Verse 9

For, behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in battle array against her; from there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be like those of a mighty expert warrior; none shall return empty.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For se, jeg vekker og fører opp mot Babylon en forsamling av store folk fra nordens land, de skal forberede seg til kamp mot henne. Der blir hun tatt; deres piler er som dyktige krigeres, de vil ikke returnere tomhendte.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For se, jeg vekker og fører opp mot Babylon en samling av store folkeslag fra nordlig land. De skal stille seg opp mot henne; derfra skal hun bli erobret. Deres piler skal være som hos en mektig, kyndig kriger; ingen skal vende forgjeves tilbake.

• Norsk King James

  For se, jeg vil heve opp en stor forsamling av nasjoner fra nord mot Babylon; de skal stille seg opp mot henne, derfra skal hun bli erobret. Deres piler skal være som dyktige bueskyttere; ingen skal returnere tomhendte.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For se, jeg oppviser en stor samling av nasjoner fra nord mot Babel, og de skal stille seg opp mot det; derfra skal det bli tatt. Deres piler er som en dyktig krigers, ingen vender tomhendt tilbake.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For se, jeg vekker opp og fører opp mot Babylon et forbund av store folk fra landet i nord. De skal stille seg opp mot dem, derfra skal byen inntas. Deres piler er som en krigers pil, de vender ikke tilbake tomhendte.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For se, jeg setter opp og lar komme mot Babylon en stor forsamling av nasjoner fra det nordlige landet: de skal sette seg i slagorden mot henne; derfra skal hun bli erobret: deres piler skal være som en mektig mesters, ingen skal komme tilbake uten virkning.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For se, jeg skal reise opp mot Babylon en forsamling av store nasjoner fra nord, og de skal stille seg i kampformasjon mot henne; derfra skal hun inntas. Deres piler skal skytes med den nøyaktighet som en dyktig bueskytter, og ingen pil skal falle forgjeves.

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

  For se, jeg setter opp og lar komme mot Babylon en stor forsamling av nasjoner fra det nordlige landet: de skal sette seg i slagorden mot henne; derfra skal hun bli erobret: deres piler skal være som en mektig mesters, ingen skal komme tilbake uten virkning.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For se, jeg vekker mot Babel en stor samling folk fra Nordens land. De skal stille seg opp mot henne, og derfra skal hun bli erobret. Deres piler er som en dyktig krigers, ingen vender tilbake tomhendt.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a coalition of great nations from the north. They will line up for battle against her; from there she will be captured. Their arrows are like skilled warriors; they will not return empty-handed.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For se, jeg reiser opp og fører mot Babylon en forsamling av store nasjoner fra nord. De skal dra opp mot henne, og derfra skal hun bli erobret. Deres piler er som en dyktig krigers, de vender ikke tomhendt tilbake.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi see, jeg opvækker og lader opkomme over Babel store Folks Forsamling af Nordenland, og de skulle ruste sig imod den, derfra skal den indtages; deres Pile ere som en vældig forstandig (Krigsmands), der skal ikke vende forgjæves tilbage.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For se, jeg vil reise en forsamling av store nasjoner fra nord som skal komme mot Babylon, og de skal stille seg opp mot henne; fra der skal hun bli tatt: Deres piler skal være som fra en dyktig kriger, ingen skal vende tilbake forgjeves.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Se, jeg vekker og fører mot Babylon en samling av mektige folkeslag fra nord; de skal stille seg opp mot henne, derfra skal hun bli tatt: deres piler skal være som hos en dyktig kriger; ingen skal vende tilbake forgjeves.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For se, jeg vekker opp og lar komme mot Babylon en stor nasjons forsamling fra et land i nord. De stiller seg i slagorden mot henne, derfra blir hun tatt. Deres piler er som en dyktig kriger – de vender ikke tomme tilbake.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Se, jeg vekker opp og lar komme mot Babylon en mengde store nasjoner fra landområdet i nord, og de skal stille seg i slagorden mot henne; derfra skal hun bli tatt: deres piler skal være som hos en dyktig kriger; ingen vil vende tilbake forgjeves.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For se, jeg kaller sammen og sender mot Babylon en flokk av store nasjoner fra nordlandet; de vil stille sine hærer mot henne, og der vil hun bli tatt: deres piler vil være som en dyktig krigers, ingen vil vende tilbake uten å treffe mål.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For lo, I will wake vp an hoost of people from ye northren londe, & bringe them vpon Babilon: these shal laye sege to it, & wynne it: Their arowes shal not mysse, like as a connynge archer shuteth not wronge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For loe, I will raise, and cause to come vp against Babel a multitude of mightie natios from the North countrey, and they shall set themselues in aray against her, whereby shee shall be taken: their arrowes shall be as of a strong man, which is expert, for none shall returne in vaine.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For lo, I wyll wake vp an hoast of people from the northren lande, & bryng them vpon Babylon, these shal lay siege to it, and winne it: their arrowes shall not misse, like as a cunnyng archer shooteth not wrong.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows [shall be] as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For, lo, I am stirring up, And am causing to come up against Babylon, An assembly of great nations from a land of the north, And they have set in array against her, From thence she is captured, Its arrow -- as a skilful hero -- returneth not empty,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For, lo, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For see, I am moving and sending up against Babylon a band of great nations from the north country: and they will put their armies in position against her; and from there she will be taken: their arrows will be like those of an expert man of war; not one will come back without getting its mark.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For, behold, I will stir up and cause to come up against Babylon a company of great nations from the north country; and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of an expert mighty man; none shall return in vain.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For I will rouse into action and bring against Babylon a host of mighty nations from the land of the north. They will set up their battle lines against her. They will come from the north and capture her. Their arrows will be like a skilled soldier who does not return from the battle empty-handed.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 1:22 : 22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.
• Ezra 1:1-2 : 1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, so that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing, saying, 2 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The LORD God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
• Isa 13:2-5 : 2 Lift up a banner on the high mountain, exalt the voice to them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. 3 I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for my anger, even those who rejoice in my exaltation. 4 The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like that of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts musters the host of battle. 5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
• Isa 13:17-18 : 17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who will not regard silver; and as for gold, they will not delight in it. 18 Their bows will dash the young men to pieces; and they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye will not spare children.
• Isa 21:2 : 2 A harsh vision is revealed to me; the treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All its sighing have I made to cease.
• Isa 41:25 : 25 I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon mortar, and as the potter treads clay.
• Isa 45:1-4 : 1 Thus says the LORD to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the double doors; and the gates shall not be shut. 2 I will go before you, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of bronze, and cut through the bars of iron. 3 And I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I, the LORD, who calls you by your name, am the God of Israel. 4 For Jacob My servant's sake, and Israel My chosen, I have even called you by your name: I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.
• Jer 15:14 : 14 And I will make you to pass with your enemies into a land you do not know: for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn upon you.
• Jer 50:3 : 3 For out of the north a nation comes against her, which shall make her land desolate, and no one shall dwell therein: they shall move away, they shall depart, both man and beast.
• Jer 50:14 : 14 Put yourselves in battle array against Babylon all around: all you that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against the LORD.
• Jer 50:21 : 21 Go up against the land of Merathaim, against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, says the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded you.
• Jer 50:26 : 26 Come against her from the furthest border, open her storehouses: pile her up as heaps, and utterly destroy her: let nothing of her be left.
• Jer 50:29 : 29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all you that bend the bow, camp against it all around; let none of them escape: repay her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do unto her: for she has been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
• Jer 50:41-42 : 41 Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the ends of the earth. 42 They shall hold the bow and the spear: they are cruel, and will show no mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one set in order, like a man to the battle, against you, O daughter of Babylon.
• Jer 51:1-4 : 1 Thus says the LORD: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against those who dwell in the midst of those who rise up against Me, a destroying wind; 2 And I will send to Babylon winnowers, who shall winnow her and empty her land; for in the day of trouble, they shall be against her all around. 3 Against him who bends let the archer bend his bow, and against him who lifts himself up in his armor; and do not spare her young men; utterly destroy all her army. 4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and those thrust through in her streets.
• Jer 51:11 : 11 Polish the arrows; gather the shields; the LORD has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes, for His plan is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of His temple.
• Jer 51:27-28 : 27 Set up a banner in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; appoint a captain against her, cause the horses to come up like the braying locusts. 28 Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, its captains, and all its rulers, and all the land of his dominion.