Verse 7

And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    De sa til hverandre: 'Kom, la oss kaste lodd for å finne ut hvem sin skyld denne ulykken har rammet oss.' Så kastet de lodd, og loddet falt på Jona.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    De sa til hverandre: Kom, la oss kaste lodd for å finne ut hvem som er årsaken til denne ulykken. Så kastet de lodd, og loddet falt på Jona.

  • Norsk King James

    Og de sa til hverandre: Kom, la oss kaste lodd, så vi kan vite hvem som forårsaker denne onde skjebnen for oss. Så de kastet lodd, og loddet falt på Jona.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Og de sa til hverandre: Kom, la oss kaste lodd for å finne ut hvem som er årsaken til denne ulykken vi har kommet i. De kastet lodd, og loddet falt på Jonas.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    De sa til hverandre: "Kom, la oss kaste lodd, så vi kan få vite hvem som har skylden for denne ulykken vi er rammet av." De kastet lodd, og loddet falt på Jonas.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    De sa til hverandre: Kom, la oss kaste lodd, så vi kan finne ut hvem som er årsaken til denne ulykken. De kastet lodd, og loddet falt på Jonas.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Så sa de til hverandre: «La oss kaste lodd, så vi får vite hvem dette uhellet rammer oss.» Og loddet falt på Jona.

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

    De sa til hverandre: Kom, la oss kaste lodd, så vi kan finne ut hvem som er årsaken til denne ulykken. De kastet lodd, og loddet falt på Jonas.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Da sa de til hverandre: «Kom, la oss kaste lodd for å finne ut hvem som er skyld i denne ulykken.» Så kastet de lodd, og loddet falt på Jona.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    And they said to one another, "Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that has come upon us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Sjømennene sa til hverandre: 'Kom, la oss kaste lodd for å finne ut hvem som er skyld i denne ulykken som har rammet oss.' De kastet lodd, og loddet falt på Jona.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Og de sagde, den Ene til den Anden: Kommer, og lader os kaste Lod, at vi kunne fornemme, for hvis Skyld dette Onde er over os; og de kastede Lod, og Lodden faldt paa Jonas.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon ah.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Så sa de til hverandre: «Kom, la oss kaste lodd for å finne ut hvem som er årsaken til denne ulykken.» De kastet lodd, og loddet falt på Jonas.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    De sa til hverandre: "Kom, la oss kaste lodd for å finne ut på hvem sitt ansvar denne ulykken har kommet over oss." Så kastet de lodd, og loddet falt på Jona.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    De sa til hverandre: «Kom, vi kaster lodd for å finne ut hvem som er skyld i denne ulykken.» Så kastet de lodd, og loddet falt på Jona.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Og de sa til hverandre: Kom, la oss kaste lodd, så vi kan få vite hvem som er årsaken til denne ulykken som har rammet oss. Så kastet de lodd, og loddet falt på Jona.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    De sa til hverandre, Kom, la oss kaste lodd for å finne ut hvem som er skyld i denne ulykken. De kastet lodd, og loddet falt på Jona.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And they sayde one to a nother come and lett vs cast lottes to know for whose cause we are thus troublede. And they cast lottes. And ye lott fell vppon Ionas.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And they sayde one to another: come, let vs cast lottes: that we maye knowe, for whose cause we are thus troubled. And so they cast lottes, and the lot fell vpon Ionas.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And they saide euery one to his fellowe, Come, and let vs cast lottes, that we may know, for whose cause this euill is vpon vs. So they cast lottes, and the lot fell vpon Ionah.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And they saide euery one to his felow, Come, let vs cast lottes: that we may know for whose cause this euil is on vs. And they cast lottes: and the lotte fel on Ionas.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil [is] upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They all said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is on us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And they say each unto his neighbour, `Come, and we cast lots, and we know on whose account this evil `is' on us.' And they cast lots, and the lot falleth on Jonah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And they said to one another, Come, let us put this to the decision of chance and see on whose account this evil has come on us. So they did so, and Jonah was seen to be the man.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They all said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know who is responsible for this evil that is on us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The sailors said to one another,“Come on, let’s cast lots to find out whose fault it is that this disaster has overtaken us.” So they cast lots, and Jonah was singled out.

Referenced Verses

  • Josh 7:10 : 10 And the LORD said to Joshua, Get up; why are you lying thus upon your face?
  • Prov 16:33 : 33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 10:20-21 : 20 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. 21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.
  • Acts 1:23-26 : 23 And they proposed two: Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. 24 And they prayed and said, You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which of these two You have chosen 25 To take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. 26 And they cast their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
  • Num 32:23 : 23 But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD, and be sure your sin will find you out.
  • Josh 7:13-18 : 13 Get up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for thus says the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of you, O Israel: you cannot stand before your enemies, until you take away the accursed thing from among you. 14 In the morning therefore you shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD takes shall come according to the families; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man. 15 And it shall be, that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has: because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he has done foolishness in Israel. 16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: 17 And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zerahites: and he brought the family of the Zerahites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: 18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
  • 1 Sam 14:41-42 : 41 Therefore Saul said to the LORD God of Israel, "Give a perfect lot." And Saul and Jonathan were taken, but the people escaped. 42 Saul said, "Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son," and Jonathan was taken.
  • Esth 3:7 : 7 In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
  • Job 10:2 : 2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.
  • Ps 22:18 : 18 They divide my garments among them, and cast lots for my clothing.
  • Josh 22:16-20 : 16 Thus says the whole congregation of the LORD: What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that you have built for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel this day against the LORD? 17 Is the sin of Peor not enough for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD, 18 But that you must turn away this day from following the LORD? And it will be, seeing you rebel today against the LORD, that tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel. 19 If the land of your possession is unclean, then cross over to the land of the possession of the LORD, where the LORD’s tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us; but do not rebel against the LORD, nor rebel against us, by building for yourselves an altar besides the altar of the LORD our God. 20 Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? And that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
  • Judg 7:13-14 : 13 And when Gideon came, behold, there was a man telling a dream to his friend; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the Midianite camp, and came to a tent, and struck it that it fell, and overturned it, so that the tent lay flat. 14 And his friend answered and said, This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; for God has delivered Midian and all the army into his hand.
  • Judg 20:9-9 : 9 But now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up by lot against it; 10 And we will take ten men out of every hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to bring food for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly they have committed in Israel.
  • Acts 13:19 : 19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts; and then each person will receive praise from God.
  • 1 Sam 14:38-39 : 38 Saul said, "Come here, all you leaders of the people, and find out how this sin has happened today. 39 For as the LORD lives, who saves Israel, though it be Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But not one of all the people answered him.
  • Isa 41:6-7 : 6 They helped everyone his neighbor; and everyone said to his brother, Be of good courage. 7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smooths with the hammer him that struck the anvil, saying, It is ready for the soldering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
  • Matt 27:35 : 35 And they crucified him and parted his garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my clothing did they cast lots.