Verse 3

Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Gå nå og angrip Amalek! Utrydd alt de har, vær ikke skånsom; drep menn og kvinner, barn og spedbarn, okser, sauer, kameler og esler!'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Gå nå og slå Amalek. Utslett alt de eier, og skån dem ikke. Drep både menn og kvinner, barn og spedbarn, okser og sauer, kameler og esler.

• Norsk King James

  Gå nå og ødelegg Amalek, og fullstendig ødelegg alt de har; spar ingen; drep både menn og kvinner, barn og spedbarn, okser og sauer, kameler og esler.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dra nå av sted, slå Amalek, og legg alt han eier under bann. Spar ingen, men drep både menn og kvinner, barn og spedbarn, både okser og sauer, kameler og esler.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Gå nå og slå Amalek. Utskud dem fullstendig og spar ingen. Drep både menn og kvinner, barn og spedbarn, okser og sauer, kameler og esler.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Gå nå og slå Amalek, og utslett alt de har. Skån dem ikke, men drep både mann og kvinne, barn og spedbarn, okse og sau, kamel og esel.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Gå nå og begi deg ut for å slå Amalek. Ødelegg alt de eier fullstendig, og skån ingen – drep både mann og kvinne, spedbarn og småbarn, okser og sauer, kameler og esler.»

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

  Gå nå og slå Amalek, og utslett alt de har. Skån dem ikke, men drep både mann og kvinne, barn og spedbarn, okse og sau, kamel og esel.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Gå nå og slå Amalek, og fullstendig tilintetgjør alt de har. Spar ingen; drep både menn og kvinner, barn og spedbarn, okser, sauer, kameler og esler.»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Now go and attack Amalek. Devote to destruction everything they have. Do not spare them; kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Gå nå av sted og slå Amalek. Gjør ende på alt de eier. Spar ingen. Drep menn, kvinner, barn og spedbarn, okser, sauer, kameler og esler.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Gak nu hen, og du skal slaae Amalek, og I skulle ødelægge alt det, han haver, og du skal ikke spare ham; men du skal slaae ihjel baade Mand og Qvinde, baade spædt og diende Barn, baade Oxe og Lam, baade Kameel og Asen.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Gå nå og slå Amalek, og ødelegg fullstendig alt de har. Skån dem ikke, men drep både mann og kvinne, spedbarn og småbarn, okse og sau, kamel og esel.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Gå nå og slå Amalek, og utslett alt de har; spar dem ikke, men drep både mann og kvinne, spedbarn og diebarn, okse og sau, kamel og esel.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Gå nå og slå Amalek. Vigsne alt de eier til utslettelse. Vis ingen nåde, men drep menn og kvinner, både barn og spedbarn, okser og sauer, kameler og esler.»

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Gå nå og slå Amalek, og utrydd alt de har. Spar dem ikke, men drep både mann og kvinne, spedbarn og diebarn, okse og sau, kamel og esel.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Gå nå og slå Amalek i bann. Utrydd alt de har, uten nåde: drep hver mann og kvinne, hvert barn og spedbarn, hver okse og sau, hver kamel og esel.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Go yi waye now therfore, and smyte the Amalechites, & damne them with all that they haue, & spare him not: but slaye both man and woman, children & sucklynges, oxen & shepe, Camels and asses.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Nowe therefore goe, and sinite Amalek, and destroy ye all that perteyneth vnto them, & haue no compassion on them, but slay both man and woman, both infant and suckling, both oxe, and sheepe, both camell, and asse.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Nowe therfore go, and smyte Amalek, and destroye ye all that pertaineth vnto them, and haue no compassion on them, slay both man & woman, infant and suckling, oxe and sheepe, camel and asse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don't spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Now, go, and thou hast smitten Amalek, and devoted all that it hath, and thou hast no pity on it, and hast put to death from man unto woman, from infant unto suckling, from ox unto sheep, from camel unto ass.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Go now and put Amalek to the sword, putting to the curse all they have, without mercy: put to death every man and woman, every child and baby at the breast, every ox and sheep, camel and ass.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don't spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don’t spare them. Put them to death– man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.’”

Referenced Verses

• Num 24:20 : 20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall be that he perish forever.
• Deut 20:16-18 : 16 But of the cities of these people, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes: 17 But you shall utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD your God has commanded you: 18 That they teach you not to do according to all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so you would sin against the LORD your God.
• Josh 6:17-21 : 17 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. 18 And you, by all means keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest you make yourselves accursed, when you take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. 19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are consecrated to the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD. 20 So the people shouted when the priests blew the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. 21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
• 1 Sam 22:19 : 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, and oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
• Num 31:17 : 17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.
• Gen 3:17-18 : 17 Then to Adam He said, Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; 18 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the herb of the field;
• Isa 14:21-22 : 21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. 22 For I will rise up against them, says the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, says the LORD.
• Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me.
• Lev 27:28-29 : 28 Nevertheless no devoted thing that a man shall devote to the LORD of all that he has, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to the LORD. 29 None devoted, which shall be devoted by men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
• Deut 13:15-16 : 15 You shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. 16 And you shall gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every bit, for the LORD your God: and it shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again.
• Rom 8:20-22 : 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope. 21 Because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.