Verse 17

Therefore thus says the LORD; Your wife shall be a harlot in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you shall die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity from his land.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Derfor sier Herren: 'Din kvinne skal bli utro i byen, dine sønner og døtre skal falle for sverdet, din eiendom skal deles med mål, og du selv skal dø i et urent land. Israel vil bli ført i eksil fra sitt hjemland.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Derfor sier Herren: Din kone skal bli en skjøge i byen, og dine sønner og dine døtre skal falle for sverdet, og din jord skal deles ved lodd; du selv skal dø i et urent land, og Israel skal sikkert bli ført bort fra sitt land.

• Norsk King James

  Derfor sier Herren slik: Din kone skal bli en hore i byen, og dine sønner og døtre skal falle for sverdet, ditt land skal bli delt; du skal dø for et urent land, og Israel skal virkelig gå i fangenskap fra sitt land.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor sier Herren slik: Din kone skal drive hor i byen, dine sønner og døtre skal falle for sverdet, og ditt land skal deles med snor, og du skal dø i et urent land, og Israel skal sikkert føres bort fra sitt land.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Derfor sier Herren: 'Din kone skal bedrive hor i byen, og dine sønner og døtre skal falle ved sverdet, og ditt land skal bli delt opp med snor, og du skal dø i et urent land. Israel skal visselig bli bortført fra sitt land.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Derfor sier Herren: Din kone skal bli en skjøge i byen, dine sønner og døtre skal falle for sverdet, og din jord skal deles opp; og du skal dø i et vanehellig land: og Israel skal garantert gå i fangenskap fra sitt land.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Derfor sier Herren: Din hustru skal bli en utuktig kvinne i byen, dine sønner og døtre skal falle ved sverdet, og ditt land skal bli delt inn etter linjer; du skal dø i et uren land, og Israel skal uten tvil tas til fange fra sitt land.

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

  Derfor sier Herren: Din kone skal bli en skjøge i byen, dine sønner og døtre skal falle for sverdet, og din jord skal deles opp; og du skal dø i et vanehellig land: og Israel skal garantert gå i fangenskap fra sitt land.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Derfor sier Herren: 'Din hustru skal bli en skjøge i byen, dine sønner og døtre skal falle for sverdet, ditt land skal bli delt med målesnor, og du skal dø på uren jord. Og Israel skal bli ført i eksil bort fra sitt land.'"

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Therefore, this is what the Lord says: 'Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, your sons and daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be divided up with a measuring line, and you yourself will die in a polluted land. Israel will surely go into exile away from their homeland.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Derfor sier Herren: "Din kone skal drive hor i byen, dine sønner og døtre skal falle for sverdet, og din jord skal deles ut med målesnor. Du selv skal dø i et urent land, og Israel skal føres bort fra sitt land."

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor sagde Herren saaledes: Din Hustru skal bedrive Horeri i Staden, og dine Sønner og dine Døttre skulle falde ved Sværdet, og dit Land deles med Snoren, og du, du skal døe i et ureent Land, og Israel skal visseligen bortføres af sit Land.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Derfor sier Herren: Din kone skal bli en prostituert i byen, dine sønner og døtre skal falle for sverdet, ditt land skal deles opp med målesnor; og du skal dø i et urent land, og Israel skal sikkert gå i fangenskap bort fra sitt land.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Derfor sier Herren: 'Din kone skal bli en prostituert i byen, og dine sønner og døtre skal falle for sverdet, og ditt land skal deles med line; og du selv skal dø i et urent land, og Israel skal visselig bli ført bort fra sitt land.'"

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  derfor sier Jehova: Din hustru skal drive hor i byen, og dine sønner og døtre skal falle for sverdet, og ditt land skal deles med målesnor, og du skal dø på et urent land, og Israel skal visselig bli fjernet fra sitt land.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Derfor sier Herren: Din kone skal bli en skjøge i byen, og dine sønner og dine døtre skal falle for sverdet, og ditt land skal bli delt med målesnor; og du selv skal dø i et urent land, og Israel skal sikkert bli ført i fangenskap bort fra sitt land.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Så dette er hva Herren har sagt: Din kone skal bli en løs kvinne i byen, og dine sønner og døtre skal falle for sverdet, og ditt land skal deles opp i deler med et lodd; og du selv skal ende dine dager i et urent land, og Israel skal sikkert bli bortført som fanger fra sitt land.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wherfore thus sayeth the LORDE: Thy wife shalbe defyled in ye cite, yi sonnes and doughters shalbe slayne with the swerde, and thy londe shalbe measured out with the lyne: Thou thy self shalt dye in an vnclene londe, and Israel shalbe dryuen out off his owne countre.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore thus sayth the Lord, Thy wife shall be an harlot in the citie, and thy sonnes and thy daughters shal fall by the sword, and thy land shall be deuided by line: and thou shalt die in a polluted land, and Israel shal surely go into captiuitie forth of his land.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Therfore thus sayth the Lorde, Thy wyfe shalbe an harlot in the citie, and thy sonnes and thy daughters shall fall by the sworde, and thy land shalbe deuided by line, and thou shalt die in a polluted land, and Israel shall surely go into captiuitie foorth of his lande.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Therefore thus says Yahweh: 'Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  therefore thus said Jehovah: Thy wife in the city doth go a-whoring, And thy sons and thy daughters by sword do fall, And thy land by line is apportioned, And thou on an unclean land diest, And Israel certainly removeth from off its land.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou thyself shalt die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So this is what the Lord has said: Your wife will be a loose woman in the town, and your sons and your daughters will be put to the sword, and your land will be cut up into parts by a line; and you yourself will come to your end in an unclean land, and Israel will certainly be taken away a prisoner out of his land.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Therefore thus says Yahweh: 'Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Therefore this is what the LORD says:‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the streets and your sons and daughters will die violently. Your land will be given to others and you will die in a foreign land. Israel will certainly be carried into exile away from its land.’”

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 17:6 : 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
• Hos 9:3 : 3 They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
• Ezek 4:13 : 13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them.
• Hos 4:13-14 : 13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shade thereof is good. Therefore your daughters shall commit harlotry, and your spouses shall commit adultery. 14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, nor your spouses when they commit adultery, for the men themselves are separated with harlots, and they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. Therefore, the people who do not understand shall fall.
• Jer 28:16 : 16 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, I will cast you from off the face of the earth: this year you shall die, because you have taught rebellion against the LORD.
• Jer 29:21 : 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes.
• Jer 29:31-32 : 31 Send to all the exiles, saying, Thus says the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you and I did not send him, and he has caused you to trust in a lie. 32 Therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants; he shall not have anyone to dwell among this people, nor shall he see the good that I will do for my people, says the LORD, because he has taught rebellion against the LORD.
• Amos 7:11 : 11 For thus Amos says, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
• Zech 14:2 : 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women violated; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
• Lev 26:33-39 : 33 And I will scatter you among the nations, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. 34 Then shall the land enjoy its Sabbaths, as long as it lies desolate, and you are in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy its Sabbaths. 35 As long as it lies desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your Sabbaths, when you dwelt upon it. 36 And upon those who are left alive of you I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one flees from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursues. 37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursues: and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies. 38 And you shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. 39 And those who are left of you shall waste away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they waste away with them.
• Jer 36:27-32 : 27 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after the king had burned the scroll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, 28 Take again another scroll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned. 29 And you shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus says the LORD: You have burned this scroll, saying, Why have you written in it, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause man and beast to cease from there? 30 Therefore thus says the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. 31 And I will punish him and his descendants and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the disaster that I have pronounced against them, but they did not listen. 32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote on it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and many similar words were added to them.
• Lam 5:11 : 11 They ravished the women in Zion, the young women in the cities of Judah.
• Jer 29:25 : 25 Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: Because you have sent letters in your name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
• Ps 78:55 : 55 He cast out the nations also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
• Isa 13:16 : 16 Their children also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered, and their wives ravished.
• Jer 20:6 : 6 And you, Pashur, and all that dwell in your house shall go into captivity: and you shall come to Babylon, and there you shall die, and shall be buried there, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied lies.
• Jer 28:12 : 12 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,