Verse 29

He puts his mouth in the dust, there may yet be hope.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  La ham legge munnen mot støvet; kanskje finnes det ennå håp.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han legger munnen i støvet, kanskje der er håp.

• Norsk King James

  Han legger munnen sin i støvet; hvis det finnes, finnes det kanskje håp.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han kan bøye munnen i støvet, kanskje det er håp.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  La han legge sin munn i støvet, kanskje er det håp.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han legger sin munn i støvet; kanskje det kan være håp.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han bøyer sin munn ned mot jorden; om det finnes håp, er det der.

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

  Han legger sin munn i støvet; kanskje det kan være håp.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  La ham legge munnen i støvet, kanskje det ennå er håp.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Let him put his mouth in the dust—there may yet be hope.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  La ham sette sin munn i støvet - kanskje er det fortsatt håp.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han kan sætte sin Mund i Støvet, om der maaskee er Forhaabning.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han legger sin munn i støvet; kanskje det kan være håp.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  La ham legge munnen i støvet, om det kanskje er håp.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han legger munnen i støvet, kanskje er det håp.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  La ham legge munnen i støvet, om det er håp.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  La ham legge sin munn i støvet, for kanskje er det håp.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He layeth his face vpon the earth, yf (percase) there happen to be eny hope.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  He putteth his mouth in the dust, if there may be hope.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He layeth his face vpon the earth, if there happen to be any hope.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let him put his mouth in the dust, if by chance there may be hope.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Let him bury his face in the dust; perhaps there is hope.

Referenced Verses

• Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
• Job 42:5-6 : 5 I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You. 6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
• Jer 31:17 : 17 And there is hope in your future, says the LORD, that your children shall come again to their own border.
• Ezek 16:63 : 63 That you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I am pacified toward you for all that you have done, says the Lord GOD.
• Joel 2:14 : 14 Who knows if he will turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a grain offering and a drink offering to the LORD your God?
• Jonah 3:9 : 9 Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we do not perish?
• Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, who have carried out His judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be you shall be hidden in the day of the LORD'S anger.
• Luke 15:18-19 : 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, 19 And am no longer worthy to be called your son: make me like one of your hired servants.
• Luke 18:13 : 13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but struck upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
• Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
• 2 Chr 33:12 : 12 And when he was in distress, he sought the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.