Verse 5

The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Kongen svarte kaldeerne: ‘Min befaling er klar: hvis dere ikke forteller meg drømmen og dens betydning, vil dere bli brakt til døden, og husene deres vil bli gjort til ruiner.’

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Kongen svarte og sa til kaldeerne: Saken er ute fra meg; hvis dere ikke gjør drømmen kjent for meg med dens tolkning, skal dere bli hogd i biter, og deres hus skal bli gjort til en skamflekk.

• Norsk King James

  Kongen svarte kaldeerne: Jeg har glemt min drøm; hvis dere ikke kan fortelle meg både drømmen og tolkningen, skal dere bli delt i stykker, og husene deres skal bli til søppeldynger.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Kongen svarte og sa til kaldeerne: Dette er fast bestemt av meg: Hvis dere ikke forteller meg drømmen og dens tolkning, skal dere bli stykket opp, og husene deres skal bli til ruinhauger.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Kongen svarte kaldéerne: "Det er min faste beslutning: Hvis dere ikke kan fortelle meg drømmen og dens tolkning, skal dere bli hogd i biter, og deres hus skal bli gjort til ruiner.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Kongen svarte og sa til kaldeerne: Det er bestemt: Hvis dere ikke kan fortelle meg drømmen, samt dens tolkning, skal dere bli hugget i biter, og deres hus skal bli gjort til en søppelhaug.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Kongen svarte: «Saken er allerede ute av mitt sinn. Om dere ikke forklarer drømmen og dens betydning for meg, skal dere kuttes i stykker, og deres hjem gjøres om til en møkkhaug.»

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

  Kongen svarte og sa til kaldeerne: Det er bestemt: Hvis dere ikke kan fortelle meg drømmen, samt dens tolkning, skal dere bli hugget i biter, og deres hus skal bli gjort til en søppelhaug.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Kongen svarte kaldeerne: 'Min beslutning er fast: Hvis dere ikke gjør kjent for meg drømmen og dens tydning, skal dere bli hogd i stykker, og deres hus skal bli til søppelhauger.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The king answered the Chaldeans, saying, "The command from me is firm: if you do not make the dream and its interpretation known to me, you will be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be turned into rubble.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Daniel.2.5", "source": "עָנֵ֤ה מַלְכָּא֙ וְאָמַ֣ר *לכשדיא **לְכַשְׂדָּאֵ֔י מִלְּתָ֖א מִנִּ֣י אַזְדָּ֑א הֵ֣ן לָ֤א תְהֽוֹדְעוּנַּ֙נִי֙ חֶלְמָ֣א וּפִשְׁרֵ֔הּ הַדָּמִין֙ תִּתְעַבְד֔וּן וּבָתֵּיכ֖וֹן נְוָלִ֥י יִתְּשָׂמֽוּן׃", "text": "*ʿaneh* *malkaʾ* and *waʾamar* to *ləkaśdaʾei*: *milləthaʾ* from me *ʾazdaʾ*; if *laʾ* *təhodʿunanni* *ḥelmaʾ* and *pishreḥ*, *haddamin* *tithʿavdun* and *vatteikhon* *nəwali* *yittəśamun*.", "grammar": { "*ʿaneh*": "Aramaic peal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'answered'", "*malkaʾ*": "Aramaic noun, emphatic state - 'the king'", "*waʾamar*": "Aramaic conjunction with peal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and said'", "*ləkaśdaʾei*": "Aramaic preposition with noun in emphatic state - 'to the Chaldeans'", "*milləthaʾ*": "Aramaic noun, emphatic state - 'the word/decree'", "*ʾazdaʾ*": "Aramaic adjective - 'sure/firm/certain'", "*laʾ*": "Aramaic negative particle - 'not'", "*təhodʿunanni*": "Aramaic haphel imperfect, 2nd masculine plural with 1st singular suffix - 'you make known to me'", "*ḥelmaʾ*": "Aramaic noun, emphatic state - 'the dream'", "*pishreḥ*": "Aramaic noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'its interpretation'", "*haddamin*": "Aramaic noun - 'limbs/pieces'", "*tithʿavdun*": "Aramaic hithpeel imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - 'you will be made'", "*vatteikhon*": "Aramaic noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine plural suffix - 'your houses'", "*nəwali*": "Aramaic noun - 'refuse heap/dunghill'", "*yittəśamun*": "Aramaic hithpeel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - 'they will be made'" }, "variants": { "*ʿaneh*": "answered, responded, replied", "*waʾamar*": "and said, and spoke, and declared", "*milləthaʾ*": "the word, the decree, the matter, the command", "*ʾazdaʾ*": "sure, firm, certain, gone forth, decided", "*təhodʿunanni*": "you make known to me, you inform me, you tell me", "*ḥelmaʾ*": "the dream, the vision", "*pishreḥ*": "its interpretation, its meaning, its explanation", "*haddamin*": "limbs, pieces, cut in pieces", "*tithʿavdun*": "you will be made, you will be turned into", "*vatteikhon*": "your houses, your dwellings, your homes", "*nəwali*": "refuse heap, dunghill, rubbish pile", "*yittəśamun*": "they will be made, they will be turned into" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Kongen svarte og sa til kaldeerne: 'Dette er min bestemte ord: Hvis dere ikke forteller meg drømmen og tydningen av den, skal dere bli hugget i stykker og deres hus bli gjort til en søppelhaug.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Kongen svarede og, sagde til Chaldæerne: Den Sag er borte for mig; dersom I ikke kundgjøre mig den Drøm og Udtydningen derpaa, skulle I blive hugne i Stykker, og eders Huse gjøres til en Møgdynge.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Kongen svarte og sa til kaldeerne: Dette har gått fra meg; hvis dere ikke gjør drømmen kjent for meg med tydningen, skal dere bli hugget i stykker, og deres hus skal bli gjort til en ruinhaug.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Kongen svarte kaldeerne: Det har gått fra meg; hvis dere ikke kan fortelle meg drømmen og tydningen av den, skal dere hugges opp i stykker, og husene deres skal bli gjort til en ruinhaug.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Kongen svarte og sa til kaldeerne: 'Tingen har gått bort fra meg. Hvis dere ikke forteller meg drømmen og dens betydning, skal dere rives i stykker, og deres hus skal bli hauger av avfall.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Kongen svarte og sa til kaldeerne: Det er gått fra meg; hvis dere ikke forteller meg drømmen og dens tolkning, skal dere hugges i stykker, og deres hus skal bli til en søppelhaug.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Kongen svarte kaldeerne: Dette er min avgjørelse: Hvis dere ikke kan fortelle meg drømmen og hva den betyr, vil dere bli hakket i biter, og husene deres blir gjort til en ruinhaug.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The kynge gaue the Caldees their answere, ad sayde: It is gone fro me: Yf ye wil not make me vnderstonde the dreame with the interpretacion theroff, ye shal dye, and youre houses shal be prysed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the King answered & sayd to the Caldeans, The thing is gone from me. If ye will not make me vnderstande the dreame with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be drawen in pieces, and your houses shall be made a iakes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The king aunswered and sayde to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone fro me: If ye will not make me vnderstand the dreame with the interpretation therof, ye shall be drawne in peeces, & your houses made a lakes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you don't make known to me the dream and the interpretation of it, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  The king hath answered and said to the Chaldeans, `The thing from me is gone; if ye do not cause me to know the dream and its interpretation, pieces ye are made, and your houses are made dunghills;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye make not known unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The king made answer and said to the Chaldaeans, This is my decision: if you do not make clear to me the dream and the sense of it, you will be cut in bits and your houses made waste.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you don't make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The king replied to the wise men,“My decision is firm. If you do not inform me of both the dream and its interpretation, you will be dismembered and your homes reduced to rubble!

Referenced Verses

• Ezra 6:11 : 11 Also I have made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house and set up, let him be hanged upon it, and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
• Dan 3:29 : 29 Therefore I make a decree, that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap, because there is no other God who can deliver in this way.
• 2 Kgs 10:27 : 27 And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day.
• Deut 13:16 : 16 And you shall gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every bit, for the LORD your God: and it shall be a heap forever; it shall not be built again.
• Josh 6:26 : 26 And Joshua swore an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, who rises up and builds this city Jericho: he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest son he shall set up its gates.
• 1 Sam 15:33 : 33 And Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
• Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
• Ps 58:7 : 7 Let them melt away as waters that run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be cut in pieces.
• Dan 2:12 : 12 For this reason, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.