Verse 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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For Herren hadde fått arameernes hær til å høre lyden av vogner, hester og en stor hær. De sa til hverandre: 'Kongen i Israel har leid inn hetittenes og egypternes konger for å komme imot oss.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For Herren hadde fått syrernes hær til å høre lyden av vogner, lyden av hester, lyden av en stor hær. Og de sa til hverandre: Se, Israels konge har leid imot oss hetittkongene og egypterkongene for å komme over oss.

• Norsk King James

  For Herren hadde fått syrerne til å høre lyden av vogner og hester, ja, lyden av en stor hær; og de sa til hverandre: Se, kongen av Israel har hyrt hetittenes og egypternes konger mot oss.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For Herren hadde latt arameernes leir høre lyden av vogner og hester, lyden av en stor hær, slik at de sa til hverandre: Se, Israels konge har leid hetittenes og egypternes konger mot oss.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For Herren hadde latt arameernes leir høre lyden av vogner, hester og en stor hær, så de sa til hverandre: Se, Israels konge har leid mot oss kongene av hetittene og egypterne for å komme mot oss.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For Herren hadde latt syriernes hær høre lyden av vogner og hester, lyden av en stor hær; og de sa til hverandre: Se, Israels konge har leid hetittenes konger og egypternes konger til å komme mot oss.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For Herren hadde fått den syriske hæren til å høre lyden av stridsvogner og hester, ja, lyden av en stor hær, og de sa til hverandre: Se, Israels konge har leid Hittittenes og Egyptens konger for å komme mot oss.

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

  For Herren hadde latt syriernes hær høre lyden av vogner og hester, lyden av en stor hær; og de sa til hverandre: Se, Israels konge har leid hetittenes konger og egypternes konger til å komme mot oss.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For Herren hadde latt lyden av vogner, hester og en stor hær høres i arameernes leir, så de sa til hverandre: Se, Israels konge har leiet hittittenes og egypternes konger mot oss for å angripe oss!

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so they said to one another, "Look, the king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to attack us!"

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For Herren hadde fått arameernes leir til å høre lyden av vogner og hester, lyden av en stor hær. Og de sa til hverandre: Se, Israels konge har leid hettittenes konger og egypternes konger for å komme over oss.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi Herren havde ladet de Syrers Leir høre en Lyd af Vogne og en Lyd af Heste, (ja) en Lyd af en stor Hær; og de sagde, den Ene til den Anden: See, Israels Konge haver leiet imod os de Hethiters Konger og Ægypters Konger at komme over os.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to 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 hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For Herren hadde latt syrernes hær høre lyden av vogner og hester, lyden av en stor hær. Og de sa til hverandre: Se, Israels konge har leid mot oss hetittenes konger og egypternes konger, for å angripe oss.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For Herren hadde latt syrernes hær høre lyden av vogner, hester og en stor hær, så de sa til hverandre: Se, Israels konge har leid kongene av hetittene og egypterne for å angripe oss.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For Herren hadde fått arameernes leir til å høre lyden av vogner og hester, en stor hær, slik at de sa til hverandre: 'Se, Israels konge har leid hetittkongene og egypterkongene til å komme mot oss.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For Herren hadde fått syrernes hær til å høre lyden av vogner og lyden av hester, lyden av en stor hær; og de sa til hverandre: Se, Israels konge har leid hetittkongene og kongene av Egypt mot oss for å komme over oss.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For Herren hadde fått arameerne til å høre lyden av vogner, hester og en stor hær, så de sa til hverandre: Sannelig, Israels konge har leid kongene av hetittene og egypterne til å angripe oss.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For the LORDE had made the Syrians to heare a noyse of horses, charettes, and of a mightie greate hoost, so that they sayde one to another amonge the selues: Beholde, the kynge of Israel hath hyred the kynge of the Hethites, and the kynge of the Egipcians agaynst vs, to come vpo vs.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the Lord had caused the campe of the Aramites to heare a noyse of charets & a noise of horses, and a noise of a great armie, so that they sayde one to another, Beholde, the King of Israel hath hired against vs the Kings of the Hittites, and the Kings of the Egyptians to come vpon vs.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the Lorde had made the hoast of the Syrians to heare a noyse of charets, & a noyse of horses, & the noyse of a great hoast: Insomuch that they sayde one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hyred against vs the kinges of the Hethites, and the kinges of the Egyptians, to come vpon vs.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to 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 hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  seeing Jehovah hath caused the camp of Aram to hear a noise of chariot and a noise of horse -- a noise of great force, and they say one unto another, `Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Egypt, to come against us.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to 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 hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the Lord had made the sound of carriages and horses, and the noise of a great army, come to the ears of the Aramaeans, so that they said to one another, Truly, the king of Israel has got the kings of the Hittites and of the Egyptians for a price to make an attack on us.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great army: and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Lord had caused the Syrian camp to hear the sound of chariots and horses and a large army. Then they said to one another,“Look, the king of Israel has paid the kings of the Hittites and Egypt to attack us!”

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 5:24 : 24 And let it be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall advance quickly, for then the LORD will go out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.
• 1 Kgs 10:29 : 29 And a chariot was imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and likewise for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, they exported them by their own means.
• Isa 31:1 : 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD!
• Isa 36:9 : 9 How then will you turn away one captain of the least of my master's servants and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
• 2 Chr 12:2-3 : 2 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD, 3 With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen; and the people who came with him out of Egypt were without number, the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
• Job 15:21 : 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
• Ps 14:5 : 5 There they were in great fear, for God is with the generation of the righteous.
• Jer 20:3-4 : 3 And it came to pass the next day, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, The LORD has not called your name Pashur, but Magor-missabib. 4 For thus says the LORD, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
• Ezek 10:5 : 5 And the sound of the cherubim's wings was heard even in the outer court, like the voice of Almighty God when He speaks.
• Rev 6:15-16 : 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
• Rev 9:9 : 9 They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses running to battle.
• 2 Kgs 3:22-27 : 22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood. 23 And they said, "This is blood; the kings are surely slain, and they have struck one another. Now, Moab, to the spoil!" 24 So when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they continued attacking and defeated the Moabites in their land. 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. 26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew swords to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not. 27 Then he took his eldest son, who was to reign in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their own land.
• 2 Kgs 19:7 : 7 Behold, I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.