Verse 24

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tore forty-two children of them.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han snudde seg, så på dem, og forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Straks kom to bjørner ut av skogen og angrep førti-to av guttene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han snudde seg, så på dem og forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom det ut to binner fra skogen og rev i hjel førtito av barna.

• Norsk King James

  Og han snudde seg tilbake, så på dem, og forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Og to bjørner kom ut av skogen og rev i stykker toogfyrti av dem.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han snudde seg og så dem, og han forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom to bjørner ut av skogen og rev i hjel førtito av guttene.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han vendte seg omkring, så dem og forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom det to bjørner ut av skogen og rev i hjel førtito av barna.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han snudde seg, så på dem, og forbannet dem i HERRENS navn. Da kom det to bjørner ut av skogen og rev i hjel førtito av barna.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han snudde seg, så på dem og forbannet dem i HERRENS navn. Da kom to hongebjørner ut fra skogen og rev i stykker førti-to av dem.

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

  Han snudde seg, så på dem, og forbannet dem i HERRENS navn. Da kom det to bjørner ut av skogen og rev i hjel førtito av barna.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han vendte seg om, så på dem og forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom det to bjørner ut av skogen og rev i hjel førtito av barna.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He turned around, saw them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the forest and mauled forty-two of the boys.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "2 Kings.2.24", "source": "וַיִּ֤פֶן אַֽחֲרָיו֙ וַיִּרְאֵ֔ם וַֽיְקַלְלֵ֖ם בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה וַתֵּצֶ֨אנָה שְׁתַּ֤יִם דֻּבִּים֙ מִן־הַיַּ֔עַר וַתְּבַקַּ֣עְנָה מֵהֶ֔ם אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּשְׁנֵ֖י יְלָדִֽים׃", "text": "And *wayyipen* *'aḥărāyw* and *wayyir'ēm*, and *wayqalləlēm* in-*šēm* *YHWH*; and *wattēṣe'nâ* *šəttayim* *dubbîm* from-the-*ya'ar*, and *wattəbaqqa'nâ* from-them forty and-two *yəlādîm*.", "grammar": { "*wayyipen*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular of *pānâ* - and he turned", "*'aḥărāyw*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - behind him", "*wayyir'ēm*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix of *rā'â* - and he saw them", "*wayqalləlēm*": "waw-consecutive + piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix of *qālal* - and he cursed them", "*šēm*": "masculine singular construct of *šēm* - name of", "*wattēṣe'nâ*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine plural of *yāṣā'* - and they came out", "*šəttayim*": "feminine numeral - two", "*dubbîm*": "feminine plural noun - bears", "*ya'ar*": "masculine singular noun - forest", "*wattəbaqqa'nâ*": "waw-consecutive + piel imperfect 3rd feminine plural of *bāqa'* - and they tore/mauled", "*yəlādîm*": "masculine plural noun - children/boys" }, "variants": { "*wayyipen* *'aḥărāyw*": "he turned around/he looked behind him", "*wayqalləlēm* in-*šēm* *YHWH*": "he cursed them in the name of YHWH", "*dubbîm*": "bears/she-bears", "*wattəbaqqa'nâ*": "they tore apart/mauled/ripped open", "*yəlādîm*": "children/boys/youths" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han snudde seg, så på dem og forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom det to bjørner ut av skogen og rev i hjel førtito av guttene.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han vendte sig tilbage, og der han saae dem, da bandede han dem i Herrens Navn; da udkom to Bjørne af Skoven og sønderreve af dem to og fyrretyve Børn.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han snudde seg, så på dem og forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom det to bjørner ut av skogen og rev i hjel førtito av dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han snudde seg, så dem og forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom det to binne ut av skogen og reiv i hjel førtito av guttene.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han så seg tilbake og så dem, og han forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom to binner ut av skogen og rev i stykker førtito av guttene.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han så seg tilbake og så dem, og forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom det to binne ut av skogen og rev i hjel førtito av guttene.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han snudde seg, så dem, og han forbannet dem i Herrens navn. Da kom det to binner ut av skogen og rev i hjel førtito av barna.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he turned him aboute. And wha he sawe them, he cursed them in the name of the LORDE. Then came there two Beeres out of the wod, and rente two and fortye of the children.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he turned backe, & looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord; two beares came out of the forest, and tare in pieces two and fourtie children of them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he turned backe, and loked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lorde: And there came two shee beares out of the wood, and tare fourtie and two children of them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. There came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and mauled forty-two lads of them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he looketh behind him, and seeth them, and declareth them vile in the name of Jehovah, and two bears come out of the forest, and rend of them forty and two lads.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Jehovah. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two lads of them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And turning back, he saw them, and put a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the wood and put forty-two of the children to death.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. Two female bears came out of the woods, and mauled forty-two of those youths.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When he turned around and saw them, he called God’s judgment down on them. Two female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the boys to pieces.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 9:25 : 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants he shall be to his brothers.
• 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.
• Deut 28:15-26 : 15 But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command you this day; that all these curses shall come upon you, and overtake you: 16 Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be your basket and your store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your land, the increase of your kine, and the flocks of your sheep. 19 Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out. 20 The LORD shall send upon you cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that you set your hand unto for to do, until you be destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the wickedness of your doings, whereby you have forsaken Me. 21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cling unto you, until He has consumed you from off the land, where you go to possess it. 22 The LORD shall strike you with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blight, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish. 23 And your heaven that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron. 24 The LORD shall make the rain of your land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon you, until you are destroyed. 25 The LORD shall cause you to be smitten before your enemies: you shall go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shall be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 And your carcass shall be food unto all fowl of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall frighten them away.
• Judg 9:20 : 20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the men of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
• Judg 9:57 : 57 And all the evil of the men of Shechem God brought upon their heads, and the curse of Jotham, the son of Jerubbaal, came upon them.
• 2 Sam 17:8 : 8 For, said Hushai, you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and are angry in their minds, as a bear robbed of her cubs in the field: and your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
• 1 Kgs 13:24 : 24 And when he was gone, a lion met him on the way, and killed him: and his corpse was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it, the lion also stood by the corpse.
• 1 Kgs 19:17 : 17 And it shall come to pass, that whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall slay; and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall slay.
• 1 Kgs 20:36 : 36 Then he said to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall slay you. And as soon as he departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
• 2 Kgs 1:10-12 : 10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty. And fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. 11 Again he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said to him, O man of God, thus says the king, Come down quickly. 12 And Elijah answered and said to them, If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.
• Neh 13:25-27 : 25 So I contended with them and cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves. 26 Did not King Solomon of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless, pagan women caused even him to sin. 27 Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, transgressing against our God by marrying pagan women?
• Prov 17:12 : 12 Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.
• Prov 28:15 : 15 As a roaring lion and a raging bear, so is a wicked ruler over poor people.
• Jer 28:16 : 16 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, I will cast you from off the face of the earth: this year you shall die, because you have taught rebellion against the LORD.
• Jer 29:21-23 : 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes. 22 And because of them a curse will be used by all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, 'The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;' 23 Because they have done outrageous things in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; indeed I know, and am a witness, says the LORD.
• Lam 3:65 : 65 Give them sorrow of heart, Your curse upon them.
• Hos 13:8 : 8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
• Amos 7:17 : 17 Therefore thus says the LORD; Your wife shall be a harlot in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you shall die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity from his land.
• Mark 11:14 : 14 And Jesus answered and said to it, No man eat fruit from you hereafter forever. And his disciples heard it.
• Mark 11:21 : 21 And Peter, calling to remembrance, said to him, Master, behold, the fig tree which you cursed is withered away.
• Acts 5:5 : 5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down and breathed his last, and great fear came on all who heard these things.
• Acts 5:9 : 9 Then Peter said to her, How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.
• Acts 8:20 : 20 But Peter said to him, Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money.
• Acts 13:9-9 : 9 Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, set his eyes on him, 10 And said, O full of all deceit and all trickery, you child of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? 11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately a mist and a darkness fell on him; and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
• 2 Cor 10:6 : 6 And being ready to punish all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.