Verse 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;

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dette gjelder den som kan flykte dit for å redde sitt liv: Når noen dreper sin neste ved en feil, uten forsett, og ikke har hatt noe hat mot ham før,

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og dette er regelen for drapsmannen som flykter dit for å redde sitt liv: den som dreper sin nabo uten forsett, og som ikke hatet ham i fortiden.

• Norsk King James

  Og dette er saken for den som uforvarende dreper, så han kan leve: Den som dreper sin nabo uten at han ikke hadde hatt hat;

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dette er saken for de som kan flykte dit for å redde livet: Den som dreper sin nabo uten å vite det, og som ikke har hatet ham tidligere,

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Dette er reglene for en drapsmann som flykter dit for å berge livet sitt: En som dreper sin nabo uten forsett, og som ikke har båret nag til ham i fortiden,

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og dette er tilfelle for den som flykter dit for å redde sitt liv: Den som dreper sin nabo uten å vite det, uten å ha følt hat mot ham tidligere;

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Dette gjelder den drapsmannen som flykter dit for å leve, den som uaktsomt dreper sin neste, ham han tidligere ikke har hatt hat mot;

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

  Og dette er tilfelle for den som flykter dit for å redde sitt liv: Den som dreper sin nabo uten å vite det, uten å ha følt hat mot ham tidligere;

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Dette er ordningen for drapsmannen som kan flykte dit og redde livet: Når han slår sin neste uten forsett, og han ikke hatet ham fra før,

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Now this is the case of the manslayer who may flee there and live: whoever strikes his neighbor unintentionally, without prior malice,

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dette er regelen for drapsmannen som skal flykte dit for å berge livet sitt: Den som slår ned sin neste uten å mene det og uten å ha hatt hat til ham tidligere,

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og denne skal være den Manddrabers Sag, som maa flye derhen og blive ved Live: Den, som slaaer sin Næste uvidende og haver ikke hadet ham tilforn,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dette er regelen for den som har drept, som skal flykte dit for å leve: Enhver som dreper sin nabo uaktsomt, uten hat fra før;

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Dette er tilfelle for drapsmannen som kan flykte dit og leve: den som dreper sin neste uten forgående hat, uten å ha hatt noe mot ham tidligere;

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dette er reglene for den som flykter dit for å redde livet: Den som slår sin nabo uten å vite det, uten tidligere å ha hatet ham,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Dette er saken for drapsmannen som kan flykte dit og bli i live: Den som dreper sin neste ved et uhell, uten å ha vært fiendtlig mot ham tidligere;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dette skal være regelen for den som flykter dit, etter å ha forårsaket en annens død ved en feiltakelse og ikke i hat;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And this is the cause of the sleyer that shal flee thither and be saued: Yf he smyte his neghboure ignorantly and hated him not in tyme passed:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And this shalbe the cause, that whosoeuer hath committed a slaughter, maye flye thyther, and lyue.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  This also is ye cause wherfore the manslaier shal flee thither, and liue: who so killeth his neighbor ignorantly, and hated him not in time passed:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For this cause must the slayer flee thyther, that he may lyue: Who so kylleth his neighbour ignorauntly, and hated hym not in tyme passed:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And this [is] the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  This is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And this `is' the matter of the man-slayer who fleeth thither, and hath lived: He who smiteth his neighbour unknowingly, and is not hating him heretofore,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  This is to be the rule for anyone who goes in flight there, after causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate;

• World English Bible (2000)

  This is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now this is the law pertaining to one who flees there in order to live, if he has accidentally killed another without hating him at the time of the accident.

Referenced Verses

• Num 35:15-24 : 15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the traveler among them: that anyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there. 16 And if he strikes him with an iron instrument, so that he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 And if he strikes him with throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him. 20 But if he pushes him out of hatred, or hurls at him by lying in wait so that he dies; 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. 22 But if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or throws anything upon him without lying in wait, 23 Or with any stone, by which a man may die, seeing him not, and throw it upon him, so that he dies, and was not his enemy, nor sought his harm: 24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments:
• Deut 4:42 : 42 That the slayer might flee there, who should kill his neighbor unintentionally, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:
• Deut 19:6 : 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.
• Josh 3:4 : 4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.
• 1 Chr 11:2 : 2 Moreover, in times past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led and brought in Israel. And the LORD your God said to you, You shall shepherd my people Israel, and you shall be ruler over my people Israel.
• Isa 30:33 : 33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yes, for the king it is prepared; he has made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, kindles it.
• Gen 31:2 : 2 And Jacob noticed the expression of Laban, and behold, it was not toward him as before.