Verse 1

Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Na'aman, hærføreren til kongen av Aram, var en stor mann i sin herres øyne og høyt respektert, for ved ham hadde Herren gitt Aram seier. Men han var rammet av spedalskhet.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Naaman, hærføreren til kongen av Syria, var en stor mann for sin herre og høyt aktet, for gjennom ham hadde Herren gitt seier til Syria. Han var også en sterk kriger, men han var spedalsk.

• Norsk King James

  Naaman, kapteinen for hæren til kongen av Syria, var en stor mann i sin herres øyne og ble æret, fordi Herren gjennom ham hadde gitt befrielse til Syria; han var også en mektig kriger, men han var en spedalsk.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Naaman, kommandøren for hæren til kongen av Syria, var en mektig mann som hadde stor anseelse hos sin herre. Herren ga nemlig Syria seier gjennom ham, men mannen var spedalsk.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Naaman, øverstkommanderende over Arams hær, var en stor mann hos sin herre og høyt ansett, for gjennom ham hadde Herren gitt seirer til Aram. Men denne mannen, en dyktig kriger, var spedalsk.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Nå var Naaman, hærføreren til kongen av Syria, en stor mann hos sin herre og høyt æret, fordi Herren hadde gitt seier til Syria ved ham. Han var også en mektig kriger, men han led av spedalskhet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Nå var Naaman, lederen for kongen av Syriens hær, en stor mann i sin herres øyne og ærverdig, fordi Herren hadde gitt frelse til Syria gjennom ham; han var også en tapper kriger, men han led av spedalskhet.

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

  Nå var Naaman, hærføreren til kongen av Syria, en stor mann hos sin herre og høyt æret, fordi Herren hadde gitt seier til Syria ved ham. Han var også en mektig kriger, men han led av spedalskhet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Naaman, øverstkommanderende for hæren til kongen av Aram, var en stor mann for sin herre og høyt ansett, for ved ham hadde Herren gitt seier til Aram. Mannen var en mektig kriger, men han hadde spedalskhet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master's sight and highly regarded, because through him the Lord had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant warrior, but he had leprosy.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Naaman, hærføreren for kongen av Aram, var en stor mann for sin herre og høyt respektert, fordi Herren hadde gitt seier til Aram gjennom ham. Men denne mannen var en tapper kriger som led av spedalskhet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Naaman, Kongen af Syriens Stridshøvedsmand, var en mægtig Mand for sin Herres Ansigt og høit anseet, thi Herren gav Syrien Frelsning ved ham; og den Mand, han var vældig til Strid, (men) spedalsk.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Naaman, hærføreren til kongen av Syria, var en stor mann for sin herre, og aktet høyt fordi Herren hadde gitt seier til Syria gjennom ham. Han var også en mektig kriger, men han hadde spedalskhet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Naaman, hærføreren til kongen av Syria, var en stor mann hos sin herre, høyt aktet, for ved ham hadde Herren gitt seier til Syria; men han var spedalsk.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Naaman, leder for kongen av Arams hær, var en stor mann for sin herre og høyt ansett, for ved ham hadde Herren gitt frelse til Aram. mannen var en dyktig kriger, men spedalsk.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Naaman, en stor mann og hærfører for kongen av Syria, var høyt ansett hos sin herre og ansett som ærefull. For gjennom ham hadde Herren gitt seier til Syria. Men han var spedalsk.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Nå var Na’aman, hærføreren til kongen av Aram, en høyaktet mann hos sin herre, og svært respektert, for ved ham hadde Herren gitt seier til Aram. Men han var spedalsk.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Naaman the chefe captayne of the kynge of Syria, was an excellet ma in the sighte of his lorde, and moch set by (for thorow him the LORDE gaue health vnto Syria) and he was a mightie man, but a leper.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Now was there one Naaman captaine of the hoste of the King of Aram, a great man, and honourable in the sight of his lorde, because that by him the Lorde had deliuered the Aramites. He also was a mightie man and valiant, but a leper.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Naaman captayne of the hoast of the king of Syria, was a great man, and honorable in the sight of his maister, because that by him the Lorde had geuen health vnto Syria: He was also a mightie man, & expert in warre but he was a leaper.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, [but he was] a leper.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, [but he was] a leper.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Naaman, head of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man before his lord, and accepted of face, for by him had Jehovah given salvation to Aram, and the man was mighty in valour -- leprous.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Jehovah had given victory unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, [but he was] a leper.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now Naaman, chief of the army of the king of Aram, was a man of high position with his master, and greatly respected, because by him the Lord had given salvation to Aram; but he was a leper.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, [but he was] a leper.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Elisha Heals a Syrian General Now Naaman, the commander of the king of Syria’s army, was esteemed and respected by his master, for through him the LORD had given Syria military victories. But this great warrior had a skin disease.

Referenced Verses

• Luke 4:27 : 27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian.
• Num 12:10-12 : 10 And the cloud departed from above the tabernacle, and behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow. And Aaron looked at Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. 11 And Aaron said to Moses, 'Alas, my lord, I beseech you, do not lay the sin upon us, wherein we have acted foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.' 12 'Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.'
• Deut 2:37 : 37 Only to the land of the children of Ammon you did not come, nor to any place of the river Jabbok, nor to the cities in the mountains, nor to whatever the LORD our God forbade us.
• 2 Sam 3:29 : 29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.
• 2 Kgs 4:8 : 8 And it happened one day, that Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
• 2 Kgs 5:27 : 27 Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you, and to your descendants forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
• 2 Kgs 7:3 : 3 And there were four leprous men at the entry of the gate: and they said one to another, Why do we sit here until we die?
• 2 Chr 26:19-23 : 19 Then Uzziah was angry, and he held a censer in his hand to burn incense. While he was angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of the LORD, beside the incense altar. 20 Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and he was leprous on his forehead. So they hurried him out of there. Indeed, he also hurried to leave, because the LORD had struck him. 21 King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in a separate house, being a leper, for he was cut off from the house of the LORD. Jotham his son was in charge of the palace, governing the people of the land. 22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from first to last, were written by the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz. 23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in a field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, "He is a leper." And Jotham his son reigned in his place.
• Esth 9:4 : 4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai grew greater and greater.
• Esth 10:3 : 3 For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brethren, seeking the welfare of his people, and speaking peace to all his descendants.
• Prov 21:31 : 31 The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but safety is of the LORD.
• Isa 10:5-6 : 5 O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation. 6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• Jer 27:5-6 : 5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed right to me. 6 And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field I have given him also to serve him.
• Exod 11:3 : 3 And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.
• Lev 13:2-3 : 2 When a man has in the skin of his flesh a swelling, a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests. 3 And the priest shall examine the plague in the skin of the flesh, and if the hair in the plague has turned white, and the plague appears deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy, and the priest shall examine him and pronounce him unclean.
• Lev 13:44-46 : 44 he is a leprous man; he is unclean. The priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is on his head. 45 And the leper who has the plague, his clothes shall be torn and his head bare, he shall cover his upper lip and cry, 'Unclean, unclean.' 46 All the days that the plague is in him, he shall be defiled; he is unclean. He shall dwell alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.
• Rom 15:18 : 18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, in making the Gentiles obedient by word and deed,
• 2 Cor 12:7 : 7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
• John 19:11 : 11 Jesus answered, You could have no power against me at all, except it were given you from above: therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater sin.