Verse 24

Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion and lift himself up like a young lion; he shall not lie down until he eats of the prey and drinks the blood of the slain.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Se, et folk som reiser seg som en løvne, som løfter seg som en løve. Det skal ikke legge seg før det har fortært bytte og drukket de slagne blod.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Se, folket skal reise seg som en løve, og løfte seg som en ung løve: han skal ikke legge seg før han har fortært byttet, og drukket de drepte slagne.

  • Norsk King James

    Se, folket skal reise seg som en stor løve og heve seg som en ung løve; han skal ikke legge seg ned før han har spist byttet og drukket blodet av de drepte.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Se, folket reiser seg som en løvinne, løfter seg som en løve. Den legger seg ikke før den har spist bytte og drukket de drepte sitt blod.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Folket står opp som en ung løve, reiser seg som en voksen løve. Det legger seg ikke før det har spist byttet og drukket de stakkars' blod.»

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Se, folket skal reise seg som en stor løve, og løfte seg som en ung løve: de skal ikke legge seg før de har fortært byttet, og drukket blodet av de drepte.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Se, folket skal reise seg som en mektig løve og vokse frem som en ung løve. Han vil ikke legge seg før han har fortært byttet og drukket blodet av de dræpte.

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

    Se, folket skal reise seg som en stor løve, og løfte seg som en ung løve: de skal ikke legge seg før de har fortært byttet, og drukket blodet av de drepte.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Se, et folk som reiser seg som en løve, opphever seg som en ung løve, han legger seg ikke før han har fortæret byttet og drukket blodet av de slagne.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    'The people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion. They will not lie down until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.'

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Se, et folk som reiser seg som en ung løve og løfter seg som en voksen løve, som ikke vil legge seg før de har fortært byttet og drukket blodet av de drepte.'

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    See, det Folk skal staae op som en stor Løve, og ophøie sig som en Løve; det skal ikke lægge sig, før det æder Rovet og drikker de Ihjelslagnes Blod.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Se, folket skal reise seg som en stor løve, og løfte seg som en ung løve: han skal ikke legge seg før han har fortært byttet, og drukket blodet av de drepte.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Se, folket reiser seg som en løvinne, som en løve hever det seg: Det legger seg ikke før det har fortæret byttet, drukket de drepte blods.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Se, folket står opp som en løvinne, og løfter seg som en løve; han legger seg ikke før han har spist bytte og drukket blodet av de drepte.'

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Se, folket reiser seg som en løvinne, og som en løve løfter han seg opp. Han legger seg ikke ned før han har spist av byttet og drukket blodet av de slagne.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Se, Israel stiger opp som en løvinne, reiser seg som en løve: han tar ikke hvile før han har mettet seg på sine overvunnete, og drukket blodet av dem han har drept.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Beholde ye people shall ryse vp as a lyonesse and heue vpp hym selfe as a lion and shall not lye downe agayne vntill he haue eaten of the praye and dronke of the bloude of them that are slayne.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Beholde, the people shall ryse vp as a Lyonesse, & heue vp him self as a Lyon. He shal not lye downe, tyll he eate of the pray, and drynke the bloude of the slayne.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Behold, the people shal rise vp as a lyon, & lift vp himselfe as a yong lyon: hee shall not lye downe, till he eate of the pray, and till he drinke the blood of the slayne.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Beholde, the people shall ryse vp as a Lion, and heaue vp him self as a young Lion: He shall not lye downe, vntyll he eate of the pray, and drinke the blood of them that are slayne.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat [of] the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion does he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, Drink the blood of the slain.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Lo, the people as a lioness riseth, And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he eateth prey, And blood of pierced ones doth drink.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness, and like a lion raises himself up; they will not lie down until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 49:9 : 9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, you have gone up: he stooped down, he crouched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
  • Gen 49:27 : 27 Benjamin shall ravage as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
  • Num 24:8-9 : 8 God brought him out of Egypt; he has the strength of a wild ox: he shall consume the nations, his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. 9 He crouched, he lay down like a lion, and like a great lion; who shall stir him up? Blessed is he who blesses you, and cursed is he who curses you.
  • Num 24:17 : 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
  • Deut 33:20 : 20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he who enlarges Gad: he dwells as a lion, and tears the arm with the crown of the head.
  • Ps 17:12 : 12 Like a lion that is eager for its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.
  • Prov 30:30 : 30 A lion, which is mighty among beasts, and does not turn away from anything;
  • Isa 31:4 : 4 For thus has the LORD spoken to me, Like a lion and the young lion roaring over his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor humble himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for Mount Zion, and for its hill.
  • Dan 2:44 : 44 And in the days of these kings, the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
  • Amos 3:8 : 8 The lion has roared, who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken, who can but prophesy?
  • Mic 5:8-9 : 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he goes through, both treads down and tears in pieces, and none can deliver. 9 Your hand shall be lifted up against your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off.
  • Nah 2:11 : 11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's cub, and none made them afraid?
  • Zech 10:4-5 : 4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the peg, out of him the battle bow, out of him every ruler together. 5 And they shall be like mighty men, who tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in battle. And they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
  • Zech 12:6 : 6 In that day I will make the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire among wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people around about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
  • Rev 5:5 : 5 And one of the elders said to me, Weep not; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book and to break its seven seals.
  • Rev 19:11-21 : 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he who sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written that no one knew but he himself. 13 And he wore a robe dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should strike the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And he has on his robe and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather together for the supper of the great God; 18 That you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great. 19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army. 20 And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked miracles before him, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with sulfur. 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him who sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the birds were filled with their flesh.