Verse 11

How much more, then, when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed! Should I not now demand his blood from your hand and remove you from the earth?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hvordan kan det være at onde mennesker har drept en rettferdig mann i sitt eget hus, på sin egen seng? Skal jeg ikke kreve blodet hans fra dem og utrydde dem fra jorden?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hvor mye mer når onde menn dreper en rettferdig mann i hans eget hus på hans seng? Skal jeg ikke kreve hans blod fra deres hånd og utrydde dere fra jorden?»

• Norsk King James

  Hvor mye mer, når onde mennesker har drept en uskyldig person i sitt eget hus, på sin egen seng? Hvorfor skulle jeg da ikke kreve hans blod fra deres hånd og ta dere bort fra jorden?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvor mye mer når ugudelige menn har drept en rettferdig mann i hans eget hus, på hans seng? Skal jeg ikke kreve hans blod fra deres hånd og utslette dere fra jorden?'

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hva skal jeg da gjøre når onde mennesker dreper en rettferdig mann i sitt eget hus på hans seng? Skal jeg ikke kreve hans blod fra dere og utrydde dere fra jorden?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hvor mye mer når onde mennesker har drept en rettferdig person i hans eget hus, på hans eget leie. Skal jeg ikke nå krev hans blod av deres hånd og utrydde dere fra jorden?»

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hvor mye mer, når onde menn har drept en rettferdig person i hans eget hus mens han lå i sengen? Skal jeg ikke derfor nå kreve hans blod av deres hender og fjerne dere fra jorden?

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

  Hvor mye mer når onde mennesker har drept en rettferdig person i hans eget hus, på hans eget leie. Skal jeg ikke nå krev hans blod av deres hånd og utrydde dere fra jorden?»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hvor mye mer skulle jeg ikke da kreve regnskap av dere, onde menn, som har drept en rettferdig mann i hans eget hus, mens han lå i sengen sin? Skal jeg ikke hevne hans blod på dere og rydde dere bort fra jorden?"

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hvor mye mer, når onde menn har drept en rettferdig mann i sitt hjem på sin seng, skal jeg da ikke kreve hans blod av deres hånd og utrydde dere fra jorden?'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Meget mere (disse) ugudelige Mænd, som have ihjelslaget en retfærdig Mand i hans Huus paa hans Seng; og nu, skulde jeg ikke udkræve hans Blod af eders Haand og borttage eder af Jorden?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hvor mye mer når ugudelige menn har drept en rettferdig mann i hans eget hus, på hans seng? Skal jeg ikke nå kreve hans blod fra dere og utrydde dere fra jorden?»

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed? Shall I not therefore now require his blood from your hand, and remove you from the earth?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hvor mye mer, når ugudelige menn har drept en rettskaffen person i hans eget hus på hans seng, skal jeg nå ikke kreve hans blod av deres hånd, og fjerne dere fra jorden?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hvordan skal jeg da ikke straffe ugjerningen til ugudelige menn som har drept en rettskaffen mann i hans eget hjem, mens han lå i sengen? Krever jeg ikke hans blod fra dere og utrydder dere fra jorden?'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hvor mye mer når ugudelige menn har drept en rettferdig mann i hans eget hus på hans seng, skulle jeg ikke nå kreve hans blod av deres hånd og utrydde dere fra jorden?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hvor mye mer, når onde menn har drept en rettskaffen mann, i hans eget hus, når han sov på sengen, vil jeg ta hevn fra dere for hans blod, og utrydde dere fra jorden?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And these vngodly personnes haue slayne a righteous man in his owne house vpon his bed. Yee shulde not I requyre his bloude of youre handes, and take you awaye from ye earth?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  How much more, when wicked men haue slaine a righteous person in his owne house, and vpon his bed? shal I not now therfore require his blood at your hand, and take you from the earth?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Howe much more when wicked men haue slayne a righteous person in his owne house and vpon his bed? Shal I not nowe therfore require his blood of your hande, & take you from the earth?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Also -- when wicked men have slain the righteous man in his own house, on his bed; and now, do not I require his blood of your hand, and have taken you away from the earth?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth?

• World English Bible (2000)

  How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth?”

Referenced Verses

• Ps 9:12 : 12 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
• Gen 9:5-6 : 5 I will require an accounting for your lifeblood. I will demand it from any animal and from every person. From each person, I will demand an accounting for the life of another person. 6 Whoever sheds human blood, by humans will their blood be shed; for in the image of God, God made mankind.
• Exod 9:15 : 15 For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth.
• Exod 21:12 : 12 Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death.
• Num 35:31-34 : 31 You must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; they must surely be put to death. 32 Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing them to return to live in the land before the death of the high priest. 33 Do not pollute the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land; and no atonement can be made for the land that has been defiled by bloodshed except by the blood of the one who shed it. 34 Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell, for I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.
• 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside inside the gate, as if to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the belly, killing him in revenge for the blood of his brother Asahel.
• 2 Sam 3:39 : 39 Today I am weak, even though I am anointed king. These sons of Zeruiah are too harsh for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil deeds.
• 1 Kgs 2:32 : 32 The LORD will bring back his blood on his own head, because he struck down two men more righteous and better than himself—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel's army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah's army—killing them with the sword without my father David knowing it.
• Gen 4:11 : 11 'Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.'
• Gen 6:13 : 13 Then God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, because the earth is filled with violence through them; behold, I am going to destroy them along with the earth.
• Gen 7:23 : 23 Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out—human beings, animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky. They were destroyed from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
• Ps 109:15 : 15 May their sins always remain before the Lord, and may He cut off their memory from the earth.
• Prov 2:22 : 22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted from it.
• Prov 25:26 : 26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.
• Jer 10:11 : 11 Tell them this: 'The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.'
• Hab 1:4 : 4 Therefore, the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so justice comes out distorted.
• Hab 1:12 : 12 Are You not from eternity, LORD my God, my Holy One? We will not die. LORD, You have appointed them for judgment; You, O Rock, have established them to rebuke.
• 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not like Cain, who was from the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil and his brother’s were righteous.