Verse 5

'Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence.'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  'Simeon og Levi er brødre; deres sverd er redskaper for vold og krig.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Simeon og Levi er brødre; voldelige våpen er i deres hjem.

• Norsk King James

  Simon og Levi er brødre; deres grusomhet er kjent.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Simeon og Levi er brødre; deres våpen er voldens redskap.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Simeon og Levi er brødre, voldens redskap er deres sverd.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Simeon og Levi er brødre; voldens redskaper er i deres hender.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Simeon og Levi er brødre; grusomhetens redskaper bor hos dem.

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

  Simeon og Levi er brødre; voldens redskaper er i deres hender.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Simeon og Levi er brødre, deres sverd er voldens redskap.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Simeon og Levi er brødre, deres våpen er voldens redskap.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Simeon og Levi ere Brødre; deres Sværd ere Volds Vaaben.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Simeon og Levi er brødre; volden finnes i deres bolig.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of cruelty are in their dwellings.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  "Simeon og Levi er brødre; Voldens våpen er deres sverd.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Simeon og Levi er brødre; voldens våpen er deres klenodie.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Simeon og Levi er brødre; deres sverd er voldens våpen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Simeon og Levi er brødre; svik og vold er deres hemmelige planer.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  The brethern Simeon and Leui weked instrumentes are their wepos.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Symeon and Leui brethren, their deedly weapens are perlous instrumentes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Simeon and Leui, brethren in euill, the instruments of crueltie are in their habitations.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Simeon and Leui brethren, are cruell instrumentes in their habitations.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Simeon and Levi [are] brethren; instruments of cruelty [are in] their habitations.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "Simeon and Levi are brothers; Weapons of violence are their swords.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Simeon and Levi `are' brethren! Instruments of violence -- their espousals!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Simeon and Levi are brothers; deceit and force are their secret designs.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Simeon and Levi are brothers, weapons of violence are their knives!

Referenced Verses

• Gen 34:25-31 : 25 On the third day, when they were in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, came against the city undetected, and killed every male. 26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword and took Dinah from Shechem's house and left. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled. 28 They took their flocks, herds, donkeys, and everything in the city and in the fields. 29 They carried off all their wealth, their children, and their wives, taking everything in the houses as plunder. 30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. We are few in number. If they join forces against me and attack me, my household and I will be destroyed." 31 But they replied, "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?"
• Gen 29:33-34 : 33 She conceived again and gave birth to a son, and she said, 'Because the LORD heard that I am unloved, He has given me this one too.' So she named him Simeon. 34 She conceived again and gave birth to a son and said, 'Now at this time my husband will be attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.' Therefore, he was named Levi.
• Gen 46:10-11 : 10 The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul—the son of a Canaanite woman. 11 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
• Prov 18:9 : 9 A lazy person in his work is a brother to a destroyer.