Verse 6

The Israelites journeyed in the wilderness for forty years until all the warriors who had come out of Egypt died, because they did not obey the LORD. The LORD swore that He would not show them the land He had promised to their ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For Israels barn vandret i ørkenen i førti år, til hele den nasjonen av stridsdyktige menn som kom ut av Egypt, som ikke hørte på Herrens røst, var dødd. For Herren hadde sverget til dem at han ikke ville la dem se det landet som Herren hadde sverget til deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For Israels barn vandret i ørkenen i førti år, til hele folket, krigerne som kom ut av Egypt, var borte, fordi de ikke hadde adlydt HERRENS røst. For HERREN hadde sverget at han ikke ville la dem se landet som HERREN hadde sverget til deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter av melk og honning.

• Norsk King James

  For Israels barn vandret i ørkenen i førti år, til alle mennene i krig som kom ut av Egypt, var blitt utryddet, fordi de ikke adlød Herrens røst; til hvem Herren sverget at han ikke ville vise dem landet, som Herren sverget til deres fedre at han ville gi oss, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Israels barn vandret førti år i ørkenen, inntil hele folket, krigsfolket som dro ut av Egypt, som ikke ville høre på Herrens røst, hadde dødd. Herren hadde sverget at de ikke skulle få se landet som han hadde lovet deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For Israel hadde vandret i ørkenen i førti år, til hele den generasjonen av krigsdyktige menn som hadde forlatt Egypt, var gått til grunne fordi de ikke hadde adlydt Herrens røst. Herren hadde sverget at de ikke skulle få se det landet han hadde lovet deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For Israels barn vandret i ørkenen i førti år, inntil hele folket, krigerne som kom ut av Egypt, var borte, fordi de ikke adlød Herrens røst. Til dem hadde Herren sverget at han ikke ville la dem se landet, som han hadde sverget til deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For Israels barn vandret i ørkenen i førti år, inntil alle de krigerne som kom ut av Egypt var omkommet, fordi de ikke lyttet til HERRENs røst – de til hvem HERREN hadde sverget at han ikke skulle vise dem det landet han lovet deres fedre, et land som flyter over av melk og honning.

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

  For Israels barn vandret i ørkenen i førti år, inntil hele folket, krigerne som kom ut av Egypt, var borte, fordi de ikke adlød Herrens røst. Til dem hadde Herren sverget at han ikke ville la dem se landet, som han hadde sverget til deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For i førti år vandret Israels barn i ørkenen til hele nasjonen, krigerne som hadde dratt ut fra Egypt og ikke hadde lyttet til Herrens røst, var omkommet. Herren hadde sverget til dem at han ikke skulle la dem se landet som Herren hadde sverget til deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Israels barn vandret førti år i ørkenen til hele nasjonen, krigerne som kom ut av Egypt, hadde tilintetgjort fordi de ikke hørte på Herrens røst. Herren sverget til dem at de ikke skulle se landet som Herren hadde sverget til deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi Israels Børn vandrede fyrretyve Aar i Ørken, indtil at alt det Folk, Krigsfolket, som udgik af Ægypten, var uddød, som ikke hørte Herrens Røst; saa at Herren svoer dem, at han vilde ikke lade dem see det Land, som Herren havde svoret deres Fædre at give os, et Land, som flyder med Melk og Honning.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For Israels barn vandret førti år i ørkenen, til alle folkene, stridsmennene som kom ut av Egypt, var utryddet, fordi de ikke adlød Herrens røst. Herren hadde sverget at de ikke skulle få se landet, som Herren hadde sverget å gi til deres fedre, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, to whom the LORD swore that He would not show them the land which the LORD had sworn to their fathers that He would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For Israels barn vandret i ørkenen i førti år, til hele folket, krigerne som kom ut av Egypt, ble utslettet fordi de ikke hørte på Herrens røst: Han hadde sverget at de ikke skulle få se landet som Herren sverget til deres fedre at han ville gi oss, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For i førti år vandret Israels barn i ørkenen til hele nasjonen av krigsmenn som hadde dratt ut av Egypt, som ikke hadde lyttet til Herrens røst, var gått bort. For dem hadde Herren sverget at han ikke skulle la dem se landet som han hadde lovet deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter av melk og honning.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For Israels barn vandret førti år i ørkenen, til hele nasjonen, til og med krigsmennene som kom ut av Egypt, var omkommet, fordi de ikke hørte på Herrens røst: som Herren hadde sverget at han ikke ville la dem se landet som Herren hadde sverget å gi deres fedre, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For Israels barn vandret i ødemarken i førti år, til hele folket, det vil si alle stridsmennene, som hadde kommet ut av Egypt, var døde fordi de ikke hadde hørt på Herrens røst: til hvem Herren hadde sverget at han ikke ville la dem se landet som Herren med en ed hadde lovet deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter av melk og honning.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  for the children of Israel walked fortye yeares in the wyldernesse, vntyll all the people of the men of warre that came out of Egipte, were consumed, because they herkened not vnto the voyce of the LORDE, like as the LORDE sware vnto them, that they shulde not se the londe, which the LORDE sware vnto their fathers to geue vnto vs, euen a londe that floweth with mylke & honye:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the children of Israel walked fourtie yeres in the wildernes, till all the people of the men of warre that came out of Egypt were consumed, because they obeyed not the voyce of the Lord: vnto whome the Lord sware, that he would not shewe them the lande, which the Lorde had sworne vnto their fathers, that he would giue vs, euen a land that floweth with milke and hony.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the chyldren of Israel walked fourtie yeres in the wildernesse, till al ye people of ye men of warre that came out of Egypt were consumed, because they hearkened not vnto the voyce of the Lorde: Unto whom the Lorde sware, that he woulde not shewe them ye lande which the Lorde sware vnto their fathers that he woulde geue vs, euen a lande that floweth with mylke & hony.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people [that were] men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, even the men of war who came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh: to whom Yahweh swore that he wouldn't let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for forty years have the sons of Israel gone in the wilderness, till all the nation of the men of war who are coming out of Egypt, who hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah, to whom Jehovah hath sworn not to show them the land which Jehovah sware to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey, are consumed;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the nation, even the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah: unto whom Jehovah sware that he would not let them see the land which Jehovah sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the children of Israel were wandering in the waste land for forty years, till all the nation, that is, all the fighting-men, who had come out of Egypt, were dead, because they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord: to whom the Lord said, with an oath, that he would not let them see the land which the Lord had given his word to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, even the men of war who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh. Yahweh swore to them that he wouldn't let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the wilderness until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the LORD, died off. For the LORD had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn by oath to their ancestors to give them, a land rich in milk and honey.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 2:7 : 7 The LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you, and you have lacked nothing.
• Deut 2:14 : 14 The time we traveled from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley was thirty-eight years, until the entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.
• Exod 3:8 : 8 'So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the place of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.'
• Num 14:23 : 23 not one of them will see the land I promised on oath to their ancestors. No one who has spurned me will see it.
• Deut 1:3 : 3 In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the Israelites according to all that the LORD had commanded him to tell them.
• Heb 3:11 : 11 So I swore in my anger, 'They shall not enter my rest.'
• Deut 8:4 : 4 Your clothing did not wear out, nor did your feet swell during these forty years.
• Ps 95:10-11 : 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation, and I said, 'They are a people whose hearts go astray; they do not know My ways.' 11 So I swore in My anger, 'They shall not enter My rest.'
• Jer 2:2 : 2 Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: ‘This is what the LORD says: I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
• Ezek 20:6 : 6 On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands.
• Ezek 20:15 : 15 Also, I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands—
• Joel 3:18 : 18 In that day, the mountains will drip with sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, and all the streams of Judah will run with water. A fountain will flow out of the house of the LORD and water the Valley of Acacias.
• Num 14:29-35 : 29 In this wilderness, your dead bodies will fall—every one of you who was numbered in the census, twenty years old or more, who grumbled against me. 30 Not one of you will enter the land I swore by uplifted hand to settle you in, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 31 But your children, whom you said would be plunder, I will bring them in to know the land that you have rejected. 32 As for you, your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness. 33 Your children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, bearing the consequences of your unfaithfulness, until your corpses are consumed in the wilderness. 34 For forty days you explored the land; now, for each day, you will bear your guilt for a year—forty years—and you will know my opposition. 35 I, the LORD, have spoken. I will surely do this to this entire wicked community who conspired against me; they will meet their end in this wilderness, and here they will die.
• Exod 3:17 : 17 'And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.'