Verse 17

The city and all within it shall be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and those with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers we sent.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Byen og alt som er i den skal tilintetgjøres for Herren. Bare Rahab, skjøgen, og alle som er i hennes hus, skal få leve fordi hun skjulte de utsendte speiderne.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Byen er viet til ødeleggelse for Herren, med alt som er i den; bare Rahab, skjøgen, skal leve, hun og alle som er med henne i huset, fordi hun skjulte budbærerne vi sendte.

• Norsk King James

  Og byen skal være forbannet, ja, forbannet er den, og alt som er der, til Herren: bare Rahab, skjøgen, skal leve, hun og alt som er med henne i huset, fordi hun skjulte budbringere som vi sendte.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Byen og alt i den skal være viet til Herren; bare skjøgen Rahab skal leve, hun og alle som er i huset hennes, fordi hun skjulte utsendingene vi sendte ut.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Byen og alt som er i den er viet til Herren. Bare Rahab, skjøgen, skal overleve, hun og alle som er i huset hennes, fordi hun gjemte speiderne vi sendte.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Byen skal være forbannet, den og alt som er i den, for Herren: bare Rahab, skjøgen, skal leve, hun og alle som er med henne i huset, fordi hun gjemte utsendingene som vi sendte ut.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Byen og alt som er i den skal bli forbannet til HERREN, men Rahab, den prostituerte, skal få leve – hun og alle i hennes hus – fordi hun skjulte de budbringerne vi sendte.

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

  Byen skal være forbannet, den og alt som er i den, for Herren: bare Rahab, skjøgen, skal leve, hun og alle som er med henne i huset, fordi hun gjemte utsendingene som vi sendte ut.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Byen skal være bannlyst for Herren. Bare ha Rahab prostituerte, hun og alle som er med henne i huset skal leve, for hun skjulte utsendingene vi sendte.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Byen og alt som er i den, skal vies til Herren. Bare Rahab, skjøgen, og alle som er i hennes hus, skal leve, fordi hun gjemte utsendingene vi sendte.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Staden, den og alt det, som er i den, skal være sat i Band for Herren; aleneste den Skjøge Rahab skal leve, hun og alle de, som ere i Huset med hende, thi hun skjulte Budene, som vi udsendte.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Byen og alt som er i den skal være bannlyst for Herren. Bare Rahab, skjøgen, skal leve, sammen med alle som er med henne i huset, for hun skjulte budbringerne vi sendte.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And the city shall be accursed, it and all that are in it, to the LORD: only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Byen og alt som er i den skal være innviet til Herren: bare Rahab, skjøgen, skal få leve, hun og alle som er hos henne i huset, fordi hun gjemte de utsendte som vi sendte.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og byen skal være viet til Herren, den og alt som er i den; kun Rahab skjøgen skal leve, hun og alle som er i huset hennes, for hun skjulte utsendingene vi sendte.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Byen og alt som er i den skal være viet til Herren; bare Rahab, skjøgen, skal leve, hun og alle som er med henne i huset, fordi hun skjulte sendebudene vi sendte.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Byen og alt i den skal vies til Herren: bare Rahab, kvinnen, og alle i huset hennes, skal spares fordi hun skjulte de utsendte mennene.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Howbeit this cite, & all that is therin, shalbe damned vnto the LORDE: onely the harlot Rahab shal lyue, & all that are with her in ye house, for she hyd the messaungers, whom we sent forth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the citie shalbe an execrable thing, both it, and all that are therein, vnto the Lorde: onely Rahab the harlot shall liue, shee, and all that are with her in the house: for shee hid the messengers that we sent.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the citie shalbe accursed and al that are therin, vnto the Lorde: onlye Rahab the harlot shal liue, and all that are with her in the house, because she hyd the messengers that we sent.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And the city shall be accursed, [even] it, and all that [are] therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that [are] with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to Yahweh: only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and the city hath been devoted, it and all that `is' in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot doth live, she and all who `are' with her in the house, for she hid the messengers whom we sent;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to Jehovah: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the town will be put to the curse, and everything in it will be given to the Lord: only Rahab, the loose woman, and all who are in the house with her, will be kept safe, because she kept secret the men we sent.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yahweh. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the LORD; only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 20:17 : 17 Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you.
• Josh 2:1 : 1 Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from Shittim, saying, "Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho." They went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
• Josh 2:4-6 : 4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know where they were from. 5 At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, the men left, and I don’t know where they went. Pursue them quickly, and you might catch up with them!" 6 (But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under stalks of flax she had arranged there.)
• Josh 2:22 : 22 They went to the hill country and stayed there for three days until the pursuers returned. The pursuers searched all along the road but did not find them.
• Josh 6:22-23 : 22 But to the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua said, 'Go to the house of the prostitute and bring her out, along with everyone who belongs to her, just as you swore to her.' 23 So the young men who had scouted the land went in and brought out Rahab, along with her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her entire family and placed them outside the camp of Israel.
• Josh 7:1 : 1 But the Israelites acted unfaithfully with the things designated for destruction. Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things, and the anger of the Lord burned against the Israelites.
• 1 Sam 15:6 : 6 Saul said to the Kenites, 'Go, depart, leave the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you along with them. For you showed kindness to the Israelites when they came out of Egypt.' So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
• Ezra 10:8 : 8 Anyone who failed to appear within three days in accordance with the decision of the leaders and elders would have all his property confiscated and would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles.
• Isa 34:6 : 6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood; it is fat with the fat of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
• Jer 46:10 : 10 For that day belongs to the Lord, the Lord of Hosts— a day of vengeance to avenge his foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, till it is drunk with their blood. For the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.
• Ezek 39:17 : 17 Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Speak to every kind of bird and all the wild animals, 'Assemble and come together from all around to my sacrifice that I am offering for you, a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, so that you may eat flesh and drink blood.'
• Mic 4:13 : 13 Rise and thresh, Daughter Zion, for I will make your horn like iron and your hooves like bronze, and you will crush many nations. You will dedicate their ill-gotten gains to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
• Matt 10:41-42 : 41 Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward. 42 And whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple—truly I tell you, he will by no means lose his reward.
• Matt 25:40 : 40 The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, to the extent that you did it for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did it for me.’
• 1 Cor 2:7 : 7 Instead, we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom that God predestined before the ages for our glory.
• 1 Cor 16:22 : 22 If anyone does not love the Lord, let them be accursed. Our Lord, come!
• Gal 3:10 : 10 For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.'
• Gal 3:12 : 12 The law is not based on faith; instead, it says, 'The person who does these things will live by them.'
• Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and the love you have shown for His name, having served and continuing to serve the saints.
• Heb 11:31 : 31 By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had welcomed the spies in peace.
• Jas 2:25 : 25 In the same way, was not Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another route?
• Gen 12:3 : 3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.
• Lev 27:28-29 : 28 Anything that is devoted to the LORD, whether a person, an animal, or a field from one's possession, cannot be sold or redeemed; everything devoted is most holy to the LORD. 29 No person who has been devoted to destruction for the LORD may be redeemed; they must be put to death.
• Num 21:2-3 : 2 Then Israel made a vow to the LORD, saying, 'If You indeed deliver this people into our hands, we will completely destroy their cities.' 3 The LORD listened to Israel’s request and gave the Canaanites into their hands. They utterly destroyed them and their cities, and the place was called Hormah.