Verse 22

And he answered, You shall not strike them: would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Elisha svarte: "Du skal ikke slå dem. Ville du slå dem du har tatt til fange med ditt sverd og bue? Sett mat og vann foran dem så de kan spise og drikke, og la dem dra tilbake til sin herre."

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men han svarte: Du skal ikke slå dem ihjel. Vil du slå dem ihjel som du har tatt til fange med ditt sverd og din bue? Sett mat og vann foran dem, så de kan spise og drikke, og gå til sin herre.

• Norsk King James

  Og han svarte: "Du skal ikke slå dem! Vil du slå dem som du har fanget med ditt sverd og din bue? Sett frem brød og vann for dem, så de kan spise og drikke, og dra tilbake til sin herre."

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men han svarte: Du skal ikke slå dem. Vil du slå dem som du har tatt til fange med ditt sverd og din bue? Sett brød og vann foran dem, så de kan spise og drikke og dra tilbake til sin herre.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han svarte: 'Nei, du skal ikke hugge dem ned. Slår du dem ned som du har tatt til fange med ditt sverd og din bue? Sett mat og drikke foran dem, så de kan spise og drikke og dra tilbake til sin herre.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men han svarte: Du skal ikke slå dem. Vil du slå dem som du har tatt til fange med ditt sverd og din bue? Sett brød og vann framfor dem, så de kan spise og drikke og dra tilbake til sin herre.

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

  Men han svarte: Du skal ikke slå dem. Vil du slå dem som du har tatt til fange med ditt sverd og din bue? Sett brød og vann framfor dem, så de kan spise og drikke og dra tilbake til sin herre.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han svarte: 'Du skal ikke slå dem ned. Ville du slå de du har tatt til fange med sverd og bue? Sett mat og drikke foran dem, så de kan spise og drikke og dra tilbake til sin herre.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Elisha answered, "Do not kill them. Would you kill those you have captured with your sword or bow? Set food and water before them so they can eat and drink and then return to their master."

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han svarte: "Du skal ikke slå dem. Slår du dem som du har tatt til fange med ditt sverd og din bue? Sett mat og vann foran dem, så de kan spise og drikke, og la dem deretter dra tilbake til sin herre."

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han sagde: Du skal ikke slaae (dem); skulde du slaae dem, som du haver fanget med dit Sværd og med din Bue? sæt Brød og Vand for dem, at de maae æde og drikke og drage til deres Herre.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han svarte: Du skal ikke slå dem ned. Ville du slå ned de du har tatt til fange med sverd og pil og bue? Set brød og vann foran dem, så de kan spise og drikke og vende tilbake til sin herre.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han svarte: Du skal ikke slå dem; ville du slå dem du har tatt til fange med sverd og bue? Sett frem brød og vann foran dem, så de kan spise og drikke, og så dra til sin herre.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han svarte: «Du skal ikke slå dem ned. Slår du dem ned som du har tatt til fange med ditt sverd og din bue? Sett mat og drikke foran dem så de kan spise og drikke og dra til sin herre.»

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men han svarte: Du skal ikke drepe dem. Har du rett til å drepe dem du ikke har tatt til fange med ditt sverd og din bue? Sett mat og drikke foran dem, så de kan spise og drikke og gå tilbake til sin herre.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He saide: Thou shalt not smyte the: loke whom thou takest with thy swerde and bowe, smyte those. Set bred and water before them, that they maye eate and drynke, and let them departe vnto their lorde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: doest thou not smite them that thou hast taken with thy sworde, and with thy bowe? but set bread and water before them, that they may eate and drinke and goe to their master.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he aunswered, Thou shalt not smyte them: But smyte those that thou hast taken with thine owne sworde, and with thyne owne bowe: But rather set bread and water before them, that they may eate & drinke, & go to their maister.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he answered, Thou shalt not smite [them]: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He answered, You shall not strike them: would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he saith, `Thou dost not smite; those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow art thou smiting? set bread and water before them, and they eat, and drink, and go unto their lord.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But he said in answer, You are not to put them to death; have you any right to put to death those whom you have not taken prisoner with your sword and your bow? put bread and water before them, so that they may have food and drink and go to their master.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He answered, "You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He replied,“Do not strike them down! You did not capture them with your sword or bow, so what gives you the right to strike them down? Give them some food and water, so they can eat and drink and then go back to their master.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 48:22 : 22 Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
• Deut 20:11-16 : 11 And it shall be, if it makes you answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people that are found within shall be tributaries to you, and they shall serve you. 12 And if it will not make peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it: 13 And when the LORD your God has delivered it into your hands, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword: 14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil of it, you shall take for yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you. 15 Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations. 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:
• Josh 24:12 : 12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with your sword, nor with your bow.
• 2 Chr 28:8-9 : 8 And the children of Israel carried away captive two hundred thousand of their brethren, women, sons, and daughters, and took also much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. 9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded, and he went out before the army that came to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage that reaches up to heaven. 10 And now you purpose to keep the children of Judah and Jerusalem as bondmen and bondwomen for yourselves, but are there not with you sins against the LORD your God? 11 Now hear me therefore, and return the captives, whom you have taken captive of your brethren, for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you. 12 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came from the war, 13 And said to them, You shall not bring the captives here, for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, you intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass, for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. 14 So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the leaders and all the congregation. 15 And the men who were mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all who were naked among them, and dressed them, and shod them, and gave them food and drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble among them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren. Then they returned to Samaria.
• Ps 44:6 : 6 For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall my sword save me.
• Prov 25:21-22 : 21 If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; 22 For you will heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD will reward you.
• Hos 1:7 : 7 But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
• Hos 2:18 : 18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them lie down safely.
• Matt 5:44 : 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you;
• Rom 12:20-21 : 20 Therefore if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink: for in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head. 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.