Verse 21

So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Derfor, la hungersnøden ramme deres barn, la dem falle for sverdet. La deres koner bli barnløse og enker, og la mennene deres bli drept av pesten, og la de unge mennene falle i krigen.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Derfor, overgi deres barn til sulten, og la deres blod flyte ved sverdets kraft; la deres hustruer bli barnløse og enker; la deres menn bli drept; og la deres unge menn bli slått ned av sverdet i kamp.

  • Norsk King James

    Derfor må du la deres barn sulte, og la deres blod utgytes med sverdet; la deres kvinner bli foreldreløse; la deres menn bli drept; la deres unge menn falle i kampen.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    La derfor deres barn sulte, og la dem spres av sverdet; la deres kvinner bli barnløse og enker, la deres menn dø og deres unge menn bli slått ned i krigen.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Derfor, overgi deres barn til sulten og la dem falle for sverdet. Må deres koner bli enker og barnløse, og deres menn føle sverdet i døden. Må deres unge menn bli slått ned med sverdet i krigen.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Derfor gi deres barn over til hungersnød, og gi dem blodbad ved sverdets kraft; la deres koner være uten barn, og være enker, og la deres menn bli drept; la deres unge menn bli drept av sverdet i kamp.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Overgi derfor deres barn til sultens herjinger, og la deres blod flyte ved sverdets kraft; la deres hustruer ende opp uten barn og bli enker, og la deres menn falle—la også deres unge menn bli drept med sverdet i kamp.

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

    Derfor gi deres barn over til hungersnød, og gi dem blodbad ved sverdets kraft; la deres koner være uten barn, og være enker, og la deres menn bli drept; la deres unge menn bli drept av sverdet i kamp.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Derfor, gi deres barn til hungersnød, og la dem falle for sverdet; la deres koner bli barnløse og enker, og la deres menn bli drept av plagene, la deres unge menn falle for sverdet i krig.

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Derfor skal du gi deres barn til sulten og overgi dem til sverdet. La deres koner bli enker og barnløse, og la deres menn bli drept, deres unge menn falle for sverdet i krigen.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Derfor giv deres Børn til Hungeren, og lad dem adspredes ved Sværdets Magt, og lad deres Hustruer blive barnløse og Enker, og deres Mænd ihjelslagne ved Døden; lad deres unge Karle blive slagne med Sværd i Krigen.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Overgi derfor deres barn til hungersnød, og utøs deres blod ved sverdets kraft; la deres koner bli barnløse og bli enker; la deres menn bli drept, la deres unge menn falle ved sverdet i strid.

  • KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

    Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Gi derfor deres barn over til hungersnød, og overlat dem til sverdets makt; la deres koner bli barnløse og enker; la deres menn bli drept av døden, og deres unge menn bli slått med sverdet i kamp.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Gi derfor deres sønner over til hungersnød, og la dem bli nådd av sverdets kant, la deres hustruer bli barnløse og enker; la deres menn bli drept av døden, og deres unge menn bli stukket ned av sverdet i kamp.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Gi derfor deres barn til hungersnød, overgi dem til sverdets makt; la deres koner bli barnløse og enker; la deres menn bli slått i hjel, og deres unge menn treffes av sverdet i kamp.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Derfor, la deres barn være uten mat, og gi dem over til sverdets makt; la deres koner være barnløse og bli enker; la deres menn falle i døden, og deres unge menn bli drept i kamp.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Therfore let their childre dye of hunger, and let them be oppressed with the swearde. Let their wyues be robbed of their childre, and become wyddowes: let their hu?bodes be slayne, let their yonge men be kylled with the swearde in the felde.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Therefore, deliuer vp their children to famine, and let them drop away by the force of the sworde, and let their wiues be robbed of their children, and be widowes: and let their husbandes be put to death, and let their yong men be slayne by the sword in the battell.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Therfore, let their children dye of hunger, and let them be oppressed with the sworde: Let their wiues be robbed of their children, and become widowes, let their husbandes be slayne, let their young men be kylled with the sworde in the fielde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their [blood] by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and [be] widows; and let their men be put to death; [let] their young men [be] slain by the sword in battle.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [and] their young men struck of the sword in battle.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Therefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their wives are bereaved and widows, And their men are slain by death, Their young men smitten by sword in battle,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [and] their young men smitten of the sword in battle.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [and] their young men struck of the sword in battle.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 109:9-9 : 9 May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 May his children wander and beg, seeking food far from their ruined homes. 11 May a creditor seize all he owns, and may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor. 12 Let there be no one to show him kindness, and no one to be gracious to his fatherless children. 13 May his descendants be cut off, and may their name be wiped out in the next generation. 14 May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and may the sin of his mother not be blotted out. 15 May their sins always remain before the Lord, and may He cut off their memory from the earth. 16 Because he did not remember to show kindness but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted to their death. 17 He loved to curse—may it come back to him; he took no delight in blessing—may it be far from him. 18 He clothed himself with cursing as with his garment; it seeped into his body like water, into his bones like oil. 19 May it be like a robe wrapped around him, like a belt tied around him always. 20 Let this be the Lord's reward to my adversaries and to those who speak evil against me.
  • Jer 9:21 : 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.
  • Jer 15:8 : 8 Their widows have increased to Me more than the sand of the seas. I have brought against them a destroyer at noon, and I have caused anguish and terror to fall upon the city suddenly.
  • Jer 16:3-4 : 3 For this is what the LORD says about the sons and daughters born in this place, as well as their mothers who bear them and their fathers who father them in this land: 4 They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will lie like dung on the ground. They will perish by the sword and famine, and their corpses will be food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.
  • Exod 22:24 : 24 If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you must not act as a creditor to him; do not charge him interest.
  • Deut 32:25 : 25 Outside, the sword will bring bereavement, and inside, there will be terror. It will affect both the young man and the young woman, the nursing child with the gray-haired man.
  • Lam 5:3 : 3 We have become orphans, without a father; our mothers are like widows.
  • Amos 4:10 : 10 I sent plagues among you like those in Egypt. I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. The stench of your camps rose into your nostrils, yet you did not return to Me,' declares the LORD.
  • 2 Tim 4:14 : 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm; may the Lord repay him according to his deeds.
  • 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 20:1-6 : 1 When Pashhur, the son of Immer, the priest and officer in charge at the temple of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, 2 he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the temple of the LORD. 3 The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, "The LORD has not called your name Pashhur, but rather Terror on Every Side. 4 For this is what the LORD says: 'I am going to make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies while you watch, and I will hand all Judah over to the king of Babylon, who will take them captive to Babylon or kill them by the sword. 5 I will deliver all the wealth of this city, all its products, all its valuable possessions, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hands of their enemies. They will plunder them, take them, and carry them off to Babylon.' 6 And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into exile. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have falsely prophesied.
  • Jer 20:11-12 : 11 But the LORD is with me like a mighty warrior; therefore, my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will be utterly disgraced, their dishonor will never be forgotten. 12 O LORD of Hosts, you who test the righteous and see the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for I have presented my case to you.
  • Jer 11:20-23 : 20 But, LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously and tests the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have presented my case to you. 21 Therefore, this is what the LORD says concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life and say, ‘Do not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hands.’ 22 Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I am about to punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters will die by famine.’ 23 There will be no remnant left of them, for I am bringing disaster upon the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.
  • Jer 12:3 : 3 But you, LORD, know me; you see me and test my heart toward you. Drag them off like sheep for slaughter and set them apart for the day of killing.
  • Jer 15:2-3 : 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.' 3 I will appoint over them four kinds of punishment, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth to devour and destroy.