Verse 16

And you shall consume all the people which the LORD your God shall deliver to you; your eye shall have no pity on them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Du skal utrydde alle folkeslag som Herren din Gud gir deg. Du skal ikke vise medlidenhet med dem, og du skal ikke tilbe deres guder, for det vil være en felle for deg.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og du skal fortære alle folkene som Herren din Gud vil overgi til deg; dine øyne skal ikke vise dem nåde, og du skal ikke tjene deres guder, for det vil være en snare for deg.

• Norsk King James

  Og du skal utrydde alle folkene som Herren din Gud gir deg; ditt øye skal ikke ha medfølelse med dem, og du skal ikke tjene deres guder; for det vil bli en snare for deg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du skal fortære alle folkene som Herren din Gud gir deg. Du skal ikke vise dem nåde, og du skal ikke tjene deres guder, for det vil bli en felle for deg.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Du skal fortære alle de folk Herren din Gud vil gi deg. Vis dem ingen nåde, og tjen ikke deres guder, for dette vil bli en felle for deg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Du skal fortære alle de folk Herren din Gud gir deg, og ditt øye skal ikke ha medlidenhet med dem. Du skal heller ikke tjene deres guder, for det vil bli en snare for deg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Du skal utrydde alle de folkeslag som HERREN din Gud overgir deg; dine øyne skal ikke vise dem barmhjertighet, og du skal ikke tjene deres guder, for det vil være en snare for deg.

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

  Du skal fortære alle de folk Herren din Gud gir deg, og ditt øye skal ikke ha medlidenhet med dem. Du skal heller ikke tjene deres guder, for det vil bli en snare for deg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Du skal fortære alle folkene som HERREN din Gud gir deg; dine øyne skal ikke ha medlidenhet med dem. Du skal ikke tjene deres guder, for det vil bli en felle for deg.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You shall destroy all the nations the LORD your God is giving over to you. Do not look on them with pity, and do not serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Du skal gjøre ende på alle de folk som Herren din Gud overgir til deg. Vis dem ingen nåde, og tilbe ikke deres guder, for det vil bli en snare for deg.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og du skal fortære alle de Folk, som Herren din Gud giver dig, dit Øie skal ikke spare dem; og du skal ikke tjene deres Guder, thi det skal blive dig til en Snare.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall liver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og du skal fortære alle folkeslag som Herren din Gud vil gi deg. Du skal ikke synes synd på dem, og du skal ikke tjene deres guder, for det vil være en felle for deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Du skal fortære alle de folk som Herren din Gud overgir til deg; ditt øye skal ikke vise medfølelse med dem: heller ikke skal du tjene deres guder; for det vil være en felle for deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og du skal fortære alle folkene som Herren din Gud gir deg; ditt øye skal ikke ha medlidenhet med dem, og du skal ikke tjene deres guder, for det vil være en snare for deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og du skal fortære alle folkene som Herren din Gud gir deg; dine øyne skal ikke ha medlidenhet med dem, og du skal ikke tjene deres guder, for det vil være en snare for deg.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Du skal ødelegge alle folkene som Herren din Gud gir i dine hender; ha ingen medfølelse med dem, og gi ikke deres guder tilbedelse, for det vil lede dere til synd.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Thou shalt bringe to nought all nacions which the Lorde thy God delyuereth the, thyne eye shall haue no pitie vppon them nether shalt thou serue their goddes, for that shalbe thy decaye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou shalt brynge to naught all the nacions, which the LORDE thy God shal delyuer the. Thine eye shall not spare them, and their goddes shalt thou not serue, for that shalbe thy decaye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou shalt therefore consume all people which the Lord thy God shall giue thee: thine eye shall not spare them, neither shalt thou serue their gods, for that shalbe thy destruction.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt consume all the nations which the Lorde thy God shall deliuer thee: thine eye shall haue no pitie vpon them, neither shalt thou serue their gods, for that shalbe thy decay.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that [will be] a snare unto thee.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall consume all the peoples who Yahweh your God shall deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And thou hast consumed all the peoples whom Jehovah thy God is giving to thee; thine eye hath no pity on them, and thou dost not serve their gods, for a snare it `is' to thee.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you are to send destruction on all the peoples which the Lord your God gives into your hands; have no pity on them, and do not give worship to their gods; for that will be a cause of sin to you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall consume all the peoples whom Yahweh your God shall deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Exhortation to Destroy Canaanite Paganism You must destroy all the people whom the LORD your God is about to deliver over to you; you must not pity them or worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 23:33 : 33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.
• Judg 8:27 : 27 And Gideon made an ephod and put it in his city, in Ophrah: and all Israel went there to worship it: which became a snare to Gideon and to his house.
• Ps 106:36 : 36 And they served their idols, which were a snare to them.
• Deut 7:2 : 2 And when the LORD your God shall deliver them before you; you shall strike them, and utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them:
• Deut 13:8 : 8 You shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare him, neither shall you conceal him:
• Deut 19:13 : 13 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
• Deut 19:21 : 21 Your eye shall not pity; but life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
• Deut 25:12 : 12 Then you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not pity her.
• Josh 23:13-16 : 13 Know for certain that the LORD your God will no longer drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you. 14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you; all have come to pass for you, and not one thing has failed thereof. 15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things have come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you, so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you. 16 When you have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.
• Judg 2:3 : 3 Therefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.
• Judg 2:12 : 12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, the gods of the people that were around them, and bowed themselves to them, and provoked the LORD to anger.
• Judg 3:6 : 6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
• Deut 12:30-31 : 30 Take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you; and that you do not enquire after their gods, asking, How did these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise. 31 You shall not do so to the LORD your God, for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their gods; for they have even burned their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
• Exod 34:12-16 : 12 Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare in your midst. 13 But you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and cut down their wooden images. 14 For you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. 15 Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice to their gods, and one of them invites you, and you eat his sacrifice. 16 And you take their daughters for your sons, and their daughters go whoring after their gods, and make your sons go whoring after their gods.
• Num 33:55 : 55 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you let remain of them shall become irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and shall trouble you in the land where you dwell.
• Jer 21:7 : 7 And afterward, says the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and those who are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their lives, and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, nor have pity, nor have mercy.
• 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Do not be deceived: Evil company corrupts good habits.