Verse 40

And by your sword you shall live, and shall serve your brother; and it shall come to pass, when you shall have the dominion, that you shall break his yoke from off your neck.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  ‘Du skal leve av ditt sverd, og du skal tjene din bror. Men når du blir rastløs, skal du kaste hans åk av nakken din.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Med ditt sverd skal du leve, og du skal tjene din bror. Men det skal skje når du slipper løs, at du skal bryte hans åk av din nakke.

• Norsk King James

  Og med ditt sverd skal du leve, og du skal tjene din bror; og det skal skje når du får herredømme, at du skal bryte hans åk av nakken din.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  På ditt sverd skal du leve, og du skal tjene din bror. Men når du blir rastløs, skal du kaste hans åk av din nakke.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Du skal leve av ditt sverd og tjene din bror. Men det skal komme en tid da du river hans åk av din nakke.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og ved ditt sverd skal du leve, og du skal tjene din bror; og det skal skje, når du blir mektig, at du skal rive hans åk av din nakke.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  ved ditt sverd skal du leve og tjene din bror; og når du får makt, skal du bryte det åket som tynger din nakke.

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

  Og ved ditt sverd skal du leve, og du skal tjene din bror; og det skal skje, når du blir mektig, at du skal rive hans åk av din nakke.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Du skal leve av ditt sverd, og din bror skal du tjene. Men når du gjør deg fri, skal du kaste hans åk av din nakke.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You will live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Genesis.27.40", "source": "וְעַל־חַרְבְּךָ֣ תִֽחְיֶ֔ה וְאֶת־אָחִ֖יךָ תַּעֲבֹ֑ד וְהָיָה֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר תָּרִ֔יד וּפָרַקְתָּ֥ עֻלּ֖וֹ מֵעַ֥ל צַוָּארֶֽךָ׃", "text": "And-upon-*ḥarbəḵā* *tiḥyeh* and-*ʾet-ʾāḥîḵā* *taʿăḇōd* and-*hāyāh* *kaʾăšer* *tārîd* and-*pāraqtā* *ʿullô* from-upon-*ṣawwāreḵā*", "grammar": { "*ḥarbəḵā*": "noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your sword", "*tiḥyeh*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you shall live", "*ʾet-ʾāḥîḵā*": "direct object marker + noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your brother", "*taʿăḇōd*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you shall serve", "*hāyāh*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - it shall come to pass", "*kaʾăšer*": "conjunction + relative pronoun - when/as", "*tārîd*": "qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you shall break loose/have dominion", "*pāraqtā*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you shall break off", "*ʿullô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his yoke", "*ṣawwāreḵā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your neck" }, "variants": { "*ḥarbəḵā*": "your sword/your violence/your fierceness", "*tiḥyeh*": "you shall live/you shall sustain yourself", "*taʿăḇōd*": "you shall serve/you shall be subject to", "*tārîd*": "you shall break loose/you shall have dominion/you shall become restless", "*pāraqtā*": "you shall break off/you shall cast off/you shall tear away" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  På ditt sverd skal du leve, og du skal tjene din bror. Men det skal skje at når du blir rastløs, så skal du kaste hans åk av din hals.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og ved dit Sværd skal du leve, og tjene din Broder; og det skal skee, naar du faaer Herredom, da skal du bryde hans Aag af din Hals.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og ved ditt sverd skal du leve, og du skal tjene din bror; og det skal skje når du blir mektig, at du skal kaste hans åk av din nakke.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Ved ditt sverd skal du leve, og du skal tjene din bror. Men det skal skje, når du blir rastløs, at du skal kaste hans åk av din nakke.»

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Ved ditt sverd skal du leve, og du skal tjene din bror. Men når du får makt, skal du kaste hans åk av din nakke.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Ved ditt sverd skal du leve, og din bror skal du tjene. Men det skal skje når du bryter fri, at du skal kaste hans åk av din nakke.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Ved ditt sverd skal du leve, og du skal tjene din bror; men når du blir sterk, skal du bryte hans åk av din nakke.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And wyth thy swerde shalt thou lyue and shalt be thy brothers seruaunte But the tyme will come when thou shalt gett the mastrye and lowse his yocke from of thy necke.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  with thy swerde shalt thou get thy lyuynge, and shalt serue thy brother. And it shall come to passe, yt thou shalt put of his yock, and plucke it from thy neck.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And by thy sword shalt thou liue, and shalt be thy brothers seruant. But it shall come to passe, when thou shalt get the masterie, that thou shalt breake his yoke from thy necke.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And through thy sworde shalt thou liue, and shalt be thy brothers seruaunt: and it shal come to passe, that thou shalt get the maisterie, & thou shalt loose his yoke from of thy necke.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, That you shall shake his yoke from off your neck."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and by thy sword dost thou live, and thy brother dost thou serve; and it hath come to pass when thou rulest, that thou hast broken his yoke from off thy neck.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  By your sword will you get your living and you will be your brother's servant; but when your power is increased his yoke will be broken from off your neck.

• World English Bible (2000)

  By your sword will you live, and you will serve your brother. It will happen, when you will break loose, that you shall shake his yoke from off your neck."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You will live by your sword but you will serve your brother. When you grow restless, you will tear off his yoke from your neck.”

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 8:20-22 : 20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. 21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents. 22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
• Gen 25:23 : 23 And the LORD said to her, Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples shall be separated from your body; and one people shall be stronger than the other, and the older shall serve the younger.
• 2 Sam 8:14 : 14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went.
• 1 Kgs 11:15-17 : 15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army had gone up to bury the slain, after he had killed every male in Edom. 16 (For six months Joab remained there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom.) 17 That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
• Gen 32:6 : 6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men with him.
• 2 Kgs 14:7 : 7 He killed ten thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt and took Selah by war, and called its name Joktheel to this day.
• 2 Kgs 14:10 : 10 You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up; boast of this, and stay at home, for why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, you and Judah with you?
• 1 Chr 18:11-13 : 11 These also king David dedicated to the LORD, along with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations: from Edom and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. 12 Moreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. 13 And he put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David wherever he went.
• 2 Chr 21:8 : 8 In his days, the Edomites revolted from under Judah's rule and set up a king of their own.
• 2 Chr 21:10 : 10 Thus Edom has been in revolt against Judah's authority to this day. At the same time, Libnah also revolted from under his rule because he had abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers.
• 2 Chr 25:11-12 : 11 And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and killed ten thousand of the children of Seir. 12 And another ten thousand alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
• 2 Chr 28:17 : 17 For again the Edomites had come and struck Judah, and carried away captives.
• Ps 60:8 : 8 Moab is My washpot; over Edom I will cast My shoe; Philistia, triumph because of Me.
• Obad 1:17-21 : 17 But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall kindle them and devour them, and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau, for the LORD has spoken. 19 Those of the South shall possess the mountain of Esau, and those of the plain the Philistines; they shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria, and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. 20 The captives of this host of the children of Israel shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath, and the captives of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the South. 21 Then deliverers shall come up on Mount Zion to judge the mountain of Esau, and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.
• Matt 10:34 : 34 Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth: I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.