Verse 23

Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded and Arpad, for they have heard bad news: they are fainthearted; there is anxiety on the sea; it cannot be still.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Til Damaskus: 'Hamath og Arpad har blitt skamfulle, for de har hørt dårlige nyheter. De har mistet motet; bekymringene har tatt over, og de klarer ikke å roe seg.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Om Damaskus. Hamat og Arpad er forvirret, for de har hørt dårlige nyheter. De er svake; det er sorg på havet; det kan ikke være rolig.

• Norsk King James

  Når det gjelder Damaskus. Hamath er forvirret, og Arpad; for de har hørt om onde nyheter; de er skremte; det er sorg på havet; det kan ikke være stille.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Om Damaskus: Hamats og Arpads innbyggere er skamfulle, for de har hørt et ondt rykte, og de er motløse; det er uro ved sjøen, og de kan ikke finne ro.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Om Damaskus. Hamat og Arpad er forvirret, for de har hørt onde nyheter: de er motløse; det er uro ved havet; det kan ikke være stille.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Om Damaskus: Hamath er forvirret, og Arpad også, for de har hørt onde nyheter; de er motløse, og sorg råder ved havet, som ikke kan få ro.

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

  Om Damaskus. Hamat og Arpad er forvirret, for de har hørt onde nyheter: de er motløse; det er uro ved havet; det kan ikke være stille.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Om Damaskus: Hamat og Arpad er gjort til skamme, for de har hørt dårlige nyheter. De fylles av frykt, som et opprørt hav som ikke kan være stille.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Concerning Damascus: 'Hamath and Arpad are dismayed, for they have heard bad news. They melt in fear; their hearts are troubled, restless like the sea that cannot be calmed.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Til Damaskus. Hamat og Arpad er skamfulle, for de har hørt dårlige nyheter. De er skjelvende. Ved havet er det uro, det kan ikke stilles.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Imod Damascus: Hamath og Arphad er beskjæmmet, thi de hørte et ondt Rygte, de ere smeltede; hos Havet er Bekymring, man kan ikke være der stille.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Om Damaskus. Hamats og Arpads folk er forvirret, for de har hørt dårlige nyheter. De er motløse; det er uro på havet, det kan ikke være stille.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Om Damaskus. Hamats og Arpads forvirring; for de har hørt onde nyheter, de er oppløst: det er sorg ved havet; det kan ikke holdes rolig.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Om Damaskus: Hamath og Arpad er blitt beskjemmet, for de har hørt dårlige nyheter, de er smeltet vekk, i havet er det sorg, det kan ikke stilne.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Om Damaskus. Hamats skam er blitt åpenbar, og Arpads; for de har hørt dårlige nyheter, de er blitt oppslukt: det er sorg på havet; det kan ikke være stille.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Om Damaskus. Hamath er gjort til skamme, og Arpad; for det onde ryktet har nådd deres ører, deres hjerter i frykt er blitt til vann, det vil ikke være ro.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Vpon Damascus, Hemath and Arphad shall come confucion, for they shall heare euell tydinges: they shal be tossed to and fro like the see that can not stonde still.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Vnto Damascus he sayeth, Hamath is confounded and Arpad, for they haue heard euill tidings, and they are faint hearted as one on the fearefull sea that can not rest.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Upon Damascus, Hemath, and Arphad, shall come confusion: for they shal heare euyll tidinges, they shalbe tossed to and fro like the sea that can not stand styll.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; [there is] sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Of Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil news, they are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea; it can't be quiet.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Concerning Damascus: Ashamed hath been Hamath and Arpad, For an evil report they have heard, They have been melted, in the sea `is' sorrow, To be quiet it is not able.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Of Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings, they are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  About Damascus. Hamath is put to shame, and Arpad; for the word of evil has come to their ears, their heart in its fear is turned to water, it will not be quiet.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Of Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil news, they are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea; it can't be quiet.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Judgment Against Damascus The LORD spoke about Damascus.“The people of Hamath and Arpad will be dismayed because they have heard bad news. Their courage will melt away because of worry. Their hearts will not be able to rest.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 18:34 : 34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
• Isa 10:9 : 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
• Gen 14:15 : 15 And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and attacked them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is north of Damascus.
• Isa 57:20 : 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
• Nah 2:10 : 10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melts, and the knees strike together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather paleness.
• Gen 15:2 : 2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
• Num 13:21 : 21 So they went up and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath.
• 2 Kgs 19:13 : 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
• 2 Chr 16:2 : 2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold from the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent them to Benhadad king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
• Ps 107:26-27 : 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. 27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
• Isa 11:11 : 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, who are left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
• Isa 13:7 : 7 Therefore all hands will be feeble, and every man's heart will melt:
• Isa 17:1-3 : 1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a heap of ruins. 2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid. 3 The fortress shall also cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria; they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, says the LORD of hosts.
• Isa 37:13 : 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
• Deut 20:8 : 8 And the officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return to his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
• Josh 2:11 : 11 And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
• Josh 14:8 : 8 Nevertheless, my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
• 2 Sam 8:9 : 9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer,
• 2 Sam 17:10 : 10 And he also who is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt: for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and those who are with him are valiant men.
• 1 Kgs 11:24 : 24 And he gathered men to him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and lived there, and reigned in Damascus.
• 2 Kgs 17:24 : 24 The king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities.
• Zech 9:1-2 : 1 The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be its resting place: when the eyes of humanity, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. 2 And Hamath also shall border on it; Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.
• Luke 8:23-24 : 23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in danger. 24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
• Luke 21:25-26 : 25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
• Acts 9:2 : 2 And requested letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
• Acts 27:20 : 20 And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then lost.
• 2 Cor 11:32 : 32 In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me;
• Amos 1:3-5 : 3 Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have threshed Gilead with instruments of iron: 4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. 5 I will also break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir, says the LORD.
• Amos 6:2 : 2 Pass over to Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? Or is their border greater than your border?