Verse 19

And Lamech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Lamek tok seg to koner, Ada og Silla.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og Lamek tok seg to hustruer; den ene het Ada, og den andre het Silla.

• Norsk King James

  Lamek tok seg to koner; den ene het Ada, og den andre Silla.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Lamek tok seg to koner, den ene het Ada og den andre Zilla.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Lamek tok seg to koner. Den ene het Ada, og den andre het Silla.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Lamek tok seg to koner. Den ene het Ada, og den andre het Silla.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Lamech tok seg to koner; den ene het Adah, den andre Zillah.

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

  Lamek tok seg to koner. Den ene het Ada, og den andre het Silla.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Lamek tok seg to koner. Den ene het Ada og den andre Silla.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Lamech married two wives, one named Adah and the other Zillah.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Lamek tok seg to koner. Den ene het Ada og den andre Silla.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men Lamech tog sig to Hustruer, den enes Navn var Ada, og den andens Navn Zilla

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Lamek tok seg to koner. Den ene het Ada, og den andre het Silla.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Lamek tok seg to koner: den ene het Ada, og den andre het Silla.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Lamek tok seg to koner, den ene hette Ada og den andre het Silla.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Lamek tok seg to koner; den ene het Ada, og den andre het Silla.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Lamek tok to koner; den ene het Ada, den andre het Silla.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Lamech toke hym two wyves: the one was called Ada and the other Zilla.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Lamech toke him two wyues: ye one was called Ada, & the other Zilla.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Lamech tooke him two wiues: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Lamech toke vnto hym two wyues, the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other was Sella.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Lamech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Lamech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 2:24 : 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
• Matt 19:4-6 : 4 And he answered and said to them, Have you not read that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh? 6 Therefore they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
• Matt 19:8 : 8 He said to them, Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.
• Gen 2:18 : 18 And the LORD God said, It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.