Verse 2

A third of it you shall burn in the fire within the city when the days of the siege are completed. Then you shall take another third and strike it with the sword all around the city. And the final third you shall scatter to the wind, and I will unsheathe a sword to chase after them.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  En tredjedel av håret skal du brenne, som et varsel i byen etter beleiringen, en tredjedel skal du hogge ned med sverdet rundt byen, og den siste tredjedelen skal du kaste ut i vinden; dette er et symbol på dommen over dem.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  En tredje del skal du brenne med ild midt i byen når beleiringens dager er oppfylt. En tredje del skal du ta og hogge i stykker med kniv rundt omkring, og en tredje del skal du spre for vinden. Jeg vil dra sverdet etter dem.

• Norsk King James

  Du skal brenne en tredjedel midt i byen når beleiringen er over; en tredjedel skal du hugge; og en tredjedel skal du spre for vinden; jeg vil sende ut et sverd etter dem.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  En tredjedel skal du brenne i ilden midt i byen når beleiringens dager er over, en tredjedel skal du hugge med sverdet rundt omkring den, og en tredjedel skal du spre med vinden; jeg vil jage med sverd etter dem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  En tredjedel skal du brenne i ild i byen når beleiringens dager er fullført. En tredjedel skal du slå med sverdet rundt omkring byen, og en tredjedel skal du strø for vinden. Jeg vil trekke sverdet etter dem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Du skal brenne en tredjedel av det i midten av byen når beleiringens dager er fullført. Ta deretter en tredjedel og hogg rundt det med kniv, og en tredjedel skal du spre for vinden, og jeg vil trekke sverdet etter dem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Du skal brenne en tredjedel med ild midt i byen når beleiringens dager er fullbyrdet; en tredjedel skal du ta og slå med kniven over, og den siste tredjedelen skal du spre for vinden, og jeg vil trekke frem sverdet for å forfølge dem.

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

  Du skal brenne en tredjedel av det i midten av byen når beleiringens dager er fullført. Ta deretter en tredjedel og hogg rundt det med kniv, og en tredjedel skal du spre for vinden, og jeg vil trekke sverdet etter dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  En tredjedel av det skal du brenne i ild midt i byen når beleiringsdagene er fullført. En annen tredjedel skal du slå med sverdet rundt byen, og den siste tredjedelen skal du kaste til vinden. Jeg vil trekke sverdet etter dem.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  En tredjedel skal du brenne på ilden i byen når beleiringsdagene er fullført; en annen tredjedel skal du slå med sverd rundt byen; og den siste tredjedelen skal du spre for vinden, og jeg vil trekke sverdet etter dem.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  En Trediedeel skal du brænde i Ilden midt i Staden, naar Beleiringens Dage ere fulde, og du skal tage en Trediedeel, den skal du slaae med Sværdet trindt omkring den, og en Trediedeel skal du adførede i Veiret; og jeg vil uddrage et Sværd efter dem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Du skal brenne en tredjedel av det i byen når beleiringsdagene er over. En tredjedel skal du hogge med kniv rundt omkring, og en tredjedel skal du spre for vinden; og jeg vil trekke sverdet mot dem.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  You shall burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and you shall take a third part, and strike around it with a knife: and a third part you shall scatter to the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  En tredjedel skal du brenne i ilden midt i byen, når beleiringens dager er fullført; du skal ta en tredjedel og slå med sverdet rundt omkring; og en tredjedel skal du spre for vinden, og jeg vil dra et sverd etter dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  En tredjedel skal du brenne med ild midt i byen når beleiringens dager er fullført. Ta den andre tredjedelen og slå rundt den med et våpen, og den siste tredjedelen skal du spre for vinden, mens jeg drar et våpen etter dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  En tredjedel skal du brenne i ilden midt i byen når beleiringsdagene er fullbyrdet; og en tredjedel skal du slå med sverd rundt om byen; og en tredjedel skal du spre for vinden, og jeg vil trekke sverd etter dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  En tredjedel av det skal du brenne med ild inne i byen når beleiringsdagene er over; og en tredjedel skal du ta og slå med sverdet rundt omkring det, og den siste tredjedelen skal vinden spre, og sverdet skal forfølge dem.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And burne the thirde parte therof in the fyre in the myddest off the cite, and cut the other thirde parte in peces with a knyfe. As for the thirde parte that remayneth, cast it in the wynde, and then shewe the bare knyfe.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou shalt burne with fire the thirde part in the middes of the citie, when the dayes of the siege are fulfilled, and thou shalt take the other thirde part, and smite about it with a knife, and the last thirde part thou shalt scatter in the winde, and I will drawe out a sworde after them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt burne with fire the thirde part in the middest of the citie when the dayes of the siege are fulfylled, and thou shalt take the other thirde part and smite about it with a knife, and the last thirde part thou shalt scatter in the wynde, and I wyll drawe out a sworde after them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, [and] smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  A third part shall you burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and you shall take a third part, and strike with the sword round about it; and a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A third part with fire thou dost burn in the midst of the city, at the fulness of the days of the siege; and thou hast taken the third part, thou dost smite with a weapon round about it; and the third part thou dost scatter to the wind, and a weapon I draw out after them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, and smite with the sword round about it; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You are to have a third part burned with fire inside the town, when the days of the attack are ended; and a third part you are to take and give blows with the sword round about it; and give a third part for the wind to take away, and let loose a sword after them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  A third part you shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and you shall take a third part, and strike with the sword around it; and a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Burn a third of it in the fire inside the city when the days of your siege are completed. Take a third and slash it with a sword all around the city. Scatter a third to the wind, and I will unleash a sword behind them.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 5:12 : 12 One third of you will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you. Another third will fall by the sword around you, and the final third I will scatter to every wind and pursue with a drawn sword.
• Lev 26:33 : 33 I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you. Your land will be desolate and your cities will lie in ruins.
• Jer 9:16 : 16 This is what the Lord of Hosts says: 'Consider and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skilled wailing women to arrive.'
• Ezek 12:14 : 14 I will scatter all who are around him—his helpers and all his troops—to every wind, and I will draw my sword after them.
• Ezek 4:1-8 : 1 Now, you, son of man, take a brick and set it before you; then inscribe on it the city of Jerusalem. 2 Build siege works against it, construct a ramp, set up camps around it, and place battering rams against it all around. 3 Then take an iron plate and place it as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Set your face against it, besiege it, and let it be under siege. This will be a sign for the house of Israel. 4 Lie on your left side and put the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it. You will bear their iniquity for the number of days you lie on that side. 5 I assign you the years of their iniquity as the number of days—three hundred ninety days—during which you will bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. 6 When you have completed these, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah for forty days, a day for each year. I have assigned you this period. 7 Direct your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm bared, and prophesy against it. 8 I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
• Amos 9:2-3 : 2 'If they dig down to the depths of Sheol, from there My hand will take them. If they climb up to the heavens, from there I will bring them down.' 3 'If they hide themselves on the top of Mount Carmel, from there I will search them out and seize them. If they conceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.'
• Jer 9:21-22 : 21 Speak, this is what the Lord declares: The dead bodies of people will fall like dung on the open field, like bundles left behind by the reaper, with no one to gather them. 22 This is what the Lord says: Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man boast in his strength, nor the rich man boast in his riches.
• Jer 15:2 : 2 And if they ask you, 'Where should we go?' tell them, 'This is what the LORD says: Those destined for death, to death; those for the sword, to the sword; those for famine, to famine; and those for captivity, to captivity.'
• Jer 24:10 : 10 I will send the sword, famine, and pestilence against them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.
• Jer 38:2 : 2 This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine, or plague. But whoever goes out to the Chaldeans will live; they will escape with their life and survive.