Verse 4

For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon will become a ruin. At noon Ashdod will be driven out, and Ekron will be uprooted.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For Gaza skal bli forlatt, Askelon forvandles til en ødemark. Herren skal forlate Asdod, og Ekron skal bli ødelagt.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For Gaza skal bli forlatt, og Ashkelon en øde; Ashdod skal de jage ut ved middagstid, og Ekron skal bli rykket opp med rot.

• Norsk King James

  For Gaza skal bli forlatt, og Ashkelon skal bli en øde; de skal drive ut Ashdod ved middagstid, og Ekron skal bli revet opp.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For Gaza skal bli forlatt, og Askalon skal bli helt øde; Ashdod skal bli jaget bort ved middagstid, og Ekron skal bli rykket opp med rot.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For Gaza skal bli forlatt, og Asjkelon skal bli lagt i ruiner. Asjdod skal bli drevet bort ved høylys dag, og Ekron skal rykkes opp med rot.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For Gaza skal bli forlatt, og Ashkelon bli en ødemark. De skal drive ut innbyggerne i Ashdod ved middagstid, og Ekron skal bli utdrevet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For Gaza skal forlattes, og Ashkelon bli gjort om til ødemark; ved middagstid skal Ashdod drives bort, og Ekron skal røftes opp.

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

  For Gaza skal bli forlatt, og Ashkelon bli en ødemark. De skal drive ut innbyggerne i Ashdod ved middagstid, og Ekron skal bli utdrevet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Gaza skal bli forlatt, og Ashkelon til ødemark. Ashdod skal drives ut ved middagstid, og Ekron skal rykkes opp.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For Gaza skal bli forlatt, Ashkelon skal legges i ruiner. Middagstid skal de drive ut folket fra Ashdod, og Ekron skal bli røsket opp med roten.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi Assa skal blive forladt, og Asklon skal blive aldeles øde; Asdod, den skal man om Middagen bortdrive, og Ekron skal oprykkes med Rod.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For Gaza skal bli forlatt, og Ashkelon bli en øde, de skal drive bort Ashdod ved middagstid, og Ekron skal bli rykket opp.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be uprooted.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For Gaza skal bli forlatt, og Ashkelon en ødemark. De skal drive ut Ashdod ved middagstid, og Ekron skal bli rykket opp.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For Gaza er forlatt, og Askelon ligger i ruiner, ved middagstid kaster de henne bort, og Ekron blir revet opp med roten.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For Gaza skal bli forlatt, og Askalon være en ødemark; de skal jage bort Ashdod ved middagstid, og Ekron skal rives opp med roten.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For Gaza vil bli forlatt og Ashkelon vil bli ødelagt: de vil drive Ashdod bort midt på dagen, og Ekron vil bli utryddet.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For Gaza shal be destroyed, & Ascalon shall be layed waist: They shal cast out A?dod at the noone daye, and Accaron shalbe pluckte vp by the rotes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For Azzah shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon desolate: they shall driue out Ashdod at the noone day, and Ekron shalbe rooted vp.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For Gaza shalbe destroyed, and Ascalon shalbe layde waste, they shall cast out Asdod at the noone day, and Accaron shalbe rooted vp.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For Gaza is forsaken, And Ashkelon `is' for a desolation, Ashdod! at noon they do cast her forth, And Ekron is rooted up.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For Gaza will be given up and Ashkelon will become waste: they will send Ashdod out in the middle of the day, and Ekron will be uprooted.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Judgment on Surrounding Nations Indeed, Gaza will be deserted and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, and Ekron will be overthrown.

Referenced Verses

• Zech 9:5-7 : 5 Ashkelon will see it and be afraid; Gaza too, and will writhe in great anguish, and Ekron, because its hope will be disappointed. The king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited. 6 A foreigner will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. 7 I will remove the blood from their mouths and their detestable things from between their teeth. Those who are left will belong to our God; they will become like a clan leader in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
• Amos 1:6-8 : 6 Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke punishment, because they deported an entire population to deliver them over to Edom.' 7 So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it will consume her palaces. 8 'I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod, and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,' says the Lord GOD.
• Jer 6:4 : 4 Prepare for war against her! Arise, let us attack at noon! Woe to us, for the day is waning and the shadows of evening are lengthening.
• Jer 15:8 : 8 Their widows have increased to Me more than the sand of the seas. I have brought against them a destroyer at noon, and I have caused anguish and terror to fall upon the city suddenly.
• Jer 25:20 : 20 All the mixed peoples and all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the Philistine cities: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod.
• Jer 47:1-7 : 1 This is the message of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet regarding the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza. 2 This is what the LORD says: 'Look, waters are rising from the north and will become an overflowing torrent. They will flood the land and everything in it, including the towns and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and everyone living in the land will wail.' 3 At the sound of galloping hooves of mighty horses, at the rumbling of their chariots and the roar of their wheels, fathers will not turn to help their children, for their hands will be exhausted. 4 For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off every survivor who could help Tyre and Sidon. Indeed, the LORD is destroying the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor. 5 Gaza is shaven bare; Ashkelon is silenced. You remnant of their valley, how long will you cut yourselves in mourning? 6 'Ah, sword of the LORD!' How long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still! 7 But how can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has assigned it against Ashkelon and the coast of the sea.
• Ezek 25:15-17 : 15 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with malice in their hearts, seeking to destroy Judah with perpetual hostility, 16 therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant living on the coast. 17 I will carry out great acts of vengeance on them and punish them with furious rebukes. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I take vengeance on them.
• Ps 91:6 : 6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the destruction that strikes at noonday.