Verse 15

And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD looked, and relented of the evil, and said to the angel who destroyed, It is enough, stay your hand now. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Gud sendte en engel til Jerusalem for å ødelegge byen. Men da engelen begynte å ødelegge, så Herren det og angret på sitt onde, og sa til engelen som ødela: 'Det er nok! Hold nå tilbake hånden din.' Herrens engel sto på terskelplassen til jebusitten Ornan.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Gud sendte en engel til Jerusalem for å ødelegge det. Men mens han var i ferd med å ødelegge, så Herren, angret dette ondet, og sa til engelen som ødela: Nok nå, hold tilbake din hånd. Og Herrens engel sto ved treskeplassen til Ornan jebusitten.

• Norsk King James

  Og Gud sendte en engel til Jerusalem for å ødelegge det: og da han ødela, så Herren og angret på det han hadde gjort, og sa til engelen som ødela: Det er nok, stopp nå hånden din. Og Herrens engel sto ved treskeplassen til Ornan jebusitten.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Gud sendte en engel til Jerusalem for å ødelegge den, men da han begynte å ødelegge, så Herren det og angret på det onde. Han sa til engelen som ødela: Nok, dra nå din hånd tilbake. Herrens engel sto ved treskeplassen til Ornan, jebusitten.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Gud sendte en engel til Jerusalem for å ødelegge det. Men mens han ødela, så Herren, og han angret det onde. Han sa til engelen som ødela: Det er nok, trekk tilbake din hånd. Herrens engel sto da ved treskeplassen til Ornan jebusitten.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og Gud sendte en engel til Jerusalem for å ødelegge den, og mens han ødela, så Herren og angret på det onde, og sa til engelen som ødela: Det er nok, trekk nå tilbake din hånd. Og Herrens engel sto ved treskeplassen til Ornan jebusitten.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Gud sendte en engel til Jerusalem for å ødelegge den, og mens engelen herjet, så Herren det og ombestemte seg om det onde. Han sa til engelen: «Det er nok, legg ned sverdet.» Og Herrens engel stod ved treskeplassen til Ornan, Jebusitten.

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

  Og Gud sendte en engel til Jerusalem for å ødelegge den, og mens han ødela, så Herren og angret på det onde, og sa til engelen som ødela: Det er nok, trekk nå tilbake din hånd. Og Herrens engel sto ved treskeplassen til Ornan jebusitten.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Herren sendte en engel til Jerusalem for å ødelegge den. Men da han skulle ødelegge, så Herren og angret det onde og sa til engelen som ødela: 'Det er nok, hold tilbake hånden din.' Herrens engel sto ved treskeplassen til jebusitten Ornan.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. But as the angel was about to destroy, the LORD saw, relented of the calamity, and said to the destroying angel, "Enough! Withdraw your hand now." The angel of the LORD was then standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Gud sendte en engel til Jerusalem for å ødelegge den, men da engelen skulle ødelegge, så Herren det og angret det onde. Han sa til engelen som ødela: «Det er nok, hold din hånd tilbake.» Herrens engel sto ved jebusitten Ornas treskeplass.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Gud sendte en Engel til Jerusalem til at fordærve den, og som han fordærvede den, saae Herren (dertil), og ham angrede det Onde, og han sagde til Engelen, som fordærvede: (Det er) nok, drag nu din Haand bort; og Herrens Engel stod hos Ornans, den Jebusiters, Lade.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Gud sendte en engel til Jerusalem for å ødelegge det. Men mens han ødela, så Herren og angret seg på ulykken, og sa til engelen som ødela: Det er nok, hold tilbake hånden. Herrens engel stod da ved treskeplassen til Ornan jebusitten.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Gud sendte en engel til Jerusalem for å ødelegge det; men da han skulle til å ødelegge det, så Herren, og angret seg over ulykken, og sa til ødeleggelsesengelen: Det er nok, nå hold tilbake din hånd. Herrens engel stod ved treskeplassen til jeebusitten Ornan.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Gud sendte en utsending til Jerusalem for å ødelegge det, men da han var i ferd med å ødelegge, så Herren det og angret det onde og sa til utsendingen som ødela: 'Nok! Stopp hånden din.' Herrens utsending stod da ved treskeplassen til Ornan, jebusitten.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Gud sendte en engel til Jerusalem for å ødelegge det. Men da han var i ferd med å ødelegge, så Herren dette, og han angret det onde og sa til engelen som ødela: Det er nok; hold tilbake din hånd. Herrens engel stod da ved treskeplassen til Ornan jebusitten.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og Gud sendte en engel til Jerusalem for dens ødeleggelse: og da han var i ferd med å gjøre det, så Herren, og angret det onde, og sa til ødeleggelsens engel: Det er nok; gjør ikke mer. Nå var Herrens engel ved treskeplassen til Ornan jebusitten.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And God sent the angell to Ierusale for to destroye it. And euen in the destruccion the LORDE considered, and he repeted of the euell, and sayde vnto the angell ye destroyer: It is ynough, holde now thy hande. The angell of the LORDE stode besyde ye barne of Arnan ye Iebusite.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And God sent the Angel into Ierusalem to destroy it; as he was destroying, the Lorde behelde, and repented of the euill and sayde to the Angel that destroyed, It is nowe ynough, let thine hande cease. Then the Angel of the Lord stoode by the thresshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And God sent the angell into Hierusalem to destroy it: And as he was about to destroy, the Lorde behelde, and had compassion on the euyll, & sayde to the angel that destroyed: It is enough, let nowe thyne hand ceasse. And the angel of the Lorde stoode by the threshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay your hand. The angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and God sendeth a messenger to Jerusalem to destroy it, and as he is destroying Jehovah hath seen, and is comforted concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who `is' destroying, `Enough, now, cease thy hand.' And the messenger of Jehovah is standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, Jehovah beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And God sent an angel to Jerusalem for its destruction: and when he was about to do so, the Lord saw, and had regret for the evil, and said to the angel of destruction, It is enough; do no more. Now the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

• World English Bible (2000)

  God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was about to destroy, Yahweh saw, and he relented of the disaster, and said to the destroying angel, "It is enough; now stay your hand." The angel of Yahweh was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  God sent an angel to ravage Jerusalem. As he was doing so, the LORD watched and relented from his judgment. He told the angel who was destroying,“That’s enough! Stop now!” Now the LORD’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 32:14 : 14 So the LORD relented from the evil which He thought to do to His people.
• Gen 6:6 : 6 And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
• Exod 9:28 : 28 Entreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.
• Judg 2:18 : 18 And when the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings due to those who oppressed them and vexed them.
• Judg 10:16 : 16 And they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and His soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
• 2 Sam 24:16 : 16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented of the evil, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, It is enough; now stay your hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
• 2 Sam 24:18 : 18 And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, erect an altar to the LORD in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
• 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree, and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am not better than my ancestors.
• 2 Chr 3:1 : 1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
• Ps 78:38 : 38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them: yes, many a time he turned away his anger, and did not stir up all his wrath.
• Ps 90:13 : 13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent you concerning your servants.
• Jer 7:12 : 12 But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
• Jer 18:7-9 : 7 At any moment I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; 8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turns from their evil, I will relent of the evil that I thought to do to them. 9 And at any moment I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 10 If it does evil in my sight, so that it does not obey my voice, then I will relent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.
• Jer 26:9 : 9 Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
• Jer 26:18 : 18 Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
• Jonah 4:2 : 2 And he prayed to the LORD, and said, I pray you, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled before to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and relent from doing harm.
• Matt 23:37-38 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you, how often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! 38 See, your house is left to you desolate.
• Mark 14:41 : 41 And he came the third time and said to them, Sleep now and take your rest; it is enough, the hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.