Verse 23

And they said, "This is blood; the kings are surely slain, and they have struck one another. Now, Moab, to the spoil!"

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De sa: «Det er blod! Kongene har kjempet og drept hverandre. Nå er det tid for plyndring, Moab!»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og de sa: "Dette er blod: Kongene er sikkert drept, og de har slått hverandre. Nå, Moab, til byttet!"

• Norsk King James

  Og de sa: 'Dette er blod; kongene er sikkert døde, og de har slått hverandre; derfor, Moab, til bytte!'

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De sa: Dette er blod; kongene må ha kjempet mot hverandre og slått hverandre. Så nå, Moab, til plyndring!

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De ropte: 'Dette er blod! Kongene har slaktet hverandre. La oss nå, Moab, dra til byttet!'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De sa: «Dette er blod: Sikkert har kongene blitt drept, og de har drept hverandre. Kom nå, Moab, og ta byttet.»

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De sa: 'Dette er blod! Kongene er sikkert drept, og de har slått hverandre ned. Nå, Moab, til byttet!'

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

  De sa: «Dette er blod: Sikkert har kongene blitt drept, og de har drept hverandre. Kom nå, Moab, og ta byttet.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De sa: 'Dette er blod! Kongene har kjempet mot hverandre og drept hverandre. Nå, Moab, til rans!'.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They said, "This is blood! The kings have fought and killed each other. Now, to the plunder, Moab!"

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De sa: 'Dette er blod! Kongene har kjempet mot hverandre og slått hverandre i hjel. Og nå, Moab, til byttet!

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og de sagde: Det er Blod, Kongerne ere aldeles ødelagte (af hverandre), og den Ene haver slaget den Anden; og nu, Moab, efter Bytte!

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De sa: «Dette er blod! Kongene er sikkert drept, og de har slått hverandre. Nå, Moab, til byttet!»

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Og de sa: «Dette er blod; kongene er sikkert ødelagt, og de har slått hver mann sin nabo; nå derfor, Moab, til byttet.»

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Da sa de: 'Dette er blod; kongene har sikkert vært i strid og har slått hverandre. Nå, Moab, til plyndring!'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og de sa: Dette er blod; kongene er sikkert ødelagt, og de har slått hver mann sin kamerat. Nå, Moab, til byttet!

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Da sa de: Dette er blod: det er klart at ødeleggelse har kommet over kongene; de har kjempet mot hverandre: nå kom, Moab, la oss ta deres gods.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  & they sayde: It is bloude, ye kynges haue destroyed them selues wt the swerde, & one hath smytten another. Now Moab get the vp to the spoyles.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And they saide, This is blood the Kings are surely slaine, and one hath smitten another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoyle.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they saide, This is the blood of slaughter: The kinges are slaine, & one haue smitten another: Now therefore Moab get thee to the spoyle.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they said, This [is] blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and say, `Blood this `is'; the kings have been surely destroyed, and they smite each his neighbour; and now for spoil, Moab!'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and they said, This is blood; the kings are surely destroyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then they said, This is blood: it is clear that destruction has come on the kings; they have been fighting one another: now come, Moab, let us take their goods.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They said, "This is blood. The kings are surely destroyed, and they have struck each other. Now therefore, Moab, to the spoil!"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Moabites said,“It’s blood! The kings must have fought one another! The soldiers have struck one another down! Now, Moab, seize the plunder!”

Referenced Verses

• 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.
• Judg 5:30 : 30 'Have they not found and divided the spoil? To every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a spoil of dyed garments, a spoil of dyed garments embroidered, dyed garments embroidered on both sides, for the necks of those who take the spoil?'
• 2 Kgs 6:18-20 : 18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, and said, Strike this people, I pray, with blindness. And he struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. 19 And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek. But he led them to Samaria. 20 And it came to pass, when they had come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
• 2 Kgs 7:6 : 6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
• 2 Chr 20:25 : 25 When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away their spoil, they found among them an abundance of valuables on the dead bodies, and precious jewelry, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away; and they were three days gathering the spoil because there was so much.
• Isa 10:14 : 14 And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathers eggs that are left, I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.