Verse 13

For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD has sent us to destroy it.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  'For vi skal ødelegge dette stedet, for det har nådd Herrens ører om deres ondskap, og Herren har sendt oss for å ødelegge det.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For vi skal ødelegge dette stedet, fordi klageropet over dem har blitt stort for Herrens ansikt, og Herren har sendt oss for å ødelegge det.»

• Norsk King James

  For vi vil ødelegge dette stedet, fordi klagen over dem er blitt stor for Herrens ansikt, og Herren har sendt oss for å ødelegge det.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For vi skal ødelegge dette stedet, fordi ropene om dets ondskap er blitt sterke for Herrens ansikt, og Herren har sendt oss for å ødelegge det.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  'For vi skal ødelegge dette stedet. Deres rop er blitt så store for Herren at han har sendt oss for å ødelegge det.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  «For vi skal ødelegge dette stedet, fordi ropene fra det har blitt store foran Herren. Herren har sendt oss for å ødelegge det.»

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «For vi skal ødelegge dette stedet, for deres røst har nådd høyt opp for Herrens åsyn; og Herren har sendt oss for å ødelegge det.»

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

  «For vi skal ødelegge dette stedet, fordi ropene fra det har blitt store foran Herren. Herren har sendt oss for å ødelegge det.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For vi skal ødelegge dette stedet, for skriket over det hos Herren er blitt veldig stort, og Herren har sendt oss for å ødelegge det.»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  because we are about to destroy this place. The outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it."

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Genesis.19.13", "source": "כִּֽי־מַשְׁחִתִ֣ים אֲנַ֔חְנוּ אֶת־הַמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה כִּֽי־גֽ͏ָדְלָ֤ה צַעֲקָתָם֙ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥נוּ יְהוָ֖ה לְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃", "text": "Because-*mašḥiṯîm* we *ʾeṯ*-the-*māqôm* this because-*ḡāḏᵊlâ* *ṣaʿăqāṯām* *ʾeṯ*-face *Yhwh* *wa-yᵊšallᵊḥēnû* *Yhwh* to-*šaḥăṯāh*.", "grammar": { "*mašḥiṯîm*": "Hiphil participle masculine plural - destroying", "*māqôm*": "noun masculine singular with definite article - the place", "*ḡāḏᵊlâ*": "Qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - has grown great", "*ṣaʿăqāṯām*": "noun feminine singular construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their outcry", "*Yhwh*": "proper noun - YHWH/LORD", "*wa-yᵊšallᵊḥēnû*": "waw consecutive + Piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular + 1st person plural suffix - and he has sent us", "*šaḥăṯāh*": "Piel infinitive construct + 3rd person feminine singular suffix - to destroy it" }, "variants": { "*mašḥiṯîm*": "destroying/bringing ruin/corrupting", "*ṣaʿăqāṯām*": "their outcry/their cry for help/their complaint" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  for vi vil ødelegge dette stedet. Herrens rop mot det har blitt så stort at Herren har sendt oss for å ødelegge det.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi vi skulle fordærve dette Sted; thi deres Skrig er blevet stort for Herrens Aasyn, og Herren sendte os til at fordærve det.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For vi vil ødelegge dette stedet, fordi ropet over det har blitt stort framfor Herren; og Herren har sendt oss for å ødelegge det."

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  for vi skal ødelegge dette stedet, fordi klageropet fra dem er blitt stort for Herren. Herren har sendt oss for å ødelegge det."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  for vi vil ødelegge dette stedet, for ropet over dem har blitt stort foran Herrens åsyn, og Herren har sendt oss for å ødelegge det.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For vi vil ødelegge dette stedet, fordi klageropet over dem har blitt stort for Herren, og Herren har sendt oss for å ødelegge det.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  for vi er blitt sendt for å ødelegge stedet, fordi Herrens rop mot dem er blitt stort, og Herren har sendt oss for å ødelegge byen.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  for we must destroy this place because the crye of the is great before the LORde. Wherfore he hath sent vs to destroy it.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  for we must destroye this place, because the crye of them is greate before the LORDE, which hath sent vs to destroye them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For we will destroy this place, because the crye of them is great before the Lorde, and the Lord hath sent vs to destroy it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For we wyl destroy this place, because the crye of them is great before the face of God: for the Lorde hath sent vs to destroy it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is grown great before Yahweh. Yahweh has sent us to destroy it."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for we are destroying this place, for their cry hath been great `before' the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send us to destroy it.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah; and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For we are about to send destruction on this place, because a great outcry against them has come to the ears of the Lord; and the Lord has sent us to put an end to the town.

• World English Bible (2000)

  for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before Yahweh that Yahweh has sent us to destroy it."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  because we are about to destroy it. The outcry against this place is so great before the LORD that he has sent us to destroy it.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 18:20 : 20 And the LORD said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is very grievous,
• 1 Chr 21:15-16 : 15 And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD looked, and relented of the evil, and said to the angel who destroyed, It is enough, stay your hand now. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 16 And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between the earth and the heavens, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
• Ps 11:5-6 : 5 The LORD tests the righteous, but the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates. 6 Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest; this shall be the portion of their cup.
• Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given to him.
• Isa 36:10 : 10 Have I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it.
• Isa 37:36 : 36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and struck down in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
• Ezek 9:5-6 : 5 And to the others he said in my hearing, Go after him through the city and strike: let not your eye spare, neither have any pity: 6 Utterly slay old and young, both maidens, and little children, and women: but do not come near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began with the elders who were before the house.
• Matt 13:41-42 : 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 42 They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Matt 13:49-50 : 49 This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous. 50 And throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Acts 12:23 : 23 And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
• Rom 3:8-9 : 8 And why not say, (as we are slanderously reported and as some affirm that we say,) 'Let us do evil that good may come'? Their condemnation is just. 9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all: for we have already charged both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
• Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
• Jude 1:7 : 7 As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
• Rev 16:1-9 : 1 And I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God upon the earth. 2 And the first went and poured out his bowl upon the earth; and there came a foul and painful sore upon the men who had the mark of the beast, and upon those who worshiped his image. 3 And the second angel poured out his bowl upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man, and every living soul died in the sea. 4 And the third angel poured out his bowl upon the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood. 5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are righteous, O Lord, who are, and were, and shall be, because you have judged thus. 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. 7 And I heard another from the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments. 8 And the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. 9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent to give Him glory. 10 And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, 11 and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds. 12 And the sixth angel poured out his bowl upon the great river Euphrates; and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared.
• Gen 13:13 : 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.