Verse 2

God is jealous, and the LORD avenges; the LORD avenges and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves wrath for his enemies.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Herren er en ivrig og straffende Gud; han tar hevn og er full av vrede.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Gud er nidkjær og Herren tar hevn; Herren tar hevn og er full av harme. Herren tar hevn over sine motstandere og holder sin vrede overfor sine fiender.

  • Norsk King James

    Gud er misunnelig, og Herren tar hevn; Herren er rasende; han vil ta hevn på sine motstandere, og han oppbevarer sin vrede mot sine fiender.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Gud er nidkjær og Herren er en hevner; ja, Herren er en hevner full av vrede. Han tar hevn over sine motstandere og holder fast ved sin vrede mot sine fiender.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Herren er en nidkjær og hevnende Gud. Herren tar hevn og er full av vrede. Herren tar hevn mot sine motstandere og holder fast ved sitt sinne mot sine fiender.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Gud er nidkjær, og Herren tar hevn; Herren tar hevn og er full av vrede; Herren vil ta hevn over sine motstandere, og han gir rom for sin harme mot sine fiender.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Gud er sjalu, og HERREN hevner seg; HERREN hevner seg og er rasende; HERREN vil ta hevn over sine fiender og har forberedt sin vrede for sine motstandere.

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

    Gud er nidkjær, og Herren tar hevn; Herren tar hevn og er full av vrede; Herren vil ta hevn over sine motstandere, og han gir rom for sin harme mot sine fiender.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Gud er sjalu og hevngjerrig, Herren er hevngjerrig og full av vrede. Herren tar hevn over sine motstandere og holder sinne mot sine fiender.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and reserves wrath for his enemies.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Herren er en nidkjær og hevngjerrig Gud. Herren tar hevn og er fylt av vrede. Herren tar hevn over sine motstandere og holder fast på sin harme mot sine fiender.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Gud er nidkjær, og Herren er en Hevner, (ja) Herren er en Hevner og haver Grumhed; Herren er en Hevner imod sine Modstandere, og den, som bevarer (Vreden) for sine Fjender.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Gud er nidkjær, og Herren tar hevn; Herren tar hevn og er full av vrede; Herren vil ta hevn på sine motstandere, og han har reservert sin vrede for sine fiender.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Herren er en nidkjær Gud og skjenker hevn. Herren hevner seg og er full av vrede. Herren tar hevn over sine motstandere, og han holder fast på sin vrede mot sine fiender.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    En nidkjær og hevnende Gud er Herren, en hevner er Herren, og fylt av harme. En hevner er Herren mot sine fiender, og han holder øye med sine motstandere.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Herren er en nidkjær Gud som tar hevn; Herren tar hevn og er full av vrede; Herren tar hevn over sine fiender, og han har sinne i reserve for sine motstandere.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Herren er en Gud som verner om sin ære og gir straff for urett; Herren straffer og er vred; Herren sender straff over de som står imot ham, i sinne mot sine fiender.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The LORDE is a gelous God, and a taker of vengeaunce: yee a taker of vegeaunce is ye LORDE, and wrothfull. The LORDE taketh vengeaunce of his enemies, and reserueth displeasure for his aduersaries.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    God is ielous, & the Lord reuengeth: the Lord reuengeth: euen the Lorde of anger, the Lorde will take vengeance on his aduersaries, & he reserueth wrath for his enemies.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    God is ielous, & the Lorde auengeth, the Lorde auengeth and hath wrath in store: the Lord auengeth vpon them that trouble hym, and he remembreth his enemies.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ God [is] jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and [is] furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    A God zealous and avenging `is' Jehovah, An avenger `is' Jehovah, and possessing fury. An avenger `is' Jehovah on His adversaries, And He is watching for His enemies.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and is full of wrath; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The Lord is a God who takes care of his honour and gives punishment for wrong; the Lord gives punishment and is angry; the Lord sends punishment on those who are against him, being angry with his haters.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    God Takes Vengeance against His Enemies The LORD is a zealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and very angry. The LORD takes vengeance against his foes; he sustains his rage against his enemies.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me.
  • Zech 8:2 : 2 Thus says the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
  • Ps 94:1 : 1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.
  • Isa 42:13 : 13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up zeal like a man of war: he shall cry, yes, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
  • Ezek 6:12 : 12 He who is far off shall die of pestilence; and he who is near shall fall by the sword; and he who remains and is besieged shall die by famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
  • Exod 34:14 : 14 For you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
  • Deut 4:24 : 24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
  • Josh 24:19 : 19 And Joshua said to the people, You cannot serve the LORD: for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.
  • Job 20:23 : 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of His wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
  • Deut 32:34-35 : 34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? 35 To me belong vengeance, and recompense; their foot shall slip in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
  • Deut 32:41-43 : 41 If I sharpen my glittering sword, and my hand takes hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my enemies, and will reward those who hate me. 42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenge upon the enemy. 43 Rejoice, O nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful to his land, and to his people.
  • Lev 26:28 : 28 Then I will walk contrary to you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
  • Rom 2:5-6 : 5 But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 Who will render to each person according to his deeds:
  • Rom 12:19 : 19 Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, 'Vengeance is mine; I will repay,' says the Lord.
  • Rom 13:4 : 4 For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who does evil.
  • Heb 10:30 : 30 For we know him who has said, Vengeance belongs to me, I will repay, says the Lord. And again, The Lord will judge his people.
  • 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment;
  • Ezek 8:18 : 18 Therefore I will also deal in fury: my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.
  • Ezek 36:6 : 6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations:
  • Ezek 38:18 : 18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, says the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
  • Ezek 39:25 : 25 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Now I will bring back the captives of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name.
  • Joel 2:18 : 18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
  • Mic 5:15 : 15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the nations, such as they have not heard.
  • Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in mercy.
  • Zech 1:14 : 14 So the angel who spoke with me said to me, Proclaim, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with great zeal.
  • Isa 51:17 : 17 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, who have drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; you have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
  • Isa 51:20 : 20 Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, like a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
  • Isa 59:17-18 : 17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. 18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the coastlands he will repay recompense.
  • Isa 63:3-6 : 3 I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people, there was none with me: for I will tread them in my anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my clothing. 4 For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redeemed has come. 5 And I looked, and there was no one to help; and I wondered that there was no one to uphold: therefore my own arm brought salvation for me; and my fury, it upheld me. 6 And I will tread down the people in my anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
  • Isa 66:15 : 15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
  • Jer 3:5 : 5 Will he hold onto his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done evil things as you could.
  • Jer 4:4 : 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.
  • Jer 25:15 : 15 For thus says the LORD God of Israel to me; Take the wine cup of this fury at My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.
  • Jer 36:7 : 7 It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and each will turn from his evil way; for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.
  • Lam 4:11 : 11 The LORD has accomplished his fury; he has poured out his fierce anger, and has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has devoured her foundations.
  • Ezek 5:13 : 13 Thus shall my anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal when I have accomplished my fury in them.