Verse 5

For they came with their livestock and tents, like swarms of locusts in number. Both they and their camels were too many to count, and they invaded the land to devastate it.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De kom opp med deres husdyr og telt i så stort antall som gresshoppesvermer. Selv kamelene deres var uten tall. De invaderte landet for å ødelegge det.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De kom opp med buskapene sine og sine telt som en gresshoppesverm i stort antall; både de og kamelene deres var talløse. De kom inn i landet for å ødelegge det.

• Norsk King James

  For de kom med sine husdyr og telt; de kom som gresshopper i mengde; både de og kamelene deres var talløse, og de kom inn i landet for å ødelegge det.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De kom med sitt budskap og sine telt, like mange som gresshopper. Det var ikke mulig å telle dem eller kamelene deres, og de ødela landet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For de kom opp med sitt buskap og sine telt som en mengde gresshopper, og verken de eller kamelene deres var til å telle. De kom for å legge landet øde.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For de kom med buskapen og teltene sine, som gresshopper i mengde; de og kamelene deres var uten tall, og de kom inn i landet for å ødelegge det.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For de kom med sine dyr og telt, og i mengder som gresshopper, for både de og deres kameler var utallige. De trengte inn i landet for å ødelegge det.

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

  For de kom med buskapen og teltene sine, som gresshopper i mengde; de og kamelene deres var uten tall, og de kom inn i landet for å ødelegge det.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For de kom opp med sin buskap og sine telt som en gresshoppehær. De og kamelene deres var uten tall. De kom inn i landet for å legge det øde.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De kom med sitt buskap og sine telt så tallrike som gresshopper; det var umulig å telle dem og deres kameler. De invaderte landet for å ødelegge det.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi de kom op med deres Fæ og deres Pauluner; de kom ligesom Græshopper i Mangfoldighed, saa at der var intet Tal paa dem og deres Kameler; og de kom i Landet, at fordærve det.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For de kom opp med sine dyr og teltene sine som en svær gresshoppesverm; både de og kamelene deres var uten tall, og de kom inn i landet for å ødelegge det.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as locusts in multitude; for both they and their camels were without number, and they entered into the land to destroy it.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For de kom opp med buskapen og teltene sine; de kom som en mengde gresshopper; både de og kamelene deres var uten tall, og de kom inn i landet for å ødelegge det.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For de kom opp med sitt buskap og sine telt, tallrike som gresshoppere, og de inntok landet for å ødelegge det.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For de kom opp med buskapen og teltene sine, de kom som en mengde gresshopper; både de og deres kameler var uten tall, og de kom inn i landet for å ødelegge det.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For de kom opp regelmessig med sine okser og telt; de kom i antall som gresshopper; de og kamelene deres var uten tall; og de kom inn i landet for å ødelegge det.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For they came vp with their catell and tentes, as it had bene a greate multitude of greshoppers (so that nether they ner their camels mighte be nombred) and fell in to the londe, that they mighte destroye it.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For they went vp, and their cattel, & came with their tentes as grashoppers in multitude: so that they & their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For they went vp, they and their cattel, and came with their tentes as a multitude of grasshopers, so that both they and also their camels were without number: And they entred into the land to destroy it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; [for] both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for they and their cattle come up, with their tents; they come in as the fulness of the locust for multitude, and of them and of their cattle there is no number, and they come into the land to destroy it.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For they came up regularly with their oxen and their tents; they came like the locusts in number; they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land for its destruction.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For they came up with their livestock and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When they invaded with their cattle and tents, they were as thick as locusts. Neither they nor their camels could be counted. They came to devour the land.

Referenced Verses

• Judg 7:12 : 12 Midian, Amalek, and all the people of the east were lying in the valley as thick as locusts. Their camels were too numerous to count, like the sand on the seashore.
• Judg 8:10 : 10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army, about fifteen thousand men, all that was left of the army of the sons of the east. One hundred twenty thousand sword-wielding men had fallen.
• Judg 8:21 : 21 Zebah and Zalmunna said, 'Get up yourself and strike us down, for a man is judged by his strength.' So Gideon got up, killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.
• 1 Sam 30:17 : 17 David attacked them from twilight until the evening of the next day. None of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode off on camels and fled.
• Ps 83:4-9 : 4 They devise cunning plans against your people and conspire together against your treasured ones. 5 They say, 'Come, let us destroy them as a nation, so that the name of Israel may no longer be remembered.' 6 For they have consulted together with one mind; they have made a covenant against you. 7 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, 8 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre. 9 Even Assyria has joined them; they have strengthened the descendants of Lot. Selah. 10 Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon, 11 who were destroyed at En-dor and became like dung on the ground. 12 Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
• Song 1:5 : 5 I am dark but lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
• Isa 13:20 : 20 It will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations; no Arab will pitch his tent there, and no shepherds will let their flocks lie down there.
• Isa 60:6 : 6 A multitude of camels will cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense and will proclaim the praises of the Lord.
• Jer 46:23 : 23 They will cut down her forest, declares the Lord, though it is dense. They are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.
• Jer 49:29 : 29 They will take their tents and flocks, their curtains and all their goods, and carry away their camels for themselves. They will call out against them, 'Terror on every side!'
• Jer 49:32 : 32 Their camels will be plundered, and their large herds will be taken as spoil. I will scatter to every wind those who cut the corners of their hair, and I will bring disaster on them from every side, declares the LORD.