Verse 11

Then she said, I pray you, let the king remember the LORD your God, that you would not allow the avenger of blood to destroy anymore, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hun svarte: «La kongen sverge ved Herren din Gud, at blodhevneren ikke skal ødelegge mer, så min sønn ikke blir drept.» Kongen svarte: «Så sant Herren lever, skal ikke et hår på hodet til din sønn falle til jorden.»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da sa hun: La kongen huske på Herren din Gud, for at blodhevnerne ikke skal gjøre mer ødeleggelse, så de ødelegger min sønn. Han svarte: Så sant Herren lever, det skal ikke falle et hårstrå fra din sønns hode til jorden.

• Norsk King James

  Da sa hun: "Jeg ber deg, la kongen huske på Herren din Gud, så han ikke lar blodhemnerne ødelegge flere liv; vi ønsker ikke at de skal drepe min sønn." Og han sa: "Så sant Herren lever, skal ikke et hår på din sønns hode falle til jorden."

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hun ba: «O konge, la din Gud huske på at blodhevnerne ikke skal fortsette å ødelegge, slik at de ikke skal utslette min sønn.» Han svarte: «Så sant Herren lever, ikke ett hår av din sønn skal falle til jorden.»

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hun sa: 'Måtte kongen huske Herren sin Gud, så blodhevnere ikke får ødelegge, og de ikke utsletter min sønn!' Han svarte: 'Så sant Herren lever, ikke et hår på din sønns hode skal falle til jorden.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da sa hun: Jeg ber deg, kom kongen i hu, Herren din Gud, slik at du ikke lar blodhevnere ødelegge mer, for da ville de ødelegge min sønn. Og han sa: Så sant Herren lever, det skal ikke falle en hårstrå fra din sønn til jorden.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da sa hun: 'Jeg ber deg, la kongen huske Herren, din Gud, og ikke la blodsutrederne fortsette ødeleggelsen, så de ikke utrydder min sønn. Så sant Herren lever, skal ikke et eneste hår på din sønn falle til jorden!'

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

  Da sa hun: Jeg ber deg, kom kongen i hu, Herren din Gud, slik at du ikke lar blodhevnere ødelegge mer, for da ville de ødelegge min sønn. Og han sa: Så sant Herren lever, det skal ikke falle en hårstrå fra din sønn til jorden.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hun sa: «Må kongen ved Herren sin Gud sikre at blodhevneren ikke skal ødelegge mer, og at de ikke skal utslette min sønn.» Kongen sa: «Så sant Herren lever, skal ikke ett hår av din sønn falle på jorden.»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  She said, "Let the king swear by the LORD your God that the avenger of blood will not continue to destroy and that they will not eliminate my son." The king said, "As surely as the LORD lives, not one hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground."

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hun sa: 'Minn kongen om Herren din Gud, at ingen hevner av blodet skal ødelegge mer, så de ikke utsletter min sønn.' Kongen sa: 'Så sant Herren lever, ikke et hår på din sønn skal falle til jorden.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og hun sagde: O Konge! Kjære, kom Herren din Gud ihu, at Blodhevnere skulle ikke blive mange til at fordærve, og at de ikke ødelægge min Søn; og han sagde: (Saa vist som) Herren lever, der skal ikke falde (noget) af din Søns Haar paa Jorden.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Kvinnen sa: "Vær så snill, la kongen huske Herren din Gud, så ingen får utføre blodhevn og ødelegge min sønn." Han sa: "Så sant Herren lever, ikke et hår på din sønns hode skal falle til jorden."

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så sa hun: La kongen huske Herren din Gud, at blodhevneren ikke ødelegger mer, for ikke å utslette min sønn. Han sa: Så sant Herren lever, skal ikke ett hår av din sønn falle til jorden.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hun sa: 'Måtte kongen huske Herren din Gud, så blodhevneren ikke fortsetter å ødelegge og de ikke ødelegger min sønn.' Han svarte: 'Så sant Herren lever, ikke et hår av din sønn skal falle til jorden.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Da sa hun: «Jeg ber deg, la kongen huske Herren din Gud, så hevneren av blod ikke ødelegger mer, for da vil de utslette min sønn.» Han sa: «Ved Herren, så sant Han lever, ikke ett hår fra din sønn skal falle på jorden.»

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hun sa: La kongen huske Herren din Gud, slik at blodhevneren ikke fortsetter ødeleggelsen og ingen tar livet av min sønn. Han svarte: Så sant Herren lever, ikke et hår på din sønns hode skal falle til jorden.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  She sayde: Let the kynge thynke vpon the LORDE his God, that there be not to many auengers of bloude to destroye, and that they brynge not my sonne to naught. He sayde: As truly as the LORDE lyueth, there shall not one heer of thy sonne fall vpon the earth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then said she, I pray thee, let the King remember the Lorde thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer many reuengers of blood to destroy, lest they slay my sonne; he answered, As the Lord liueth, there shal not one heare of thy sonne fall to the earth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then saide she: I pray thee let the king remember the Lord thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer many reuengers of blood to destroy, lest they slay my sonne. And he aunswered: As the Lorde lyueth, there shal not one heere of thy sonne fall to the earth.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, [As] the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then said she, Please let the king remember Yahweh your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. He said, As Yahweh lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And she saith, `Let, I pray thee, the king remember by Jehovah thy God, that the redeemer of blood add not to destroy, and they destroy not my son;' and he saith, `Jehovah liveth; if there doth fall of the hair of thy son to the earth.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then she said, Let the king keep in mind the Lord your God, so that he who gives punishment for blood may be kept back from further destruction and that no one may send death on my son. And he said, By the living Lord, not a hair of your son's head will come to the earth.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then she said, "Please let the king remember Yahweh your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son." He said, "As Yahweh lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the earth."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  She replied,“In that case, let the king invoke the name of the LORD your God so that the avenger of blood may not add to the killing! Then they will not destroy my son!” He replied,“As surely as the LORD lives, not a single hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 14:45 : 45 But the people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has brought this great deliverance in Israel? Far be it! As the LORD lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked with God today." So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
• Num 35:19 : 19 The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him.
• Matt 10:30 : 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
• Acts 27:34 : 34 Therefore I urge you to take nourishment: for this is for your safety: for not a hair will fall from the head of any of you.
• 1 Kgs 1:52 : 52 And Solomon said, If he will show himself a worthy man, not a hair of him shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.
• Num 35:21 : 21 Or in enmity strikes him with his hand, so that he dies, he who struck him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him.
• Deut 19:4-9 : 4 And this is the case of the manslayer who shall flee there, that he may live: Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, whom he did not hate in time past; 5 As when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies, he shall flee to one of those cities and live: 6 Lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer while his heart is hot and overtake him, because the way is long, and kill him; though he was not worthy of death, since he did not hate him in time past. 7 Therefore I command you, saying, You shall set apart three cities for yourself. 8 And if the LORD your God enlarges your border, as He has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which He promised to give to your fathers; 9 If you keep all these commandments to do them, which I command you today, to love the LORD your God, and to walk always in His ways, then you shall add three more cities for yourself, besides these three; 10 That innocent blood may not be shed in your land, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and thus blood guilt be upon you.
• Josh 20:3-6 : 3 That the slayer who kills any person unintentionally and unknowingly may flee there: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And when he who flees to one of those cities shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and shall declare his case in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city to them and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. 5 And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not deliver the slayer into his hand because he struck his neighbor unintentionally and did not hate him beforehand. 6 And he shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then the slayer shall return to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled.
• 1 Sam 20:42 : 42 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants forever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
• 1 Sam 28:10 : 10 And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD lives, there shall be no punishment happen to you for this thing.
• Num 35:27 : 27 And the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
• Gen 14:22 : 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth,
• Gen 24:2-3 : 2 And Abraham said to his oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please, put your hand under my thigh, 3 and I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.
• Gen 31:50 : 50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and you.
• Jer 4:2 : 2 And you shall swear, The LORD lives, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.