Verse 17

A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will flee, until you are left like a flagpole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    En tusen skal flykte for trusselen fra en enkelt, for trusselen fra fem skal dere flykte, til dere blir igjen som en påle på toppen av et fjell, som et banner på en høyde.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Tusener av dere skal flykte for trusselen fra én; for trusselen fra fem skal dere flykte, til dere blir igjen som en fane på toppen av et fjell, som et banner på en høyde.

  • Norsk King James

    Tusen skal flykte ved én irettesettelse; ved fem skal dere flykte; til dere blir igjen som et fyrtårn på toppen av et fjell, og som et signal på en høyde.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Tusen skal flykte ved én manns trussel, ja, ved fem mann skal dere alle flykte, inntil dere til slutt blir som en mast på et fjell, som et banner på en høyde.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Et tusen skal flykte for trusselen fra én, fra trusselen fra fem skal dere flykte, til dere er igjen som en mast på toppen av et fjell, som et banner på en høyde.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Tusen skal flykte ved irettesettelsen fra en; ved irettesettelsen fra fem skal dere flykte: til dere blir igjen som et signal på toppen av et fjell, og som et banner på en høyde.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Tusen skal flykte ved én irettesettelse; ved fem skal dere flykte, til dere blir som et fyrtårn på fjellet og som et banner på en høyde.

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

    Tusen skal flykte ved irettesettelsen fra en; ved irettesettelsen fra fem skal dere flykte: til dere blir igjen som et signal på toppen av et fjell, og som et banner på en høyde.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Tusen skal flykte for trusler fra bare én, og for trusler fra fem skal dere flykte, inntil dere er som et signalmast på toppen av et fjell, og som et banner på en høyde.

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Et tusen skal flykte for truslene fra en, for truslene fra fem skal dere flykte, til dere er igjen som en ensom furte på toppen av et fjell, som et bannersignal på en høyde.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Et Tusinde (skal flye for) Eens Skjælden, (ja) for Fem, som skjælde, skulle I (alle) flye, indtil I skulle blive tilovers som en Mast ovenpaa et Bjerg og som et Banner paa en Høi.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Tusen skal flykte ved trusselen fra én; ved trusselen fra fem skal dere flykte: til dere er igjen som en varde på toppen av et fjell og som et banner på en høyde.

  • KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

    One thousand shall flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you shall flee: until you are left as a beacon on the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Tusen [skal flykte] ved trusselen fra én; ved trusselen fra fem skal dere flykte: inntil dere blir som et sjømerke på toppen av et fjell, og som et banner på en høyde.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Tusen skal flykte for trusselen fra én, For trusselen fra fem dere flykter, Inntil dere er igjen som et flaggstang På toppen av fjellet, Som et banner på høyden.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Et tusen skal flykte ved trusselen fra én; ved trusselen fra fem skal dere flykte, til dere blir igjen som et merkeflagg på toppen av et fjell, og som et banner på en høyde.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Tusen vil flykte for én, til og med for fem vil dere flykte: til dere er som en påle alene på toppen av et fjell, og som et banner på en høyde.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    A thousand of you shal fle for one, or at the most for fyue, which do but only geue you euell wordes: vntil ye be desolate, as a shipmast vpon an hie mountayne, and as a beaken vpon an hill.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    A thousand as one shall flee at the rebuke of one: at the rebuke of fiue shall ye flee, till ye be left as a ship maste vpon the top of a mountaine, and as a beaken vpon an hill.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    A thousande shall flee at the rebuke of one, and at the rebuke of fiue shall ye all flee, till ye be left as a ship mast vpon the top of a mountaine, and as a beaken vpon an hill.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    One thousand [shall flee] at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    One thousand [shall flee] at the threat of one; at the threat of five shall you flee: until you be left as a beacon on the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    One thousand because of the rebuke of one, Because of the rebuke of five ye flee, Till ye have been surely left as a pole On the top of the mountain, And as an ensign on the height.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    One thousand [shall flee] at the threat of one; at the threat of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    A thousand will go in fear before one; even before five you will go in flight: till you are like a pillar by itself on the top of a mountain, and like a flag on a hill.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    One thousand will flee at the threat of one. At the threat of five, you will flee until you are left like a beacon on the top of a mountain, and like a banner on a hill.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier; at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away, until the remaining few are as isolated as a flagpole on a mountaintop or a signal flag on a hill.”

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 26:8 : 8 Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.
  • Lev 26:36 : 36 As for those of you who survive, I will bring weakness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as though running from a sword, though no one pursues them.
  • Deut 28:25 : 25 The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven directions. You will become a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
  • Deut 32:30 : 30 How could one chase a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them and the LORD had handed them over?
  • Josh 23:10 : 10 One of you will chase a thousand, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
  • Prov 28:1 : 1 The wicked flee when no one pursues them, but the righteous are as confident as a young lion.
  • Isa 1:7-8 : 7 Your land is desolate, your cities are burned with fire; in your presence, foreigners devour your fields. It is desolate, as if overthrown by strangers. 8 The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.
  • Isa 6:13 : 13 Yet a tenth will remain in the land, and it will once again be ravaged. Like a terebinth or an oak whose stump remains when it is felled, the holy seed is its stump.
  • Isa 27:11 : 11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and light them on fire. For this is a people without understanding; therefore, their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not show them favor.
  • Isa 37:3-4 : 3 They said to him, "This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace, for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them. 4 Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant that still survives.
  • Jer 37:10 : 10 Even if you were to strike down the entire Chaldean army fighting against you, and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.
  • Zeph 3:12 : 12 But I will leave in your midst a people humble and lowly; they shall seek refuge in the name of the LORD.
  • Zech 13:8-9 : 8 In all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but one-third will be left in it. 9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’
  • Matt 24:21-22 : 21 For at that time there will be great tribulation, unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, and never will happen again. 22 If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened.
  • John 15:2-6 : 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
  • Rom 11:17 : 17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the olive tree,
  • Neh 1:2-3 : 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came with some men from Judah, and I asked them about the Jews who had survived the exile and about Jerusalem. 3 They said to me, 'Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.'