Verse 8

And the officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return to his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Og hvem er mannen som er redd og har et fryktfullt hjerte? La ham gå tilbake til sitt hus, så ikke hans brødres hjerter blir like svake som hans eget.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og offiserene skal tale videre til folket og si: Hvem er mannen som er redd og svak i hjertet? La ham gå og vende tilbake til sitt hus, for at ikke brødrenes hjerter også skal svikte slik som hans.

• Norsk King James

  Og offiserene skal si videre til folket: Hvilken mann er redd og modløs? La ham gå hjem, ellers kan brødrene hans bli like redde som han.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og lederne skal fortsette å tale til folket og si: Hvem er den mannen som er redd og lite modig? Han kan gå hjem og vende tilbake til huset sitt, så han ikke gjør brødrenes hjerter motløse som hans eget.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Deretter skal offiserene tale til folket og si: Hvis det er noen som er redd eller skjelvende av hjerte, la ham gå og vende tilbake til huset sitt, så han ikke får sine brødres hjerter til å smelte av frykt.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Offiserene skal tale videre til folket og si: Er det en mann som er redd og motløs? La ham dra hjem, for at ikke hans brødres hjerter også skal miste motet som hans eget.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og offiserene skal videre tale til folket og si: «Hvem der er redd eller sviktet? La ham gå tilbake til sitt hus, så hans hjerte ikke svikter sammen med brødrenes.»

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

  Offiserene skal tale videre til folket og si: Er det en mann som er redd og motløs? La ham dra hjem, for at ikke hans brødres hjerter også skal miste motet som hans eget.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Offiserene skal igjen tale til folket og si: «Er det noen som er redd eller motløs i hjertet? La han gå tilbake til huset sitt, for at han ikke skal gjøre sine brødres hjerter svake som hans eget.»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The officers shall continue to speak to the people, saying: 'Is anyone afraid or fainthearted? Let him go back to his house, so he does not cause his brothers' hearts to melt like his own.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Offiserene skal tale videre til folket og si: 'Hvem er det som er redd og har et motløst hjerte? La ham gå hjem igjen, så han ikke får sine brødres hjerter til å smelte som hans eget.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Fogederne skulle blive ved at tale til Folket og sige: Hvo er den Mand, som er frygtagtig og blødhjertig? han gaae hen og vende tilbage til sit Huus, at han ikke skal gjøre sine Brødres Hjerte mistrøstigt, som hans Hjerte er.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og offiserene skal videre tale til folket og si: Er det noen mann som er redd og motløs? La ham gå hjem, slik at hans brødre ikke også mister motet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Offiserene skal også tale til folket og si: Er det noen som er redd og motløs? La ham dra hjem igjen, for at han ikke skal gjøre sine brødres hjerte like motløst som sitt eget.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Myndighetene skal fortsette å tale til folket og si: Hvem er den mannen som er redd og har et svakt hjerte? La ham gå og vende tilbake til sitt hus, så ikke hjertet til hans brødre smelter bort som hans hjerte.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Lederne skal tale videre til folket og si: Er det noen som er redd og motløs? La ham gå hjem igjen, så ikke hans brødres hjerter blir motløse som hans eget.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og la lederne fortsette og si til folket: Hvis det er noen som har hjerter fylt med frykt, la ham vende hjem før han fyller sine landsmenns hjerter med frykt.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And let the officers speake further vnto the people and saye. Yf any man feare and be faynte herted, let him goo and returne vnto his housse, lest his brothers hert be made faynte as well as his.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the captaines shal speake further vnto the people, and saye: He that feareth and hath a faynte hert, lett him go, and byde at home, that he make not his brethrens hert fainte also, like as his hert is.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And let the officers speake further vnto the people, and say, Whosoeuer is afrayde and faynt hearted, let him go & returne vnto his house, least his brethrens heart faynt like his heart.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And let the officers speake further vnto the people, and say: If any man feare and be faynt hearted, let hym go & returne vnto his house, lest he make his brothers heart faynt as well as his.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man [is there that is] fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart melt as his heart.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And the authorities have added to speak unto the people, and said, Who `is' the man that is afraid and tender of heart? -- let him go and turn back to his house, and the heart of his brethren doth not melt like his heart;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart melt as his heart.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And let the overseers go on to say to the people, If there is any man whose heart is feeble with fear, let him go back to his house before he makes the hearts of his countrymen feeble.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, "What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart melt as his heart."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  In addition, the officers are to say to the troops,“Who among you is afraid and fainthearted? He may go home so that he will not make his fellow soldier’s heart as fearful as his own.”

Referenced Verses

• Deut 1:28 : 28 Where shall we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
• Judg 7:3 : 3 Now therefore, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from Mount Gilead. And twenty-two thousand of the people returned; and ten thousand remained.
• Acts 15:37-38 : 37 Now Barnabas determined to take with them John, who was called Mark. 38 But Paul insisted that they should not take with them the one who had departed from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
• Rev 3:16 : 16 So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spit you out of my mouth.
• Luke 9:62 : 62 And Jesus said to him, No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
• Deut 23:9 : 9 When the army goes forth against your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing.
• Exod 15:15 : 15 Then the chiefs of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
• Num 13:31-14:3 : 31 But the men who went up with him said, We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we. 32 And they gave a bad report of the land which they had explored to the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we have gone to explore it is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw in it are men of great stature. 33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, descendants of the giants; and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight. 1 And all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried; and the people wept that night. 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why has the LORD brought us to this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be prey? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?
• Num 32:9 : 9 For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, so that they would not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
• 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Do not be deceived: Evil company corrupts good habits.