Verse 1

Listen, Israel: Today you are crossing over the Jordan to enter and take possession of nations greater and stronger than you, with cities that are great and fortified up to the heavens.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hør, Israel! I dag skal du krysse Jordan og innta landet som tilhører mektigere folkeslag enn deg, med store byer og sterke festningsmurer.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hør, Israel: I dag skal du gå over Jordan for å ta i eie nasjoner større og mektigere enn deg, byer store og befestede, som når opp til himmelen.

• Norsk King James

  Hør, Israel: I dag skal du krysse Jordan for å gå inn for å ta besittelse av nasjoner som er større og mektigere enn deg selv, byer som er store og omkranset av murverk.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hør, Israel, i dag skal dere krysse Jordan for å innta folkeslag som er større og sterkere enn dere, byer som er store og befestet til himmelen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hør, Israel! I dag krysser du Jordan for å gå inn og ta i eie nasjoner som er større og mektigere enn deg, med store byer som er befestet helt til himlene.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hør, Israel: I dag skal du krysse Jordan for å ta i eie nasjoner som er større og mektigere enn deg selv, store byer med murer opp til himmelen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hør, Israel: I dag skal dere krysse Jordan for å innta land befolket av folkeslag som er større og mektigere enn dere selv, med byer store og beleiret helt mot himmelen.

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

  Hør, Israel: I dag skal du krysse Jordan for å ta i eie nasjoner som er større og mektigere enn deg selv, store byer med murer opp til himmelen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hør, Israel, i dag skal du krysse Jordan for å innta nasjoner større og mektigere enn deg, byer store og befestet til himmelen.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hør, Israel! I dag skal du krysse Jordan for å gå inn og innta land som tilhører folkeslag større og sterkere enn deg, med store byer befestet helt opp mot himmelen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hør, Israel, du gaaer idag over Jordanen, at komme til at indtage Folk, som ere større og stærkere end du, Stæder, som ere store og faste indtil Himmelen,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hør, Israel! I dag skal du krysse Jordan for å innta nasjoner som er større og mektigere enn deg selv, byer som er store og befestet opp til himmelen.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Hear, O Israel: You are to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hør, Israel: I dag skal dere krysse Jordan for å ta landet fra nasjonene som er større og mektigere enn dere, byer store og befestede opp til himmelen,

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hør, Israel, i dag skal du krysse Jordan for å innta nasjoner som er større og mektigere enn deg; byer store og med forsvarsmurer som rekker til himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hør, Israel: Du skal i dag krysse Jordan for å innta land fra nasjoner større og mektigere enn deg selv, byer store og befestede helt opp til himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hør, Israel: I dag skal dere krysse Jordan for å innta arv fra nasjoner som er større og sterkere enn dere selv, og byer av stor størrelse med murer så høye som himmelen.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Heare Israel, thou goest ouer Ioadayne this daye, to goo and conquere nacions greater and mightier than thy selfe, and cities greate ad walled vp to heauen,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Heare O Israel, This daie shalt thou go ouer Iordane, that thou maiest come in to conquere the nacions, which are greater and mightier then thou, greate cities, walled vp vnto heauen,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Heare O Israel, Thou shalt passe ouer Iorden this day, to goe in and to possesse nations greater and mightier then thy selfe, and cities great and walled vp to heauen,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Heare O Israel, thou passest ouer Iordane this day, to go in and possesse nations great and mightier then thy selfe, cities great and walled vp to heauen:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Hear, O Israel: Thou [art] to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Hear, Israel: you are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to the sky,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Hear, Israel, thou art passing over to-day the Jordan, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself; cities great and fenced in the heavens;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Hear, O Israel: thou art to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Give ear, O Israel: today you are to go over Jordan, to take the heritage of nations greater and stronger than yourselves, and towns of great size with walls as high as heaven;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Hear, Israel: you are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to the sky,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Theological Justification of the Conquest Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 4:38 : 38 He drove out nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you into their land and to give it to you as an inheritance, as it is today.
• Deut 11:23 : 23 then the LORD will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you.
• Deut 11:31 : 31 For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you. You will take possession of it and live in it.
• Deut 1:28 : 28 Where can we go? Our brothers have discouraged us by saying, 'The people are larger and taller than we are, the cities are great and fortified up to the heavens, and we even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.'
• Deut 7:1 : 1 When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of, and He drives out many nations before you—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites—seven nations more numerous and stronger than you,
• Josh 1:11 : 11 “Go through the camp and command the people, ‘Prepare your provisions, for in three days you will cross the Jordan to take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you to inherit.’”
• Josh 3:6 : 6 Joshua told the priests, 'Take up the ark of the covenant and go ahead of the people.' So they took up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.
• Josh 3:14 : 14 So when the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.
• Josh 3:16 : 16 the water flowing down from upstream stood still. It rose up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam near Zarethan. Meanwhile, the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off, and the people crossed opposite Jericho.
• Josh 4:5 : 5 and he said to them, “Cross ahead of the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone on his shoulder, one for each of the tribes of the Israelites.
• Josh 4:19 : 19 The people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped at Gilgal, on the eastern border of Jericho.
• Deut 27:2 : 2 On the day you cross the Jordan to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.
• Deut 3:18 : 18 At that time I commanded you: 'The LORD your God has given you this land to take possession of it. All your fighting men, fully armed, must cross over ahead of your fellow Israelites.'
• Num 13:22 : 22 They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
• Num 13:28-33 : 28 However, the people who live there are strong, and the cities are large and very fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there. 29 The Amalekites live in the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanites live near the sea and along the Jordan. 30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.” 31 But the men who had gone up with him said, "We cannot attack these people, for they are stronger than we are." 32 And they spread a bad report about the land they had explored among the Israelites, saying, "The land we explored devours those who live in it, and all the people we saw there are of great size. 33 We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim. To ourselves, we seemed like grasshoppers, and we seemed the same to them."