Verse 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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han snudde seg, så på dem, og forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Straks kom to bjørner ut av skogen og angrep førti-to av guttene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han snudde seg, så på dem og forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom det ut to binner fra skogen og rev i hjel førtito av barna.

• Norsk King James

  Og han snudde seg tilbake, så på dem, og forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Og to bjørner kom ut av skogen og rev i stykker toogfyrti av dem.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han snudde seg og så dem, og han forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom to bjørner ut av skogen og rev i hjel førtito av guttene.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han vendte seg omkring, så dem og forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom det to bjørner ut av skogen og rev i hjel førtito av barna.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han snudde seg, så på dem, og forbannet dem i HERRENS navn. Da kom det to bjørner ut av skogen og rev i hjel førtito av barna.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han snudde seg, så på dem og forbannet dem i HERRENS navn. Da kom to hongebjørner ut fra skogen og rev i stykker førti-to av dem.

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

  Han snudde seg, så på dem, og forbannet dem i HERRENS navn. Da kom det to bjørner ut av skogen og rev i hjel førtito av barna.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han vendte seg om, så på dem og forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom det to bjørner ut av skogen og rev i hjel førtito av barna.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han snudde seg, så på dem og forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom det to bjørner ut av skogen og rev i hjel førtito av guttene.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han vendte sig tilbage, og der han saae dem, da bandede han dem i Herrens Navn; da udkom to Bjørne af Skoven og sønderreve af dem to og fyrretyve Børn.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han snudde seg, så på dem og forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom det to bjørner ut av skogen og rev i hjel førtito av dem.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tore forty-two children of them.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han snudde seg, så dem og forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom det to binne ut av skogen og reiv i hjel førtito av guttene.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han så seg tilbake og så dem, og han forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom to binner ut av skogen og rev i stykker førtito av guttene.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han så seg tilbake og så dem, og forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom det to binne ut av skogen og rev i hjel førtito av guttene.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han snudde seg, så dem, og han forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom det to binner ut av skogen og rev i hjel førtito av barna.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he turned him aboute. And wha he sawe them, he cursed them in the name of the LORDE. Then came there two Beeres out of the wod, and rente two and fortye of the children.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he turned backe, & looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord; two beares came out of the forest, and tare in pieces two and fourtie children of them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he turned backe, and loked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lorde: And there came two shee beares out of the wood, and tare fourtie and two children of them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. There came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and mauled forty-two lads of them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he looketh behind him, and seeth them, and declareth them vile in the name of Jehovah, and two bears come out of the forest, and rend of them forty and two lads.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Jehovah. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two lads of them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And turning back, he saw them, and put a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the wood and put forty-two of the children to death.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. Two female bears came out of the woods, and mauled forty-two of those youths.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When he turned around and saw them, he called God’s judgment down on them. Two female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the boys to pieces.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 9:25 : 25 he said, 'Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.'
• 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 on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
• Deut 28:15-26 : 15 But if you will not listen to the voice of the LORD your God and carefully follow all His commandments and statutes I am commanding you today, then all these curses will come upon you and overtake you. 16 Cursed will you be in the city, and cursed will you be in the field. 17 Cursed will be your basket and your kneading bowl. 18 Cursed will be the fruit of your womb, the produce of your land, the offspring of your cattle, and the increase of your flocks. 19 Cursed will you be when you come in, and cursed will you be when you go out. 20 The LORD will send curses, confusion, and rebuke in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil of your deeds, by which you have forsaken Me. 21 The LORD will cause pestilence to cling to you until He has consumed you from the land that you are entering to possess. 22 The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, fever, inflammation, scorching heat, drought, blight, and mildew, which will pursue you until you perish. 23 The heavens over your head will be like bronze, and the earth beneath you like iron. 24 The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will come down upon you from the sky until you are destroyed. 25 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven directions. You will become a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 Your carcasses will be food for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.
• Judg 9:20 : 20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-Millo, and let fire come out from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-Millo and consume Abimelech.
• Judg 9:57 : 57 And God also brought back on the heads of the men of Shechem all their wickedness. The curse of Jotham, the son of Jerubbaal, came upon them.
• 2 Sam 17:8 : 8 Hushai continued, 'You know your father and his men; they are mighty warriors and bitter in spirit, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Your father is an experienced fighter, and he will not spend the night with the troops.'
• 1 Kgs 13:24 : 24 As he was traveling, a lion met him on the road and killed him. His body was thrown on the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
• 1 Kgs 19:17 : 17 Anyone who escapes the sword of Hazael will be put to death by Jehu, and anyone who escapes the sword of Jehu will be put to death by Elisha.
• 1 Kgs 20:36 : 36 Then the prophet said to him, 'Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, as soon as you leave me, a lion will kill you.' And as soon as he left him, a lion found him and killed him.
• 2 Kgs 1:10-12 : 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. 11 Once again, the king sent another captain with fifty men to Elijah. The captain approached and said to him, 'Man of God, the king says, "Come down quickly!"' 12 Elijah replied, 'If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!' And fire of God came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.
• Neh 13:25-27 : 25 So I confronted them, cursed them, struck some of them, pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God: 'You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.' 26 Did not Solomon, king of Israel, sin because of such things? Among the many nations, there was no king like him; he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Yet, even he was led into sin by foreign women. 27 Must we then hear about you committing all this terrible evil, acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?
• Prov 17:12 : 12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
• Prov 28:15 : 15 Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over helpless people.
• Jer 28:16 : 16 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: 'I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.'
• Jer 29:21-23 : 21 This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying a lie to you in my name: 'I am about to hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.' 22 Because of them, all the exiles of Judah in Babylon will use this curse: 'May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire.' 23 For they have done outrageous things in Israel, committing adultery with their neighbors' wives and speaking lies in my name, things I did not command them to do. I am the one who knows and the one who witnesses this, declares the LORD.
• Lam 3:65 : 65 Give them hardness of heart; may Your curse be upon them.
• Hos 13:8 : 8 I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs; I will tear their hearts open. There I will devour them like a lion; a wild beast will rip them apart.
• Amos 7:17 : 17 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: 'Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, your sons and daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be divided up with a measuring line, and you yourself will die in a polluted land. Israel will surely go into exile away from their homeland.'
• Mark 11:14 : 14 Jesus said to it, 'May no one ever eat fruit from you again.' And his disciples heard it.
• Mark 11:21 : 21 Peter remembered and said to him, 'Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.'
• Acts 5:5 : 5 When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and died. And great fear came upon all who heard about it.
• Acts 5:9 : 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.'
• Acts 8:20 : 20 But Peter said to him, 'May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!'
• Acts 13:9-9 : 9 But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, stared intently at him. 10 And he said, 'You are full of all deceit and all fraud, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness! Will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?' 11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time. Immediately, a mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
• 2 Cor 10:6 : 6 And we are ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.