steder og kilder midt i dalene. Jeg vil gjøre ørkenen til en innsjø og det tørre land til vannstrømmer.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg skal åpne elver på høye topper og fontener midt i dalene. Jeg gjør ørkenen til en innsjø og det tørre landet til vannkilder.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jeg vil åpne elver på høydene, og kilder midt i dalene; jeg vil gjøre ørkenen til en vannrik dam, og det tørre landet til vannkilder.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jeg vil åpne elver i høye steder og kilder midt i dalene. Jeg vil gjøre ørkenen om til en vannpøl og den tørre bakken til kilder.

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

  Jeg vil åpne elver på høydene, og kilder midt i dalene; jeg vil gjøre ørkenen til en vannrik dam, og det tørre landet til vannkilder.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg vil åpne elver på karrige høyder og kilder midt i daler. Jeg vil gjøre ørkenen til vannrike og det tørre land til vannkilder.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I will open rivers on the barren heights and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jeg vil åpne elver på de bare høydene og kilder midt i dalene; jeg vil gjøre ørken til vannrik dom og det tørre land til vannkilder.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg vil aabne Floder paa de høie (Stæder), og Kilder midt i Dalene; jeg vil gjøre Ørken til Vandsø, og det tørre Land til Vandløb.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg vil åpne elver på høye steder og kilder midt i dalene. Jeg vil gjøre ørkenen til en vannrik dam, og det tørre land til vannkilder.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg vil åpne elver på bare høyder, og kilder midt i dalene; jeg vil gjøre ørkenen til vannbasseng, og det tørre landet til kilder av vann.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg åpner elver på høydene og i dalene kilder, jeg gjør ørkenen til en vannpytt, og tørr land blir til kilder.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg vil åpne elver på nakne høyder, og kilder midt i dalene; jeg vil gjøre ørkenen til en vannpytt, og det tørre land til vannkilder.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Jeg vil la elver flyte over tørre fjelltopper, og kilder i dalene: jeg vil gjøre det øde landet til et vannbasseng, og det tørre land til vannkilder.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I bringe forth floudes in the hilles, & welles in the playne feldes. I turne ye wildernes to ryuers, and the drie londe to condytes of water.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I will open riuers in the toppes of the hils, and fountaines in the middes of the valleis: I will make the wildernesse as a poole of water, and the waste land as springs of water.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I bryng foorth fluddes in the hilles, and welles in the playne fieldes: I turne the wildernesse to riuers, and the drye lande to conduites of water.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I open on high places rivers, And in midst of valleys fountains, I make a wilderness become a pond of water, And a dry land become springs of water.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I will make rivers on the dry mountain-tops, and fountains in the valleys: I will make the waste land a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the midst of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I will make streams flow down the slopes and produce springs in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the wilderness into a pool of water and the arid land into springs.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 35:6-7 : 6 Then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing: for waters shall burst forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. 7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water; in the habitation of jackals, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
• Isa 30:25 : 25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall.
• Ps 107:35 : 35 He turns the wilderness into pools of water, and dry land into water springs.
• Isa 58:11 : 11 And the LORD shall guide you continually and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones: and you shall be like a watered garden and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
• Ezek 47:1-8 : 1 Afterward he brought me again to the door of the house; and, behold, waters flowed out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the front of the house faced east, and the waters came down from under the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar. 2 Then he brought me out by way of the north gate, and led me around outside to the outer gate facing east; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. 3 And when the man who had the measuring line in his hand went eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and brought me through the waters; the waters were ankle-deep. 4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were knee-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were waist-deep. 5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not cross: for the waters had risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be crossed. 6 And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the bank of the river. 7 Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on one side and on the other. 8 Then he said to me, These waters flow toward the eastern region, and go into the desert, and go into the sea: which when flowing into the sea, the waters shall be healed.
• Joel 3:18 : 18 And it shall come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drip with new wine, the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall flow with water, and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
• Zech 14:8 : 8 And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
• Rev 7:17 : 17 For the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and will lead them to living fountains of waters; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.
• Rev 22:1 : 1 And he showed me a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
• Isa 48:21 : 21 And they did not thirst when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he split the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
• Isa 49:9-9 : 9 That you may say to the prisoners, Go forth; to those who are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water he shall guide them.
• Isa 12:3 : 3 Therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the wells of salvation.
• Ps 46:4 : 4 There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
• Ps 78:15-16 : 15 He split the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as from the great depths. 16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
• Ps 105:41 : 41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
• Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man shall be like a shelter from the wind, and a refuge from the storm; like rivers of water in a dry place, like the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
• Isa 43:19-20 : 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. 20 The beast of the field shall honor Me, the jackals and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen.
• Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my Spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing upon your offspring: