Verse 1

Concerning the children of Ammon, this is what the LORD says: Does Israel have no sons? Does he have no heir? Why then has their king taken possession of Gad, and why do his people dwell in its cities?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Til Ammons folk sier Herren: Har ikke Israel noen sønner? Har han ikke noen arv? Hvorfor har dere tatt Gad i eie, og hvorfor bor hans folk i byene deres?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Om ammonittene, så sier Herren: Har ikke Israel noen sønner? Har han ingen arving? Hvorfor arver da deres konge Gad, og hans folk bor i byene?

• Norsk King James

  Når det gjelder ammonittene, sier Herren: Har Israel ingen sønner? Har han ingen arving? Hvorfor arver ikke deres konge Gad, og bor hans folk i hans byer?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Om Ammonittene: Så sier Herren: Har ikke Israel noen barn, eller har han ingen arving? Hvorfor eier Malkam Gad, og hvorfor bor hans folk i byene deres?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Så sier Herren om Ammons barn: Har Israel ingen sønner, eller er det ingen arving hos ham? Hvorfor har da deres konge tatt Gad i eie, og hvorfor bor folket hans i byene?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Om ammonittene, slik sier Herren: Har ikke Israel noen sønner? Har han ingen arving? Hvorfor har da deres konge arvet Gad, og hans folk bor i hans byer?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Om ammonittene, sier Herren: Har ikke Israel sønner? Har han ingen arving? Hvorfor da arver deres konge Gad, og hans folk bor i hans byer?

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

  Om ammonittene, slik sier Herren: Har ikke Israel noen sønner? Har han ingen arving? Hvorfor har da deres konge arvet Gad, og hans folk bor i hans byer?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Om Ammonittenes barn. Så sier Herren: Har Israel ingen sønner, ingen arvinger? Hvorfor har deres konge tatt landet Gad i eie, og hvorfor bor hans folk i byene der?

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Til Ammonittenes barn. Så sier Herren: Har Israel ingen sønner? Har han ingen arving? Hvorfor har deres konge tatt Gad i eie og hans folk bosatt seg i dens byer?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Imod Ammons Børn: Saa sagde Herren: Haver Israel ikke Børn, eller haver han ingen Arving? hvorfor eier Malkom Gad, og hans Folk boer i dens Stæder?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Om ammonittene, slik sier Herren: Har ikke Israel noen sønner? Har han ingen arving? Hvorfor arver da deres konge Gad, og hans folk bor i hans byer?

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Concerning the Ammonites, thus says the LORD: Does Israel have no sons? Does he have no heir? Why then does their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in its cities?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Om Ammonittene. Så sier Herren: Har ikke Israel noen sønner? Har han ingen arving? Hvorfor har da Milkom tatt Gad, og hans folk bosatt seg i byene der?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Om Ammons sønner: Så sier Herren: Har Israel ingen sønner? Har han ingen arving? Hvorfor har deres konge tatt Gad i eie? Og hans folk bor i dens byer.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Om ammonittene. Så sier Herren: Har ikke Israel noen sønner? Har han ingen arving? Hvorfor har Malkam da tatt over Gad, og hans folk bor i byene der?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Om Ammons barn. Dette er Herrens ord: Har ikke Israel sønner? Har han ingen som arver? Hvorfor har da Milkom tatt Gad som sin egen og latt folket hans slå seg ned i byene?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  As concerninge the Ammonites, thus the LORDE saieth: Hath Israel no children, or is he without an heyre? Why hath youre kynge then taken Gad in? wherfore doth his people dwell in his cities?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Vnto the children of Ammon thus saith the Lord, Hath Israel no sonnes? or hath he none heire? Why then hath their king possessed God? and his people dwelt in his cities?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  As concerning the Ammonites, thus the Lorde saith: Hath Israel no chyldren? or is he without any ayre? Why hath your kyng then taken Gad in? Wherefore doth his people dwell in his cities.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why [then] doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Of the children of Ammon. Thus says Yahweh: Has Israel no sons? has he no heir? why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his people well in the cities of it?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Concerning the sons of Ammon: `Thus said Jehovah: Sons -- hath Israel none? heir -- hath he none? Wherefore hath Malcam possessed Gad? And his people in its cities have dwelt?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Of the children of Ammon. Thus saith Jehovah: Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth Malcam possess Gad, and his people dwell in the cities thereof?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  About the children of Ammon. These are the words of the Lord: Has Israel no sons? has he no one to take the heritage? why then has Milcom taken Gad for himself, putting his people in its towns?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Of the children of Ammon. Thus says Yahweh: Has Israel no sons? has he no heir? why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his people well in its cities?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Judgment Against Ammon The LORD spoke about the Ammonites.“Do you think there are not any people of the nation of Israel remaining? Do you think there are not any of them remaining to reinherit their land? Is that why you people who worship the god Milcom have taken possession of the territory of Gad and live in his cities?

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 20:1 : 1 After this, the Moabites, the Ammonites, and some of the Ammonites joined forces and came to wage war against Jehoshaphat.
• Deut 23:3 : 3 No one born of an illegitimate union may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation, none of his descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD.
• Jer 25:21 : 21 Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon.
• Ezek 21:28-32 : 28 And to them it will seem like a false divination in their eyes, because they have taken oaths of allegiance. But he will remind them of their guilt and seize them. 29 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have brought your guilt to remembrance by exposing your transgressions for all to see—your sins revealed in all your actions—because you have been brought to mind, you will be captured. 30 As for you, profane and wicked prince of Israel, your day has come, the time of your final punishment. 31 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are. Exalt the lowly and bring down the exalted. 32 A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! It will not be restored until the one to whom it rightfully belongs comes, and to him I will give it.
• Ezek 25:2-9 : 2 Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them. 3 Say to the Ammonites: Hear the word of the Sovereign LORD! This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you said, 'Aha!' against my sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into exile, 4 therefore, I am handing you over to the people of the east as a possession. They will set up their camps among you and pitch their tents around you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk. 5 I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and the land of the Ammonites a resting place for flocks. Then you will know that I am the LORD. 6 For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you clapped your hands, stomped your feet, and rejoiced with all the scorn in your heart against the land of Israel, 7 therefore, I will stretch out my hand against you and give you as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples, destroy you from the lands, and annihilate you. Then you will know that I am the LORD. 8 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because Moab and Seir said, 'Look! The house of Judah is like all the other nations,' 9 therefore, I will expose the flank of Moab, beginning with its frontier cities—the pride of the land—Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim. 10 I will hand it over, along with the Ammonites, to the people of the east as a possession, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations.
• Amos 1:13-15 : 13 Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of the Ammonites, and for four, I will not revoke punishment, because they ripped open pregnant women in Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.' 14 So I will set fire to the wall of Rabbah, and it will consume her palaces amid shouting on the day of battle, with a tempest on the day of the whirlwind. 15 Their king will go into exile, he and his princes together,' says the LORD.
• Zeph 2:8-9 : 8 I have heard the taunts of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have reproached My people and enlarged their borders. 9 Therefore, as surely as I live—declares the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel—Moab will become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual ruin. The remnant of My people will plunder them, and the survivors of My nation will inherit their land. 10 This will be their lot in return for their pride, because they have taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of Hosts. 11 The Lord will be awesome to them when He destroys all the gods of the earth. People from every shore and nation will bow down to Him, each from their own place.
• Gen 19:38 : 38 The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites to this day.
• Deut 2:19 : 19 When you come near the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them to conflict, for I will not give you any land of the Ammonites as a possession because I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.'
• Jer 27:3 : 3 Then send them to the kings of Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to King Zedekiah of Judah.
• Jer 48:1 : 1 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says concerning Moab: Woe to Nebo, for it is devastated! Kiriathaim is disgraced and captured; the mighty stronghold is humbled and shattered.
• Jer 49:7 : 7 Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom become corrupted?
• Jer 49:23 : 23 Concerning Damascus: 'Hamath and Arpad are dismayed, for they have heard bad news. They melt in fear; their hearts are troubled, restless like the sea that cannot be calmed.'
• Jer 49:28 : 28 Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, struck, the LORD says this: Rise up, attack Kedar, and plunder the people of the east.
• Judg 10:7-8 : 7 So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites. 8 They crushed and oppressed the Israelites that year. For eighteen years, they oppressed all the Israelites who were on the east side of the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
• Judg 11:13-15 : 13 The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, 'When Israel came out of Egypt, they took away my land from the Arnon to the Jabbok and as far as the Jordan. Now return it peacefully.' 14 Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the Ammonites, 15 Jephthah said to him, 'This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites.'
• 1 Sam 11:1-3 : 1 Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-Gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you." 2 Nahash the Ammonite answered them, "On this condition I will make a treaty with you: by gouging out everyone's right eye, bringing disgrace on all Israel." 3 The elders of Jabesh said to him, "Give us seven days so we can send messengers throughout Israel. If no one comes to save us, we will surrender to you."
• 2 Kgs 10:33 : 33 He took land east of the Jordan—all the land of Gilead, the territory of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh—from Aroer by the Arnon Gorge through Gilead and Bashan.
• 2 Kgs 24:2 : 2 The LORD sent against him bands of Chaldeans, Arameans, Moabites, and Ammonites. He sent them to destroy Judah, fulfilling the word of the LORD spoken through His servants, the prophets.
• 2 Chr 20:23 : 23 The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
• Neh 2:19 : 19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arabian heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us. They said, "What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"
• Neh 4:7 : 7 So I stationed people in the lowest parts behind the wall, in the open areas, and I positioned them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.
• Neh 13:1-2 : 1 On that day, the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and it was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God. 2 This was because they had not met the Israelites with bread and water but had hired Balaam to curse them—yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.
• Ps 9:6 : 6 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have erased their name forever and ever.
• Ps 83:7 : 7 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
• Jer 25:9 : 9 I am about to send for all the clans of the north,' declares the LORD, 'and for my servant Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, its inhabitants, and all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy them, making them an object of horror, scorn, and perpetual ruins.