Verse 6

For he says to the snow, 'Be on the earth;' likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For han befaler snøen: 'Falle på jorden!' og til regnet: 'Kom med styrke!'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For han sier til snøen: Vær på jorden; likeledes til den lille regn og til den sterke regn av sin kraft.

• Norsk King James

  For han sier til snøen: 'Fall ned på jorden'; og til regnet, både det lille og det store, gir han sin kraft.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For han sier til snøen: «Fall på jorden,» og lar kraftig regn strømme ned.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For til snøen sier han: 'Kom til jorden,' og likeså til regnet, den kraftige regnværet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For han sier til snøen: Fall på jorden; det samme til det lette regnet og til det kraftige regnet i hans styrke.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For han sier til snøen: «Bli på jorden», og tilsvarende til den lette regnen og den kraftige regnen, et uttrykk for hans styrke.

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

  For han sier til snøen: Fall på jorden; det samme til det lette regnet og til det kraftige regnet i hans styrke.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For til snøen sier han: 'Fall på jorden,' og til regnet, og styrtregnet, er hans kraft.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,' and to the rain showers, 'Be strong.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For til snøen sier han: 'Fall på jorden'; også til regnet, det kraftige regnet av hans styrke.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi han taler til Snee, (sigende:) Vær paa Jorden, og til Pladskregn, (saa kommer) hans stærke (og) megen Pladskregn.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For han sier til snøen, Vær på jorden; likeså til det lille regnet og det store regnet av hans styrke.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For han sier til snøen: 'Fall ned på jorden'; likeså til regnet og til sine mektige regnskurer.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Til snøen sier Han: 'Vær på jorden.' Og det lille regnet og det store regnet av Hans kraft.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For han sier til snøen: Fall på jorden; likeså til regnskyllet og til skurene av hans kraftige regn.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For han sier til snøen: Gjør jorden våt; og til regnværet: Kom ned.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  When he commaundeth the snowe, it falleth vpon the earth: As soone as he geueth the rayne a charge, Immediatly the showers haue their strength and fall downe

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For he sayth to the snowe, Be thou vpon the earth: likewise to the small rayne and to the great rayne of his power.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He commaundeth the snow, and it falleth vpon earth: he geueth the rayne a charge, and the showres haue their strength and fall downe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ For he saith to the snow, Be thou [on] the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth;' Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For to snow He saith, `Be `on' the earth.' And the small rain and great rain of His power.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth;' likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For to the snow he says,‘Fall to earth,’ and to the torrential rains,‘Pour down.’

Referenced Verses

• Job 36:27 : 27 For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to their vapor:
• Job 38:22 : 22 Have you entered into the storehouses of the snow? Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
• Ps 147:16-18 : 16 He gives snow like wool: he scatters the frost like ashes. 17 He casts forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? 18 He sends out his word, and melts them: he causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
• Ps 148:8 : 8 Fire and hail, snow and vapor, stormy wind fulfilling His word;
• Prov 28:3 : 3 A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.
• Ezek 13:11 : 11 Say to those who daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
• Ezek 13:13 : 13 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: I will rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.
• Amos 9:6 : 6 It is he who builds his chambers in the heaven, and has founded his troop in the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
• Matt 7:25-27 : 25 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these sayings of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.
• Gen 7:10-12 : 10 And it occurred after seven days that the floodwaters were upon the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
• Ezra 10:9 : 9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. All the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.
• Ezra 10:13 : 13 But there are many people, and it is a time of heavy rain, and we are not able to stand outside. Nor is this a task that can be accomplished in a day or two, for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.