Verse 25

And they destroyed the cities, and in every good piece of land each man threw a stone and filled it, and they stopped all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees. Only in Kir Haraseth did they leave its stones intact; however, the slingers surrounded it and attacked it.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De ødela byene, og hver mann kastet steiner på alle frukttrærne, så de ble jammet med steiner. De stoppet alle vannkildene og hogg ned alle fine trær, slik at det bare var steinmurene igjen i Kir-Hareset. Steinslyngerne omringet byen og angrep den.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og de ødela byene, og på hvert godt stykke land kastet hver mann sin stein og fylte det. De stengte alle vannkildene og felte alle de gode trærne; bare i Kir-Haraset lot de steinene bli. Men slyngerne omringet det og slo det.

• Norsk King James

  De slo ned byene; og på hvert godt stykke land kastet hver mann sin stein og fylte det; de stoppet alle vannkilder og felte alle gode trær; bare i Kirharaseth etterlot de steinene der; men steinskytterne gikk rundt det og slo det.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De rev ned byene, hver mann kastet en stein på hvert godt stykke land og fylte det, stoppet alle vannkilder og felte alle gode trær, inntil bare steinene i Kir-Hareset var igjen, og slyngekasterne slo byen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De ødela byene, og på hver god åker kastet hver mann sin stein, og fylte dem. De tettet alle vannkilder og felte alle gode trær, inntil det bare var igjen steinmurer av Kir-Hareset, og slyngerne omringet byen og angrep den.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De ødela byene, og hvert godt stykke land kastet hver mann sin stein på og fylte det; de stoppet alle vannkilder og felte hvert godt tre. Bare i Kir-Hareset lot de steinene bli stående, men slyngerne omringet det og ødela det.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De slo ned byene, og på hver god jord kastet hver mann sine steiner og fylte den. De stengte alle brønner og felling alle gode trær; bare i Kirharaseth lot de steinene stå, men slyngekasterne gikk rundt og slo dem ned.

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

  De ødela byene, og hvert godt stykke land kastet hver mann sin stein på og fylte det; de stoppet alle vannkilder og felte hvert godt tre. Bare i Kir-Hareset lot de steinene bli stående, men slyngerne omringet det og ødela det.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De rev ned byene, og hver mann kastet sin stein på hver god åker og fylte dem. De stoppet opp alle vannkildene og felte alle gode trær, til de kun lot steinene stå igjen i Kir-Hareseth, mens slyngerne omringet byen og angrep den.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They destroyed the cities, threw stones onto every good field until it was covered, stopped up all the springs of water, and cut down all the good trees. Only the stones of Kir Hareseth were left standing, but the slingers surrounded and attacked it.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De ødela byene og kastet hver mann sin stein på hvert godt stykke land og fylte det. De tettet alle vannkilder og felte hvert godt tre. Bare steinmurene i Kir-Hareset ble stående, men slyngekasterne omringet og angrep også den.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og de nedbrøde Stæderne, og hver kastede sin Steen paa alle gode Stykker (Land) og fyldte dem, og tilstoppede alle Vandkilder og fældede alle gode Træer, indtil (ikkun) Stenene i Kir-Hareseth bleve tilovers af den; og de, som sloge med Slynger, omgave den og sloge den.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De ødela byene, og hvert godt stykke land kastet hver mann steinen sin på og fylte det, og de lukket alle brønner, og felte de gode trærne. Bare i Kir-Hareset lot de steinene stå; men slyngekasterne omringet og slo det.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De rev ned byene; og på hvert godt stykke mark kastet hver mann sin stein, og fylte det; og de stanset alle vannkildene, og felte alle de gode trærne, til de i Kir-Hareset ikke lot noen steiner være igjen; men slyngekasterne gikk rundt det og slo det.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De rev ned byene, kastet hver sin stein på hver fruktbare åker og fylte dem. De stengte hver vannkilde og felte hvert godt tre, inntil steinene i Kir-Hareset var tilbake, og slyngekasterne omringet og angrep dem der.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De rev ned byene, og på hver god jordbit kastet hver mann sin stein, og de fylte den. De stoppet alle vannkilder og felte alle gode trær, inntil bare i Kir-Hareset var steinene igjen; men slyngerne omringet den og slo den.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  rive ned byene, dekke hver god åker med steiner, stoppe opp alle vannkilder, og kutte ned alle gode trær; de fortsatte å drive Moab foran seg til det bare var i Kir-Hareset de hadde noen moabitter; og krigerne gikk rundt byen og kastet steiner på den.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  & brake downe the cities, & euery one cast his stone vpon all the good feldes, and made them full, and stopped all ye welles of water, and felled downe all the good trees, tyll there remayned but the stones in the brickwall, and they compased them aboute with slynges, and smote them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And they destroyed the cities: and on all the good field euery man cast his stone, and filled them and they stopt all the fountaines of water, and felled all the good trees: onely in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof: howebeit they went about it with slings, and smote it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they ouerthrew the cities, and on euery good parcell of lande cast euery man his stone, and filled it, & they stopt all the welles of water, and feld all the good trees, onely in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof: howbeit they went about it with slinges, & smote it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about [it], and smote it.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the springs of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth [only] they left the stones of it; however the men armed with slings went about it, and struck it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and the cities they break down, and `on' every good portion they cast each his stone, and have filled it, and every fountain of water they stop, and every good tree they cause to fall -- till one had left its stones in Kir-Haraseth, and the slingers go round and smite it.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the fountains of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir-hareseth [only] they left the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Pulling down the towns, covering every good field with stones, stopping up all the water-springs, and cutting down all the good trees; they went on driving Moab before them till only in Kir-hareseth were there any Moabites; and the fighting-men went round the town raining stones on it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They beat down the cities; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the springs of water, and felled all the good trees, until in Kir Hareseth [only] they left its stones; however the men armed with slings went about it, and struck it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They tore down the cities and each man threw a stone into every cultivated field until they were covered. They stopped up every spring and chopped down every productive tree. Only Kir Hareseth was left intact, but the slingers surrounded it and attacked it.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 3:19 : 19 And you shall attack every fortified city and every choice city, and shall cut down every good tree, and stop up all the springs of water, and ruin every good piece of land with stones."
• Isa 16:7 : 7 Therefore Moab shall wail for Moab, everyone shall wail: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall you mourn; surely they are stricken.
• Jer 48:31 : 31 Therefore I will howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; my heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.
• Jer 48:36 : 36 Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres, because the riches he has acquired are perished.
• Isa 16:11 : 11 Therefore my heart shall sound like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kirharesh.
• Isa 37:26-27 : 26 Have you not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? Now have I brought it to pass, that you should lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. 27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blighted before it is grown up.
• 2 Chr 32:4 : 4 So many people gathered together and stopped all the fountains and the brook that ran through the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water?
• Isa 15:1 : 1 The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence.
• Gen 26:15 : 15 For all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
• Gen 26:18 : 18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
• Deut 2:9 : 9 And the LORD said unto me, Do not distress the Moabites, nor contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.
• Deut 20:19-20 : 19 When you besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy the trees by forcing an axe against them: for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege: 20 Only the trees which you know are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it is subdued.
• Judg 9:45 : 45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, killed the people who were in it, and tore down the city, and sowed it with salt.
• 2 Sam 8:2 : 2 And he defeated Moab and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; with two lines he measured to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants and brought gifts.