Verse 2

And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers lived on the other side of the river in ancient times, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Josva sa til hele folket: «Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: 'Fra gammelt av bodde deres fedre, Tarah, Abrahams far og Nahors far, på den andre siden av elven Eufrat, og de tilba andre guder.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da sa Josva til hele folket: Slik sier Herren, Israels Gud: For lenge siden bodde deres fedre på den andre siden av elven, blant dem Tarah, Abrahams far, og Nahors far, og de dyrket andre guder.

• Norsk King James

  Og Josva sa til hele folket: Slik sier Herren Gud av Israel: Deres fedre bodde på den andre siden av elven i gammel tid, selv Terah, Abrahams far, og Nahors far; og de tjente andre guder.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Josva sa til hele folket: Dette sier Herren, Israels Gud: For lenge siden bodde deres fedre på den andre siden av elven, Tera, Abrahams og Nakors far, og de tilbad andre guder.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Josva sa til hele folket: «Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: For lenge siden bodde deres fedre bak Eufratelven – Tarah, far til Abraham og far til Nahor – og de dyrket andre guder.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og Josva sa til hele folket: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Deres fedre bodde på den andre siden av elven i gammel tid, også Tarah, Abrahams og Nakors far. Der tilba de andre guder.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og Joshua sa til hele folket: Slik sier Herren, Israels Gud: Deres fedre bodde før i tiden, på den andre siden av flommen, nemlig Terah, Abrahams far og Nachors far, og de tjente andre guder.

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

  Og Josva sa til hele folket: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Deres fedre bodde på den andre siden av elven i gammel tid, også Tarah, Abrahams og Nakors far. Der tilba de andre guder.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Joshua sa til hele folket: «Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: I gamle dager bodde deres forfedre, inkludert Tarah, Abrahams og Nahors far, på den andre siden av elven, og de tjente andre guder.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Joshua said to all the people, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Long ago, your ancestors, including Terah, the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates River and worshiped other gods.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Josva sa til hele folket: «Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Fra gammel tid bodde deres fedre på andre siden av elven, Tarah, Abrahams far og Nahors far, og de tjente andre guder.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da sagde Josva til alt Folket: Saa siger Herren, Israels Gud: Eders Fædre boede fordum paa hiin Side Floden, Tharah, Abrahams Fader og Nachors Fader, og de tjente andre Guder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And hua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Josva sa til hele folket: 'Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Deres fedre bodde i gammel tid på den andre siden av elven, blant dem Tarah, far til Abraham og far til Nakor, og de tilba fremmede guder.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Josva sa til hele folket: Slik sier Herren, Israels Gud: Deres fedre bodde i gamle dager på den andre siden av elven, Terah, Abrahams far og Nahors far; og de tjente andre guder.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Josva sa til hele folket: 'Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Langt bortenfor elven bodde deres fedre for lenge siden – Tarah, Abrahams far og Nakors far – og de dyrket andre guder.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Josva sa til hele folket: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Deres fedre bodde i gammel tid på den andre siden av elven, Terah, faren til Abraham og Nahor, og de tjente andre guder.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og Josva sa til hele folket: Dette er ordene fra Herren, Israels Gud: I fortiden bodde deres fedre, Tara, far til Abraham, og Nahors far, på den andre siden av elven, og de tilba andre guder.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  he sayde vnto all the people: Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel: Yor fathers dwelt afore time beyode ye water, Abraha & Nahor wt Tarah their father & serued other goddes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Ioshua said vnto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt beyond the flood in olde time, euen Terah the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor, and serued other gods.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Iosuah sayde vnto al the people, Thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel: Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the fludde in olde time, euen Thare the father of Abraham and of Nachor, and serued straunge goddes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, [even] Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Joshua said to all the people, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Joshua saith unto all the people, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Beyond the River have your fathers dwelt of old -- Terah father of Abraham and father of Nachor -- and they serve other gods;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Joshua said to all the people, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: In the past your fathers, Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor, were living on the other side of the River: and they were worshipping other gods.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Joshua told all the people,“This is what the LORD God of Israel has said:‘In the distant past your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped other gods,

Referenced Verses

• Gen 31:53 : 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac.
• Gen 31:30 : 30 And now, though you would certainly be gone, because you greatly longed for your father's house, yet why have you stolen my gods?
• Gen 31:32 : 32 With whomever you find your gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern what is yours with me, and take it to you. For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.
• Gen 11:26-12:1 : 26 And Terah lived seventy years and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begot Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and lived there. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran. 1 Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get yourself out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father's house, to a land that I will show you:
• Gen 31:19 : 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
• Gen 35:4 : 4 And they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
• Deut 26:5 : 5 And you shall speak and say before the LORD your God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
• Josh 24:15 : 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
• Isa 51:2 : 2 Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
• Ezek 16:3 : 3 And say, Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem; Your birth and your nativity are from the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite, and your mother a Hittite.