Verse 10

Elijah answered the captain, 'If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!' Then fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Elia svarte kommandanten: 'Hvis jeg er en mann av Gud, la ild komme ned fra himmelen og fortære deg og dine femti menn.' Da kom ild ned fra himmelen og fortærte ham og hans femti menn.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men Elia svarte høvedsmannen over femti: Hvis jeg er en gudsmann, la da ild komme ned fra himmelen og fortære deg og dine femti. Og ild kom ned fra himmelen og fortærte ham og hans femti.

• Norsk King James

  Men Elia svarte kapteinen: Dersom jeg er Guds mann, la ild komme ned fra himmelen og fortære deg og dine femti. Og ild kom ned fra himmelen og fortærte ham og hans femti.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Elia svarte offiseren: 'Hvis jeg er en Guds mann, må det komme ild ned fra himmelen og fortære deg og dine femti menn.' Da kom det ild ned fra himmelen og fortærte ham og mennene hans.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Elia svarte kommandanten: 'Hvis jeg er en Guds mann, må det komme ild ned fra himmelen og fortære deg og dine femti mann!' Og ild kom ned fra himmelen og fortærte ham og hans menn.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Elia svarte og sa til høvedsmannen med femti: Hvis jeg er en Guds mann, så la det komme ild ned fra himmelen og fortære deg og de femti. Da kom ild ned fra himmelen og fortærte ham og de femti.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Elias svarte kapteinen med femti: 'Om jeg er en Guds mann, la ild komme ned fra himmelen og fortære deg og dine femti.' Og ild kom ned fra himmelen og fortærte ham og hans femti.

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

  Elia svarte og sa til høvedsmannen med femti: Hvis jeg er en Guds mann, så la det komme ild ned fra himmelen og fortære deg og de femti. Da kom ild ned fra himmelen og fortærte ham og de femti.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Elia svarte høvedsmannen: ‘Hvis jeg er en gudsmann, så la ild komme ned fra himmelen og fortære deg og dine femti.’ Og ild kom ned fra himmelen og fortærte ham og hans femti.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Elia svarte offiseren: 'Hvis jeg er en Guds mann, må ild komme ned fra himmelen og fortære deg og dine femti menn.' Da kom det ild fra himmelen og fortærte offiseren og hans femti menn.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men Elias svarede og sagde til den Høvedsmand over Halvtredsindstyve: Dersom jeg er en Guds Mand, da nedfalde Ild af Himmelen og fortære dig og dine Halvtredsindstyve! og Ild faldt ned af Himmelen og fortærede ham og hans Halvtredsindstyve.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Elia svarte og sa til offiseren: Hvis jeg er en Guds mann, så la ild komme ned fra himmelen og fortære deg og dine femti menn. Og ild kom ned fra himmelen og fortærte dem.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty. And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Elia svarte høvedsmannen med femti: Hvis jeg er en Guds mann, så la ild komme ned fra himmelen og fortære deg og dine femti. Ild kom ned fra himmelen og fortærte ham og hans femti.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Elia svarte og sa til offiseren: 'Hvis jeg er en Guds mann, må ild komme ned fra himmelen og fortære deg og dine femti.' Og ild kom ned fra himmelen og fortærte ham og hans femti.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Eli'a svarte høvedsmannen med femti menn: Hvis jeg er en guds mann, da la ild komme ned fra himmelen og fortære deg og dine femti. Da kom det ild ned fra himmelen og fortærte ham og hans femti menn.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Elia svarte lederen over femti: Hvis jeg er en Guds mann, må ild komme ned fra himmelen over deg og dine femti menn, og gjøre ende på dere. Da kom ild ned fra himmelen og gjorde ende på ham og hans femti menn.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Elias answered the captayne ouer fyftye, and sayde vnto him: Yf I be a man of God, the fyre fall downe then from heauen, and cosume the and thy fyftie. Then fell there fire from heauen, and consumed him and his fyftye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But Eliiah answered, and saide to the captaine ouer the fiftie, If that I be a man of God, let fire come downe from the heauen, and deuoure thee and thy fiftie. So fire came downe from the heauen and deuoured him and his fiftie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Elias aunswered and saide to the captaine ouer the fiftie: If I be a man of God, let fyre come downe from heauen & consume thee & thy fiftie. And there came fyre from heauen, and consumed him and his fiftie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I [be] a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty. Fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Elijah answereth and speaketh unto the head of the fifty, `And if I `am' a man of God, fire doth come down from the heavens, and consume thee and thy fifty;' and fire cometh down from the heavens, and consumeth him and his fifty.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Elijah in answer said to the captain of fifty, If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven on you and on your fifty men, and put an end to you. Then fire came down from heaven and put an end to him and his fifty men.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Elijah answered to the captain of fifty, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty!" Fire came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Elijah replied to the captain,“If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!” Fire then came down from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers.

Referenced Verses

• Luke 9:54 : 54 When James and John, his disciples, saw this, they said, 'Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to destroy them, as Elijah did?'
• 1 Kgs 18:36-38 : 36 At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet approached and said, "LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that You are God in Israel, that I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your command. 37 Answer me, LORD, answer me, so that this people will know that You, LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back to Yourself. 38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.
• Job 1:16 : 16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, 'The fire of God fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you.'
• Rev 11:5 : 5 If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and devours their enemies. If anyone tries to harm them, this is how they must be killed.
• Num 11:1 : 1 Now the people began to complain bitterly in the hearing of the LORD, and when the LORD heard this, His anger burned, and fire from the LORD consumed the outskirts of the camp.
• Num 16:28-30 : 28 Then Moses said, "This is how you will know that the Lord has sent me to do all these things and that it was not my own idea: 29 If these men die a natural death and experience only what usually happens to men, then the Lord has not sent me. 30 But if the Lord brings about something unprecedented and the ground opens its mouth to swallow them and everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the grave, then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt.
• Num 16:35 : 35 Then fire came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were offering incense.
• Ps 105:15 : 15 'Do not touch My anointed ones, and do not harm My prophets.'
• Ps 106:18 : 18 Fire blazed among their company; flames consumed the wicked.
• Dan 3:22 : 22 The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the flames killed the soldiers who carried Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego.
• Dan 3:25 : 25 He exclaimed, 'Look! I see four men, unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!'
• Dan 6:24 : 24 At the king’s command, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the lions' den, along with their wives and children. Before they reached the floor of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
• Matt 21:41 : 41 They said to him, 'He will bring those wretches to a miserable end and lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him the fruit at the proper times.'
• Matt 23:34-37 : 34 Therefore, look, I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly, I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. 37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
• 1 Kgs 22:28 : 28 Micaiah said, 'If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.' Then he added, 'Pay attention, all you people!'
• 2 Kgs 2:23-24 : 23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and mocked him. 'Get out of here, baldy!' they said. 'Get out of here, baldy!' 24 He turned around, saw them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the forest and mauled forty-two of the boys.
• 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against His people beyond remedy.
• Acts 5:3-9 : 3 But Peter said, 'Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the proceeds from the land? 4 'Did it not remain yours while it was unsold? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to people, but to God.' 5 When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and died. And great fear came upon all who heard about it. 6 The young men arose, wrapped his body, carried him out, and buried him. 7 About three hours later, his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 Peter asked her, 'Tell me, is this the price you and your husband got for the land?' She answered, 'Yes, that is the price.' 9 Then Peter said to her, 'Why did you agree together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of those who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out as well.' 10 At that moment she fell down at his feet and died. When the young men came in, they found her dead, carried her out, and buried her beside her husband.
• Acts 12:19 : 19 After Herod searched for him and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.
• Heb 12:29 : 29 for our God is a consuming fire.