Verse 6

Old men, young men, virgins, children, and women—kill them all to the point of destruction. But do not go near anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.' So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Drep gamle menn, unge menn, jomfruer, små barn og kvinner. Men kom ikke nær noen som har et merke på seg. Begynn ved mitt helligdom. De begynte med de eldste mennene foran huset.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Drep fullstendig både gamle, unge, jomfruer, små barn og kvinner, men kom ikke nær noen mann som har merket. Begynn ved mitt helligdom. Så begynte de med de eldste mennene som var foran huset.

• Norsk King James

  Utrydd både gamle og unge, jenter, barn og kvinner; men nær ikke nogen mann som har merket, og begynn i mitt hellige sted. Så begynte de ved de eldste mennene som var foran huset.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Gamle, unge menn, jomfruer, små barn og kvinner skal dere drepe og ødelegge, men kom ikke nær noen merket med tegnet. Begynn ved min helligdom. Og de begynte med de eldste foran huset.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  'Drep og tilintetgjør gamle, unge, jomfruer, små barn og kvinner, men kom ikke nær noen som har merket. Begynn ved mitt hellige sted.' Så begynte de med de eldste mennene som var foran huset.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Drep fullstendig, både gamle og unge, både jomfruer, små barn og kvinner; men kom ikke nær noen mann som har merket; og begynn ved min helligdom. Da begynte de med de eldste som var foran huset.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Drep fullstendig gamle og unge, både tjenestepiker, små barn og kvinner; rør deg ikke en flekk ved den mannen som bærer merket, og begynn ved mitt helligdom. De begynte da med de eldre som sto foran huset.

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

  Drep fullstendig, både gamle og unge, både jomfruer, små barn og kvinner; men kom ikke nær noen mann som har merket; og begynn ved min helligdom. Da begynte de med de eldste som var foran huset.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Drep gammelt og ungt, jomfruer, barn og kvinner, men rør ikke ved noen som har tegnet på seg. Begynn ved min helligdom.' Så begynte de med de eldste som sto foran huset.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Drep gamle menn, unge menn, jomfruer, små barn og kvinner, men kom ikke nær noen som har merket. Begynn ved min helligdom.' Og de begynte med de eldste som var foran huset.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Gamle, unge Karle og Jomfruer og smaae Børn og Qvinder skulle I ihjelslaae (og) fordærve, men I skulle ikke komme nær til nogen Mand, som det Tegn er paa, og I skulle begynde fra min Helligdom; og de begyndte paa de gamle Folk, som vare foran Huset.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Drep fullstendig gamle og unge, både jomfruer, små barn og kvinner, men kom ikke nær noen mann som har merket; og begynn ved min helligdom. Så begynte de med de eldste som var foran huset.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Utterly slay old and young, both maidens, and little children, and women: but do not come near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began with the elders who were before the house.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Drep fullstendig både gamle og unge menn, jomfruer, små barn og kvinner, men kom ikke nær noen av dem som har merket på seg. Begynn ved min helligdom. Så begynte de med de eldste som var foran huset.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  eldre, unge menn, jomfruer, spedbarn og kvinner skal dere drepe - til ødeleggelse; men de som har merket skal dere ikke gå nær. Begynn ved min helligdom.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  drep fullstendig den gamle mannen, den unge mannen, jomfruen, små barn og kvinner; men kom ikke nær noen mann som bærer merket. Og begynn ved min helligdom. Da begynte de med de gamle mennene som var foran huset.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Utrydd gamle menn, unge menn og jomfruer, små barn og kvinner, men kom ikke nær noen mann med merket på seg: og begynn ved min hellige plass. Så begynte de med de gamle mennene som sto foran huset.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Kyll, & destroye both olde men and yonge, maydens, children, and wyues. But as for those, that haue this marck Thau vpo them: se that ye touch them not, and begynne at my Sanctuary. Then they begane at the elders, which were in the Temple,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Destroy vtterly the old, and the yong, and the maides, and the children, and the women, but touch no man, vpon whome is the marke, and begin at my Sanctuarie. Then they began at the Ancient men, which were before the house.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Kyll and destroy both olde men and young, maydens, children, and women: but as for all those that haue the marke vpon them, see that ye touche them not, and begyn at my sanctuarie. Then they began at the auncient men which were before the house.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Slay utterly old [and] young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom [is] the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which [were] before the house.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don't come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  aged, young man, and virgin, and infant, and women, ye do slay -- to destruction; and against any man on whom `is' the mark ye do not go nigh, and from My sanctuary ye begin.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  slay utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Give up to destruction old men and young men and virgins, little children and women: but do not come near any man who has the mark on him: and make a start at my holy place. So they made a start with the old men who were before the house.

• World English Bible (2000)

  kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don't come near any man on whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Old men, young men, young women, little children, and women– wipe them out! But do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary!” So they began with the elders who were at the front of the temple.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 36:17 : 17 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in their sanctuary and showed no mercy to young men, young women, the elderly, or the infirm; God delivered them all into his hand.
• 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.
• Rev 9:4 : 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, any green plant, or any tree, but only the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
• Exod 12:23 : 23 For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when He sees the blood on the lintel and the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.
• Amos 3:2 : 2 You only have I known among all the families of the earth; therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.
• Luke 12:47 : 47 That servant who knew his master’s will and did not prepare or act according to his will, will be beaten with many blows.
• Deut 2:34 : 34 At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed every city, including the men, women, and children; we left no survivors.
• 1 Sam 15:3 : 3 Now go and attack Amalek. Devote to destruction everything they have. Do not spare them; kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.'
• Deut 3:6 : 6 We completely destroyed them, just as we had done to Sihon, king of Heshbon. In every city, we destroyed the men, women, and children.
• Josh 2:18-19 : 18 if, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet rope in the window through which you let us down and gathered your family into your house—your father, mother, brothers, and all who belong to you. 19 If anyone leaves the house, their death will be on their own head, and we will not be guilty. But if harm comes to anyone in your house, we will take the blame.
• Josh 6:17-25 : 17 The city and all within it shall be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and those with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers we sent. 18 But you must keep yourselves from taking any of the things devoted to destruction; otherwise, you will bring destruction upon the camp of Israel and trouble it. 19 All the silver, gold, bronze, and iron are holy to the LORD and must go into His treasury. 20 When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted. At the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a great shout, the wall collapsed. Each person charged straight in, and they captured the city. 21 They devoted to destruction everything in the city—men and women, young and old, as well as oxen, sheep, and donkeys—by the edge of the sword. 22 But to the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua said, 'Go to the house of the prostitute and bring her out, along with everyone who belongs to her, just as you swore to her.' 23 So the young men who had scouted the land went in and brought out Rahab, along with her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her entire family and placed them outside the camp of Israel. 24 Then they burned the city and everything in it with fire. However, they put the silver, gold, bronze, and iron items into the treasury of the LORD's house. 25 Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, along with her family and everyone belonging to her, and she has lived among the Israelites to this day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
• Ezek 8:5-9 : 5 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, lift up your eyes now toward the north.' So I lifted my eyes toward the north, and there, north of the gate of the altar, was this idol of jealousy at the entrance. 6 And He said to me, 'Son of man, do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see even greater abominations.' 7 Then He brought me to the entrance of the courtyard, and I looked, and behold, there was a hole in the wall. 8 He said to me, 'Son of man, dig through the wall now.' So I dug through the wall, and behold, there was an entrance. 9 And He said to me, 'Go in and see the wicked abominations they are doing here.' 10 So I went in and looked, and behold, there were all sorts of carvings of crawling things, detestable animals, and all the idols of the house of Israel engraved on the walls all around. 11 Seventy elders of the house of Israel were standing there, with Jaazaniah, son of Shaphan, standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense was rising. 12 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each in the chamber of his carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’' 13 And He said to me, 'You will see even greater abominations that they are committing.' 14 Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 15 And He said to me, 'Have you seen this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these.' 16 Then He brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, bowing down to the sun in the east.
• Ezek 11:1 : 1 The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the eastern gate of the house of the Lord, which faces eastward, and I saw twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate. Among them were Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people.
• 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: 'The Lord knows those who are His,' and, 'Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.'
• 1 Pet 4:17-18 : 17 For it is time for judgment to begin with the house of God, and if it begins with us, what will become of those who disobey the gospel of God? 18 And if it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?
• Rev 7:3 : 3 saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”
• Num 31:15-17 : 15 And Moses said to them, 'Have you spared all the women?' 16 Behold, these women caused the people of Israel to act unfaithfully against the LORD through the advice of Balaam in the matter of Peor, which led to the plague among the congregation of the LORD. 17 Now, kill every male among the children, and kill every woman who has had sexual relations with a man.
• Rev 14:4 : 4 These are those who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They were redeemed from among mankind as firstfruits to God and the Lamb.