Verse 18

And Joshua commanded, “Roll large stones over the mouth of the cave and post men there to guard them.”

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Josva sa: «Rull store steiner over hulens åpning og sett vaktposter for å holde vakt over dem.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og Josva sa: «Rull store steiner foran åpningen til hulen, og sett menn der for å vokte dem.»

• Norsk King James

  Og Josva sa: "Rull store steiner over hulens inngang, og sett menn ved den for å passe på dem:"

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Josva sa: Rull store steiner foran inngangen til hulen, og sett vakter der for å vokte dem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og Josva sa: "Velt store steiner foran inngangen til hulen, og sett vakter ved den."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da sa Josva: Rull store steiner foran åpningen av hulen, og sett menn ved den for å vokte dem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Joshua sa: «Rull store steiner over hulens åpning, og sett vakter der for å holde dem.»

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

  Da sa Josva: Rull store steiner foran åpningen av hulen, og sett menn ved den for å vokte dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Josva sa: «Rull store steiner foran åpningen til hulen, og sett vakter der for å vokte dem.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Josva sa: 'Velt store steiner foran hulens åpning og sett vakter der som skal vokte dem.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Josva sagde: Vælter store Stene for Gabet paa Hulen, og bestiller Mænd ved den, for at tage vare paa dem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And hua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og Josva sa: Rull store steiner over åpningen av hulen og sett menn der for å vokte dem.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  So Joshua said, Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to guard them.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Josva sa: Rull store steiner foran huleåpningen og sett vaktmenn ved den for å holde dem der.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og Josva sa: 'Rull store steiner foran hulens åpning, og sett menn til å vokte dem;

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Da sa Josva: «Rull store steiner foran hulens åpning, og sett menn til å vokte den.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og Josva sa: Rull store steiner foran åpningen til hulen og sett menn til å holde vakt ved den.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Iosua sayde: Rolle greate stones then before the hole of the caue, and set men there to kepe them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Ioshua said, Roule great stones vpon the mouth of the caue, and set men by it for to keepe them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Iosuah sayd, Roule great stones vpon the mouth of the caue, and set men by it, for to kepe it:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Joshua said, Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Joshua saith, `Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and appoint over it men to watch them;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Joshua said, Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Joshua said, Let great stones be rolled against the mouth of the hole, and let men keep watch by it:

• World English Bible (2000)

  Joshua said, "Roll large stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to guard them;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Joshua said,“Roll large stones over the mouth of the cave and post guards in front of it.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 10:22 : 22 And Joshua said, “Open the mouth of the cave and bring out the five kings to me.”
• Judg 9:46-49 : 46 When all the citizens of the tower of Shechem heard about this, they went into the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith. 47 When Abimelech was told that all the people of the tower of Shechem had gathered there, 48 he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. There, Abimelech took an axe, cut off a branch from a tree, lifted it onto his shoulder, and said to his men, "What you have seen me do, hurry and do likewise." 49 So each of his men cut down a branch and followed Abimelech. They piled the branches against the stronghold and set it on fire over those inside, so all the people in the tower of Shechem—about a thousand men and women—died.
• Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, that they are brought forth in the day of wrath?
• Amos 5:19 : 19 It will be as if a man flees from a lion, only to be met by a bear; or as if he enters his house, rests his hand on the wall, and a snake bites him.
• Amos 9:1 : 1 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said, 'Strike the capitals so that the thresholds shake, and shatter them on the heads of all the people. Those who survive I will kill with the sword; not one of them will flee, not a single one will escape.'
• Matt 27:66 : 66 So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.