Verse 4

There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men of old, men of renown.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Kjempene, kjent som Nephilim, var på jorden på den tiden, og også senere, etter at Guds sønner kom inn til menneskedøtrene og de fikk barn med dem. Dette var de mektige mennene som var i gammeltid, berømte for sine gjerninger.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  I de dager var det kjemper på jorden, og også senere, da Guds sønner gikk inn til menneskenes døtre, og de fødte barn til dem. De samme ble de mektige menn som var i gamle dager, menn med navn.

• Norsk King James

  Det var kjemper på jorden i de dager – og også senere – da Guds sønner gikk inn til menneskenes døtre, og de fødte barn med dem. Disse var de mektige menn fra fortiden, menn av ry.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  På den tiden fantes det kjemper på jorden, og også senere, da Guds sønner gikk inn til menneskenes døtre og fikk barn med dem; dette er de mektige menn som i fordums tid var berømte.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Kjemper var på jorden i de dager, og også senere, da Guds sønner gikk inn til menneskenes døtre og fikk barn med dem. Dette var de mektige menn fra gammel tid, menn med navn.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Det var kjemper på jorden i de dager - og også senere - da Guds sønner gikk inn til menneskenes døtre, og de fødte barn til dem. Disse ble de mektige menn fra gamle dager, berømte menn.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Det fantes kjemper på jorden i de dagene; og også etterpå, da Guds sønner tok menneskenes døtre til seg og fikk barn med dem, ble de mektige menn fra gamle dager, menn med berømmelse.

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

  Det var kjemper på jorden i de dager - og også senere - da Guds sønner gikk inn til menneskenes døtre, og de fødte barn til dem. Disse ble de mektige menn fra gamle dager, berømte menn.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  I de dager, og også senere, fantes det kjemper på jorden, da Guds sønner gikk inn til menneskenes døtre og disse fødte dem barn. Det var de kjente kjemper fra gammel tid.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humanity and had children by them. They were the mighty men of old, men of renown.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  På den tiden og senere også, var det kjemper på jorden. Da Guds sønner gikk inn til menneskenes døtre og de fikk barn med dem, ble disse til de veldige menn fra gammel tid, menn med navn.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Paa den Tid vare Kjæmper paa Jorden, ja ogsaa efterat Guds Sønner vare indgangne til Menneskens Døttre og havde avlet sig (Børn); de ere de Vældige, hvilke have fra fordum Tid været navnkundige Mænd.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Det var kjemper på jorden i de dager, og også senere, da Guds sønner gikk inn til menneskenes døtre, og de fødte dem barn. Dette ble mektige menn, som var av gammel tid, menn av renomme.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Nephilim var på jorden i de dager, og også senere, da Guds sønner kom til menneskenes døtre. De fødte barn med dem: det var de mektige menn fra gammelt av, menn med ry.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Det var kjemper på jorden i de dager, og også senere, da Guds sønner gikk inn til menneskenes døtre og fikk barn med dem. Dette var de mektige mennene som var beryktet fra gammel tid.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  På den tiden var det kjemper på jorden, og også senere, da Guds sønner kom inn til menneskenes døtre, og de fikk barn med dem. Dette var de mektige menn som var i gamle dager, menn av berømmelse.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Det var kjemper på jorden i de dager, og også senere, da Guds sønner hadde omgang med menneskedøtrene og de fødte barn med dem; dette var de mektige menn fra fortiden, de navngjetne menn.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  There were tirantes in the world in thos dayes. For after that the children of God had gone in vnto the doughters of men and had begotten them childern the same childern were the mightiest of the world and men of renow

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  There were giauntes also in the worlde at that tyme. For whan the children of God had lyen with the daughters of men, and begotten them children, ye same (children) became mightie in the worlde, and men of renowne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  There were gyants in the earth in those dayes: yea, and after that the sonnes of God came vnto the daughters of men, and they had borne them children, these were mightie men, which in olde time were men of renoume.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But there were Giantes in those dayes in ye earth: yea & after that the sonnes of God came vnto the daughters of me, and hadde begotten chyldren of them, the same became myghtie men of the worlde, and men of renowme.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare [children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of old, men of renown.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came to men's daughters. They bore children to them: the same were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  The fallen ones were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when sons of God come in unto daughters of men, and they have borne to them -- they `are' the heroes, who, from of old, `are' the men of name.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when God's sons came in to men's daughters. They bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Nephilim were on the earth in those days(and also after this) when the sons of God would sleep with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men.

Referenced Verses

• Num 13:33 : 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.
• Deut 2:20-21 : 20 (That also was regarded as a land of giants: giants dwelt there in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummim, 21 a people great and many and tall, as the Anakim; but the LORD destroyed them before them, and they succeeded them and dwelt in their place.
• Deut 3:11 : 11 For only Og, king of Bashan, remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its width, according to the cubit of a man.
• 2 Sam 21:15-22 : 15 Moreover, the Philistines had war again with Israel. And David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines; and David grew faint. 16 And Ishbibenob, who was of the descendants of the giant—the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass, and he was girded with a new sword—thought to kill David. 17 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his aid and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, saying, You shall no more go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel. 18 After this, there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the descendants of the giant. 19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan, the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear's staff was like a weaver's beam. 20 And there was another battle in Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had on each hand six fingers, and on each foot six toes, twenty-four in number; and he also was born to the giant. 21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him. 22 These four were born to the giant in Gath and fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
• 1 Sam 17:4 : 4 A champion came out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.