Verse 18

And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Men de venter på å ta sitt eget blod, de sniker seg for å skade livene sine.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og de legger bakhold for sitt eget blod, de skjuler seg for sitt eget liv.

• Norsk King James

  Og de venter på sitt eget blod; de lurker priviligert etter sine egne liv.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og disse ligger i bakhold for sitt eget blod, de lurer på seg selv.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Men de ligger på lur etter sitt eget blod, de skjuler seg for sitt eget liv.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De ligger på lur etter sitt eget blod, og de skjuler seg for sine egne liv.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De lurer på sitt eget blod; de sniker seg i skjul for sitt eget liv.

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

  De ligger på lur etter sitt eget blod, og de skjuler seg for sine egne liv.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og likevel ligger de i bakhold etter sitt eget blod, de lurer på sitt eget liv.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Proverbs.1.18", "source": "וְ֭הֵם לְדָמָ֣ם יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּ יִ֝צְפְּנ֗וּ לְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם׃", "text": "*wəhem* *lədamam* *ye'erovu* *yitspənu* *lənafəshotam*", "grammar": { "*wəhem*": "conjunction + 3rd masculine plural pronoun - and they", "*lədamam*": "preposition + masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - for their own blood", "*ye'erovu*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they lie in wait", "*yitspənu*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they lurk", "*lənafəshotam*": "preposition + feminine plural noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - for their own lives" }, "variants": { "*dam*": "blood/bloodshed", "*ye'erovu*": "they lie in wait/they ambush", "*yitspənu*": "they lurk/they hide/they ambush", "*nefesh*": "life/soul/self/person" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Men disse mennene ligger på lur etter sitt eget blod, de skjuler seg for sitt eget liv.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og disse lure paa deres (eget) Blod, de skjule sig imod deres (egne) Sjæle.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk ivily for their own lives.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men de ligger på lur etter sitt eget blod; de setter bakhold for sitt eget liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men disse ligger på lur etter sitt eget blod, de lurer på sitt eget liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men de ligger i bakhold for sitt eget blod, de lurer på sine egne liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og disse lurer på sitt eget blod, de legger seg i bakhold for sitt eget liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og de venter hemmelig på blod og forbereder ødeleggelse for seg selv.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yee they the selues laye wayte one for anothers bloude, and one of the wolde slaye another.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So they lay waite for blood and lie priuily for their liues.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  So these lay wayte for the blood of them, and lye priuily for their liues.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.

• World English Bible (2000)

  but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!

Referenced Verses

• Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's anger subsided.
• Ps 7:14-16 : 14 Behold, he travails with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.
• Ps 9:16 : 16 The LORD is known by the judgment he executes; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
• Ps 55:23 : 23 But You, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in You.
• Prov 5:22-23 : 22 His own iniquities shall capture the wicked, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins. 23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
• Prov 9:17-18 : 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he does not know that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
• Prov 28:17 : 17 A person who does violence to the blood of anyone shall flee to the pit; let no one stop him.
• Matt 27:4-5 : 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? See to that yourself. 5 And he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.