Verse 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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han beseiret også moabittene og målte dem med et tau; to snorer ble brukt for å dømme til døden, og én snor for å la leve. Dermed ble moabittene Davids tjenere og brakte ham gaver.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han slo også Moab og målte dem med en snor, la dem på jorden, to snorer for å drepe og en full snor for å holde i live. Så ble Moab Davids tjenere og brakte gaver.

• Norsk King James

  Og han slo moabittene og målte dem med snorer. Med to snorer målte han for å drepe dem, og med én snor for å la dem leve. Dermed ble moabittene Davids tjenere, og de bragte gaver.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han beseiret også moabittene. Han målte dem opp mens de lå på bakken og delte dem i tre grupper, to deler til å bli drept og en del til å bli spart; slik ble moabittene Davids tjenere og betalte ham tributt.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han beseiret Moab og målte dem med en snor etter å ha lagt dem til bakken. Han målte to snorer for å drepe og en hel snor for å la leve. Så ble moabittene Davids tjenere og måtte gi ham gaver.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han slo også Moab og målte dem med en linje mens de lå på bakken. Med to linjer målte han dem for å sette dem til døden, og med én full linje for å la dem leve. Slik ble moabittene Davids tjenere og brakte ham gaver.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og han slo Moab og målte dem med en linje, ved å legge dem ned på bakken; med to linjer målte han de som skulle dø og med én hel linje de som skulle leve. Slik ble moabittene til Davids tjenere, og de brakte ham gaver.

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

  Han slo også Moab og målte dem med en linje mens de lå på bakken. Med to linjer målte han dem for å sette dem til døden, og med én full linje for å la dem leve. Slik ble moabittene Davids tjenere og brakte ham gaver.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han slo også Moab og målte dem med et snor som la dem ned på bakken. Han målte to snorer for å drepe og én full snor for å la leve. Slik ble moabittene underlagt som tjenere for David og brakte tributt.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  David also defeated Moab. He made them lie down on the ground and measured them with a rope. He measured two lengths of rope to put them to death and one full length to let them live, and the Moabites became servants to David, bringing him tribute.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "2 Samuel.8.2", "source": "וַיַּ֣ךְ אֶת־מוֹאָ֗ב וַֽיְמַדְּדֵ֤ם בַּחֶ֙בֶל֙ הַשְׁכֵּ֣ב אוֹתָ֣ם אַ֔רְצָה וַיְמַדֵּ֤ד שְׁנֵֽי־חֲבָלִים֙ לְהָמִ֔ית וּמְלֹ֥א הַחֶ֖בֶל לְהַחֲי֑וֹת וַתְּהִ֤י מוֹאָב֙ לְדָוִ֔ד לַעֲבָדִ֖ים נֹשְׂאֵ֥י מִנְחָֽה׃", "text": "And *wayyak* *ʾet*-*Môʾāb* and *wayəmaddədēm* with *ḥebel* the *haškēb* *ʾôtām* to ground and *wayəmaddēd* two-*ḥăbālîm* to *hāmît* and fullness of the *ḥebel* to *haḥăyôt* and *wattəhî* *Môʾāb* to *Dāwid* for *ʿăbādîm* *nōśəʾê* *minḥâ*.", "grammar": { "*wayyak*": "waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular of *nākâ* - and he struck/defeated", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*Môʾāb*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Moab", "*wayəmaddədēm*": "waw-consecutive + piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he measured them", "*baḥebel*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - with the cord/rope/measuring line", "*haškēb*": "hiphil infinitive construct - causing to lie down", "*ʾôtām*": "direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them", "*ʾarṣâ*": "noun, feminine singular + directional hê - to the ground", "*wayəmaddēd*": "waw-consecutive + piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he measured", "*šənê*": "cardinal number, masculine construct - two", "*ḥăbālîm*": "noun, masculine plural - cords/lines/portions", "*ləhāmît*": "preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to kill/put to death", "*məlōʾ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - fullness of", "*haḥebel*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the cord/line/portion", "*ləhaḥăyôt*": "preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to let live/preserve alive", "*wattəhî*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and became", "*Môʾāb*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Moab", "*ləDāwid*": "preposition + proper noun - for/to David", "*laʿăbādîm*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural - for servants", "*nōśəʾê*": "qal participle masculine plural construct - bearers of", "*minḥâ*": "noun, feminine singular - tribute/offering/gift" }, "variants": { "*ḥebel*": "measuring cord/line/rope/territory/portion/lot", "*məlōʾ haḥebel*": "full measure/full length of the line/one complete portion", "*haškēb ʾôtām ʾarṣâ*": "making them lie down on the ground/arranging them on the ground", "*ləhāmît*": "to kill/to put to death", "*ləhaḥăyôt*": "to let live/to spare alive", "*nōśəʾê minḥâ*": "bearers of tribute/bringers of gifts/offering bearers" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  David slo moabittene og målte dem med et rep mens de lå på bakken. Han målte to rep for å drepe og ett fullt rep for å la dem leve. Moabittene ble Davids tjenere og bar frem tributt til ham.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han slog Moabiterne og maalte dem med en Snor, der han havde kommet dem til at ligge paa Jorden, og han maalte to Snorer at slaae ihjel, og en Snor fuld at lade leve; saa bleve Moabiterne Davids Tjenere, at de førte ham Skjenk til.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han slo også Moab, og målte dem med et line, kastet dem ned til bakken; med to linjer målte han dem for å bli drept, og med en full linje for å beholde i live. På den måten ble moabittene Davids tjenere og brakte gaver.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han slo Moab, og målte dem opp med en linje mens de lå på bakken; og han målte to linjer for å sette til døden, og en full linje for å la være i live. Moabittene ble Davids tjenere og brakte ham tributt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han slo også Moab, målte dem med en linje, og fikk dem til å legge seg på jorden. Han målte opp to linjer for å ta livet av, og én linje for å la leve. Moabittene ble Davids tjenere og bar frem gaver.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han slo også Moab og målte dem med en line, idet han lot dem ligge på bakken. Han målte to linjer for å henrette dem, og én full linje for å la dem leve. Og moabittene ble tjenere for David og brakte ham tributt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han beseiret også moabittene. Han målte dem med en linje mens de lå på bakken; to linjer for død og en full linje for liv. Så ble moabittene Davids tjenere og ga ham gaver.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He smote the Moabites also to the grounde, so that he broughte two partes of them to death, and let one parte lyue. Thus the Moabites were subdued vnto Dauid, so yt they broughte him giftes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And hee smote Moab, and measured them with a corde, & cast them downe to the ground: he measured them with two cordes to put them to death, and with one full corde to keepe them aliue: so became the Moabites Dauids seruants, and brought giftes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he smote the Moabites, and measured them with a lyne, and cast them downe to the grounde, euen with two lynes measured he them, to put them to death, and with one full corde to kepe them alyue: And so became the Moabites Dauids seruauntes, and brought giftes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And [so] the Moabites became David's servants, [and] brought gifts.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He struck Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. The Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he smiteth Moab, and measureth them with a line, causing them to lie down on the earth, and he measureth two lines to put to death, and the fulness of the line to keep alive, and the Moabites are to David for servants, bearers of a present.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he overcame the Moabites, and he had them measured with a line when they were stretched out on the earth; marking out two lines for death and one full line for life. So the Moabites became servants to David and gave him offerings.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He struck Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. The Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He defeated the Moabites. He made them lie on the ground and then used a rope to measure them off. He put two-thirds of them to death and spared the other third. The Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute.

Referenced Verses

• Num 24:17 : 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
• 1 Sam 10:27 : 27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no gifts. But he held his peace.
• Ps 60:8 : 8 Moab is My washpot; over Edom I will cast My shoe; Philistia, triumph because of Me.
• 2 Sam 8:6 : 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus, and the Syrians became David's servants and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went.
• 2 Sam 8:12-14 : 12 From Syria, Moab, the children of Ammon, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. 13 And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt. 14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went.
• 2 Sam 12:31 : 31 He brought forth the people who were in it, and put them under saws, harrows of iron, and axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln: and thus he did to all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
• 2 Kgs 1:1 : 1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
• 2 Kgs 3:4-9 : 4 And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder and rendered to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and one hundred thousand rams, with the wool. 5 But it happened, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. 6 So king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time and numbered all Israel. 7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?" And he said, "I will go up; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses." 8 And he said, "Which way shall we go up?" And he answered, "The way through the wilderness of Edom." 9 So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom, and they made a circuit of seven days' journey. And there was no water for the army and the cattle that followed them. 10 And the king of Israel said, "Alas, that the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab!" 11 But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?" And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, "Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah." 12 And Jehoshaphat said, "The word of the LORD is with him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. 13 And Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother." And the king of Israel said to him, "No, for the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab." 14 And Elisha said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look at you, nor see you." 15 But now bring me a musician. And it happened, when the musician played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. 16 And he said, "Thus says the LORD: 'Make this valley full of ditches.' 17 For thus says the LORD: 'You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you may drink, both you and your cattle and your animals.' 18 And this is but a trivial thing in the sight of the LORD; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand. 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." 20 And it happened in the morning, when the grain offering was offered, that suddenly water came from the way of Edom, and the land was filled with water. 21 And when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered all who were able to put on armor, and stood at the border. 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 17:3 : 3 Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him tribute.
• 1 Chr 18:2 : 2 And he struck Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants and brought gifts.
• 2 Chr 26:8 : 8 The Ammonites brought gifts to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, for he became exceedingly strong.
• Ps 72:10-11 : 10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 11 Yes, all kings shall fall down before him; all nations shall serve him.
• Ps 108:9 : 9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom I will cast out my shoe; over Philistia I will triumph.
• Isa 36:16 : 16 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria: Make peace with me by a present, and come out to me, and every one of you eat from his own vine and his own fig tree and drink the waters of his own cistern,
• 1 Sam 14:47 : 47 So Saul established his reign over Israel and fought against all his enemies on every side: Moab, the children of Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines; wherever he turned, he harassed them.
• Judg 3:29-30 : 29 And they killed of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all strong, and all men of valor; and not a man escaped. 30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years.
• Ps 83:6 : 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagrites;