Verse 1

Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise, take your household, and go live in whatever place you can, for the LORD has called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for seven years."

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Elisja snakket til kvinnen hvis sønn han hadde brakt til live, og sa: "Stå opp og dra av sted, du og ditt hus, og bo der hvor du kan, for Herren har sendt hungersnød, og den vil ramme landet i sju år."

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da talte Elisa til kvinnen, hvis sønn han hadde vekket opp til liv, og sa: Reis dig, gå bort, du og ditt hus, og slå deg ned hvor du kan bo; for Herren har kalt på en hunger, og den vil også komme over landet i sju år.

• Norsk King James

  Da talte Elisha til kvinnen, hvis sønn han hadde brakt tilbake til livet, og sa: Stå opp, ta med deg husstanden din og dra dit du vil; for Herren har forutsagt hungersnød, og den skal ramme landet i syv år.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Elisa snakket til kvinnen hvis sønn han hadde brakt tilbake til livet. Han sa: Forbered deg og dra bort, du og din husstand, og bli en fremmed hvor du kan. For Herren har varslet om en hungersnød som skal komme over landet i syv år.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Elisja talte til kvinnen hvis sønn han hadde vekket til liv, og sa: 'Stå opp og dra av sted, du og ditt hus, og slå dere ned der dere kan slå dere ned, for Herren har kalt på hungersnød som skal komme over landet i sju år.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da talte Elisa til kvinnen, hvis sønn han hadde vekket til live, og sa: «Stå opp, gå bort med husstanden din, og bo som fremmed hvor du kan. For Herren har kalt på en hungersnød; den skal også komme over landet i sju år.»

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da talte Elisa til kvinnen, hvis sønn han hadde vakt til live, og sa: Reis deg og dra du og ditt hus, og opphold dere der dere kan finne ly; for HERREN har forutsagt hungersnød, og den skal ramme landet i syv år.

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

  Da talte Elisa til kvinnen, hvis sønn han hadde vekket til live, og sa: «Stå opp, gå bort med husstanden din, og bo som fremmed hvor du kan. For Herren har kalt på en hungersnød; den skal også komme over landet i sju år.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Elisha talte til kvinnen hvis sønn han hadde gjenopplivet og sa: 'Stå opp og dra, du og ditt hus, og bo som fremmed der du kan bo, for Herren har kalt på hungersnød, og den er kommet over landet i syv år.'

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Elisja snakket til kvinnen hvis sønn han hadde oppvekt, og sa: 'Stå opp og dra bort, du og ditt hus, og bo der hvor du kan bo. For Herren har kalt på hungersnøden, og den skal også komme over landet i sju år.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Elisa talede til den Qvinde, hvis Søn han havde gjort levende, og sagde: Gjør dig rede og gak bort, du og dit Huus, og vær fremmed, hvor du kan være fremmed; thi Herren kalder ad Hungeren, og den skal ogsaa komme i Landet i syv Aar.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Deretter talte Elisa til kvinnen hvis sønn han hadde vekket til live, og sa: Reis opp, og dra, du og din husstand, og bosett deg hvor du kan, for Herren har kalt på en hungersnød; og den vil komme over landet i sju år.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Then Elisha spoke to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise, and go you and your household, and stay wherever you can stay: for the LORD has called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land for seven years."

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Nå hadde Elisja sagt til kvinnen, hvis sønn han hadde gjenopplivet: «Stå opp og dra av sted med din husstand og bosett deg hvor som helst du kan bo, for Herren har varslet hungersnød, og den skal komme over landet i sju år.»

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Elisha snakket til kvinnen hvis sønn han hadde gjenopplivet, og sa: 'Reis deg og dra, du og ditt hus, og bo der du kan bo, for Herren har kalt på en hungersnød, og den vil komme over landet i syv år.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Elisha hadde sagt til kvinnen, hvis sønn han hadde vekket til live: «Stå opp, dra bort med din husstand og bo hvor du kan, for Herren har tilkalt en hungersnød, og den vil også ramme landet i sju år.»

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Elisha hadde sagt til kvinnen hvis sønn han hadde vekket til live, Dra nå av sted med hele din husstand, og finn et annet sted å bo der du kan; for på Herrens befaling vil det bli stor matmangel i landet, og det vil vare i sju år.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Eliseus spake vnto the woma, whose sonne he had restored vnto life againe, and sayde: Get the vp, & go with thine housholde, and be a straunger where thou canst: for the LORDE shall call for a derth, which shal come into the londe seuen yeare loge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then spake Elisha vnto the woman, whose sonne he had restored to life, saying, Vp, and goe, thou, and thine house, and soiourne where thou canst soiourne: for the Lorde hath called for a famine, and it commeth also vpon the land seuen yeeres.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then spake Elisa vnto the woman (whose sonne he had restored to lyfe againe) saying: Up, and go thou and thyne house, and soiourne where so euer thou canst: For the Lord hath called for a dearth, and the same shall come vpon the lande seuen yeres.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now Elisha had spoken to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go you and your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn: for Yahweh has called for a famine; and it shall also come on the land seven years.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Elisha spake unto the woman whose son he had revived, saying, `Rise and go, thou and thy household, and sojourn where thou dost sojourn, for Jehovah hath called for a famine, and also, it is coming unto the land seven years.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for Jehovah hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had given back to life, Go now, with all the people of your house, and get a living-place for yourselves wherever you are able; for by the word of the Lord, there will be great need of food in the land; and this will go on for seven years.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now Elisha had spoken to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise, and go, you and your household, and stay for a while wherever you can; for Yahweh has called for a famine. It shall also come on the land seven years."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Elisha Again Helps the Shunammite Woman Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life,“You and your family should go and live somewhere else for a while, for the LORD has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years.”

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 4:31-35 : 31 Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So Gehazi went back to meet Elisha and told him, 'The boy has not awakened.' 32 When Elisha arrived at the house, there was the boy, lying dead on his bed. 33 He went in, shut the door behind them both, and prayed to the LORD. 34 Then he got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hands to hands. As he stretched out over him, the boy’s flesh grew warm. 35 Elisha got up and walked back and forth in the house. Then he went up and stretched out over the boy again. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
• Ps 105:16 : 16 He called famine upon the land; He broke the supply of bread.
• Hag 1:11 : 11 I called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil, and everything the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.
• 2 Kgs 4:18 : 18 The child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the reapers.
• Gen 12:10 : 10 Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.
• Lev 26:26 : 26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven and dole out your bread by weight, and you will eat but not be satisfied.
• Gen 41:27-28 : 27 The seven thin and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven thin ears of grain scorched by the east wind also represent seven years of famine. 28 It is just as I told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
• Ruth 1:1 : 1 During the time when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a man from Bethlehem in Judah left to live temporarily in the fields of Moab, he, his wife, and his two sons.
• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 Elijah, the Tishbite from the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years, except by my word."
• 1 Kgs 18:2 : 2 So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. The famine in Samaria was severe.
• Luke 4:25 : 25 But I tell you the truth, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.
• Luke 21:11 : 11 There will be great earthquakes, famines, and plagues in various places, as well as terrifying events and great signs from heaven.
• Luke 21:22 : 22 For these are days of vengeance, so that all that is written may be fulfilled.
• Acts 11:28 : 28 One of them, named Agabus, stood up and, through the Spirit, predicted that a severe famine would spread across the entire world. This happened during the reign of Claudius.
• 2 Sam 21:1 : 1 During the days of David, there was a famine for three years, year after year. David sought the presence of the Lord, and the Lord said, "It concerns Saul and his house, who are guilty of bloodshed, for he killed the Gibeonites."
• 2 Sam 24:13 : 13 So Gad went to David and said to him, "Shall there come seven years of famine in your land? Or shall you flee from your enemies for three months while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days of plague in your land? Now think it over and decide how I should reply to the One who sent me."
• Ps 107:34 : 34 and a fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who dwell there.
• Jer 25:29 : 29 For behold, I am bringing disaster on the city that bears my name, and will you indeed go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.
• Gen 41:32 : 32 As for the dream being repeated to Pharaoh twice, it means that the matter has been firmly decided by God, and He will carry it out soon.
• Gen 47:4 : 4 They also said to Pharaoh, 'We have come to sojourn in this land because there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine in the land of Canaan is severe. Please allow your servants to settle in the region of Goshen.'
• Lev 26:19-20 : 19 I will break your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze. 20 Your strength will be spent in vain, because your land will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of the land yield their fruit.
• Deut 28:22-24 : 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.
• Deut 28:38-40 : 38 You will sow much seed in the field but gather little, because locusts will consume it. 39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them, but you will not drink their wine or gather their grapes, for worms will eat them. 40 You will have olive trees throughout your territory, but you will not anoint yourself with oil, for your olives will drop off prematurely.
• Gen 26:1 : 1 Now there was a famine in the land, apart from the earlier famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Abimelech, the king of the Philistines, in Gerar.
• Gen 41:25 : 25 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, 'The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.'