Verse 12

But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? Has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Men den øverste hoffmannen sa: 'Har min herre sendt meg til din herre og til deg for å tale disse ordene? Har han ikke også sendt meg til mennene som sitter på muren, som må spise sitt eget avfall og drikke sitt eget urin?'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men Rabshake sa: Har min herre sendt meg til din herre og til deg for å si disse ordene? Har han ikke sendt meg til mennene som sitter på muren, for å spise deres egen avføring og drikke sin egen urin med dere?

• Norsk King James

  Men Rabshakeh sa: Har min herre sendt meg til din herre og til deg med disse ordene? Har han ikke sendt meg til mennene som sitter på muren, så de kan spise sitt eget avfall og drikke sitt eget vann med dere?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men Rabsake svarte: Har min herre sendt meg til din herre og til deg for å tale disse ordene? Ikke til de menn som sitter på muren, som må spise sin egen møkk og drikke sitt eget urin sammen med dere?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Rabsjake svarte: Har min herre sendt meg bare til din herre og til deg for å tale disse ordene? Har han ikke også sendt meg til mennene som sitter på muren, som vil måtte spise sin egen avføring og drikke sitt eget vann sammen med dere?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men Rabshake sa: «Har min herre sendt meg til din herre og til deg for å tale disse ordene? Har han ikke sendt meg til folket som sitter på muren, som vil spise sitt eget møkk og drikke sin egen urin med dere?»

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men Rabshakeh svarte: «Har ikke min herre sendt meg til din herre og til deg for å bringe disse bud? Har han ikke sendt meg til folket på muren, slik at dere sammen skal spise deres egen avføring og drikke deres egen urin?»

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

  Men Rabshake sa: «Har min herre sendt meg til din herre og til deg for å tale disse ordene? Har han ikke sendt meg til folket som sitter på muren, som vil spise sitt eget møkk og drikke sin egen urin med dere?»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men Rabshake svarte: «Er det til din herre og til deg min herre har sendt meg for å tale disse ordene? Er det ikke til mennene som sitter på muren, som med dere må spise sin egen avføring og drikke sitt eget vann?»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But the Rabshakeh replied, 'Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words? Has he not sent me to the men sitting on the wall—who, like you, will have to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Men Rabshake sa: 'Har min herre sendt meg til din herre og til deg for å tale disse ordene? Har han ikke sendt meg til mennene som sitter på muren, for å spise sitt eget skitt og drikke sitt eget urin med dere?'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men Rabsake sagde: Haver min Herre sendt mig til din Herre eller til dig til at tale disse Ord? mon ikke til de Mænd, som sidde paa Muren at æde deres Møg og drikke deres Pis med eder?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men Rabshake sa: Har min herre sendt meg til din herre og til deg for å si disse ordene? Har han ikke heller sendt meg til mennene som sitter på muren, som må spise sin egen avføring og drikke sitt eget urin med dere?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men Rabsjake sa: Har min herre sendt meg til din herre og til deg for å tale disse ordene? Har han ikke sendt meg til mennene som sitter på muren for å spise sitt eget rum og drikke sitt eget vann sammen med dere?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men Rabshake sa: «Er det til din herre og til deg min herre har sendt meg for å tale disse ordene? Er det ikke til de mennene som sitter på muren, for å spise sin egen avføring og drikke sitt eget vann sammen med dere?»

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men Rabshake sa: Har min herre sendt meg til din herre og til deg for å tale disse ordene? Har han ikke sendt meg til mennene som sitter på muren, for å spise sitt eget skitt og drikke sitt eget vann sammen med dere?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men Rab-sjake sa: Var det til din herre eller til deg at min herre sendte meg for å si disse ordene? Var det ikke til mennene som sitter på muren, som vil bli nødt til å dele deres nød når byen er beleiret?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then answered Rabsaches: Thinke ye, yt the kinge sent me to speake this only vnto you? Hath he not sent me to the also, that lie vpo the wall? that they be not copelled to eate their owne donge, and drinke their owne stale with you?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then said Rabshakeh, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee to speake these wordes, and not to the men that sit on the wall? that they may eate their owne doung, and drinke their owne pisse with you?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then aunswered Rabsakeh: Hath my maister sent me to speake this only to thy maister and thee? hath he not sent me to them also that lye vpon the wall? that they may be compelled to eate their owne dunge, and drinke their owne stale with you?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? [has he] not [sent me] to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Rabshakeh saith, `Unto thy lord, and unto thee, hath my lord sent me to speak these words? is it not for the men -- those sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to drink their own water with you?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men that sit upon the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But the Rab-shakeh said, Is it to your master or to you that my master has sent me to say these words? has he not sent me to the men seated on the wall? for they are the people who will be short of food with you when the town is shut in.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But Rabshakeh said, "Has my master sent me only to your master and to you, to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But the chief adviser said,“My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you. His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you!”

Referenced Verses

• Lev 26:29 : 29 And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall you eat.
• Deut 28:53-57 : 53 And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and your daughters, which the LORD your God has given you, in the siege, and in the distress, with which your enemies shall distress you: 54 So that the man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he has nothing left him in the siege, and in the distress, with which your enemies shall distress you in all your gates. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And toward her young one that comes out from between her feet, and toward her children who she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and distress, with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates.
• 2 Kgs 6:25-29 : 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a quarter of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. 27 And he said, If the LORD does not help you, how shall I help you? from the threshing floor, or from the winepress? 28 And the king said to her, What troubles you? And she answered, This woman said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow. 29 So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him: and she has hidden her son.
• 2 Kgs 18:27 : 27 But Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? Has he not sent me to the men sitting on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?
• Isa 9:20 : 20 And he will snatch on the right hand and be hungry; and he will eat on the left hand and not be satisfied; they will eat every man the flesh of his own arm.
• Jer 19:9 : 9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend during the siege and distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their lives, shall distress them.
• Lam 4:9-9 : 9 Those slain by the sword are better than those who die by hunger; for these waste away, stricken for want of the fruits of the field. 10 The hands of the compassionate women have cooked their own children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
• Ezek 4:16 : 16 Moreover he said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: