Verse 2

Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da sendte Jezabel en budbringer til Elia og sa: 'Må gudene straffe meg hardt hvis jeg ikke tar livet av deg som du gjorde med dem innen morgendagens tid.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da sendte Jezabel en budbringer til Elia og sa: Må gudene gjøre mot meg, ja enda mer, om jeg ikke gjør ditt liv lik deres før morgendagen er omme.

• Norsk King James

  Da sendte Jezabel en budbærer til Elia og sa: «Slik skal gudene gjøre mot meg og mer også, hvis jeg ikke gjør ditt liv likt livet til en av dem innen i morgen på denne tiden.»

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da sendte Jesabel en budbringer til Elias og sa: Måtte gudene gjøre så mot meg og enda mer, om jeg ikke i morgen på denne tid gjør ditt liv som livet til en av dem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Da sendte Jezabel en budbringer til Elia og sa: "Må gudene straffe meg, ja enda mer, om jeg ikke i morgen på denne tid gjør med ditt liv som du har gjort med en av dem."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da sendte Jezebel en budbringer til Elia og sa: "Må gudene la det gå meg ille, ja enda verre, hvis jeg ikke gjør ditt liv som livet til en av dem innen morgendagen."

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da sendte Jezebel en budbringer til Elijah og sa: «La gudene gjøre mot meg, og enda mer, om jeg ikke gjør ditt liv til likt livet til en av dem innenfor omtrent denne tid i morgen.»

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

  Da sendte Jezebel en budbringer til Elia og sa: "Må gudene la det gå meg ille, ja enda verre, hvis jeg ikke gjør ditt liv som livet til en av dem innen morgendagen."

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da sendte Jezabel en budbærer til Elia og sa: «La gudene gjøre så mot meg og mer til om jeg ikke gjør din sjel lik en av deres i morgen på denne tid.»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, 'May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I don’t make your life like the life of one of them.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jesabel sendte en budbringer til Elia og sa: «Måtte gudene straffe meg, ja enda mer, om jeg ikke gjør med ditt liv som med livet til en av dem innen denne tid i morgen.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da sendte Jesabel et Bud til Elias og lod sige: Guderne gjøre (mig) saa og lægge saa dertil, om jeg (ikke) sætter imorgen paa denne Tid din Sjæl ligesom Ens Sjæl af disse.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Da sendte Jezebel en budbringer til Elia og sa: Må gudene gjøre mot meg, og enda mer, hvis jeg ikke gjør ditt liv som livet til en av dem innen i morgen på denne tid.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da sendte Jezebel en budbærer til Elia og sa: "Måtte gudene la det gå meg ille, ja enda verre, om jeg ikke gjør livet ditt som livet til en av dem innen i morgen på denne tiden."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Da sendte Jezebel en budbærer til Elia og sa: 'La gudene straffe meg nådeløst om jeg ikke innen denne tid i morgen gjør ditt liv som en av dem.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Da sendte Jezebel en budbringer til Elia og sa: Måtte gudene gjøre meg det samme og mer til, dersom jeg ikke gjør ditt liv som en av deres innen denne tid i morgen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Da sendte Jezebel en tjener til Elia og sa: Måtte gudene straffe meg om jeg ikke gjør livet ditt likt deres innen i morgen denne tiden.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The sent Iesabel a messaunger vnto Elias, sayenge: The goddes do this & that vnto me, yf I tomorow aboute this tyme, make not thy soule as one of these.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Iezebel sent a messenger vnto Eliiah, saying, The gods doe so to me and more also, if I make not thy life like one of their liues by to morowe this time.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then Iezabel sent a messenger vnto Elias, saying: So and so let the gods do to me, if I make not thy soule lyke one of theirs by to morowe this time.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do [to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then Jezebel send a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don't make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and Jezebel sendeth a messenger unto Elijah, saying, `Thus doth the gods, and thus do they add, surely about this time to-morrow, I make thy life as the life of one of them.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then Jezebel send a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Jezebel sent a servant to Elijah, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don't make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning,“May the gods judge me severely if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!”

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 20:10 : 10 And Benhadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
• Ruth 1:17 : 17 Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.
• 2 Kgs 6:31 : 31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him today.
• 2 Kgs 19:10-12 : 10 Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by utterly destroying them: and shall you be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them whom my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
• 2 Kgs 19:22 : 22 Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice, and lifted up your eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
• 2 Kgs 19:27-28 : 27 But I know your dwelling place, your going out and your coming in, and your rage against me. 28 Because your rage against me and your tumult have come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
• Prov 27:1 : 1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
• Dan 3:15 : 15 Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well; but if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God who shall deliver you out of my hands?
• Acts 12:4-6 : 4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison and handed him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after Passover. 5 So Peter was kept in prison, but constant prayer was made to God for him by the church. 6 And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and the guards before the door were keeping the prison.
• Jas 4:13-14 : 13 Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city and spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit; 14 Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
• 1 Kgs 2:28 : 28 Then news came to Joab, for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he did not turn after Absalom. And Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and took hold of the horns of the altar.
• Exod 10:28 : 28 And Pharaoh said to him, Get away from me, take heed to yourself, see my face no more; for in the day you see my face, you shall die.
• Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.