Verse 6

For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, to whom the LORD swore that He would not show them the land which the LORD had sworn to their fathers that He would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For Israels barn vandret i ørkenen i førti år, til hele den nasjonen av stridsdyktige menn som kom ut av Egypt, som ikke hørte på Herrens røst, var dødd. For Herren hadde sverget til dem at han ikke ville la dem se det landet som Herren hadde sverget til deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For Israels barn vandret i ørkenen i førti år, til hele folket, krigerne som kom ut av Egypt, var borte, fordi de ikke hadde adlydt HERRENS røst. For HERREN hadde sverget at han ikke ville la dem se landet som HERREN hadde sverget til deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter av melk og honning.

• Norsk King James

  For Israels barn vandret i ørkenen i førti år, til alle mennene i krig som kom ut av Egypt, var blitt utryddet, fordi de ikke adlød Herrens røst; til hvem Herren sverget at han ikke ville vise dem landet, som Herren sverget til deres fedre at han ville gi oss, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Israels barn vandret førti år i ørkenen, inntil hele folket, krigsfolket som dro ut av Egypt, som ikke ville høre på Herrens røst, hadde dødd. Herren hadde sverget at de ikke skulle få se landet som han hadde lovet deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For Israel hadde vandret i ørkenen i førti år, til hele den generasjonen av krigsdyktige menn som hadde forlatt Egypt, var gått til grunne fordi de ikke hadde adlydt Herrens røst. Herren hadde sverget at de ikke skulle få se det landet han hadde lovet deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For Israels barn vandret i ørkenen i førti år, inntil hele folket, krigerne som kom ut av Egypt, var borte, fordi de ikke adlød Herrens røst. Til dem hadde Herren sverget at han ikke ville la dem se landet, som han hadde sverget til deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For Israels barn vandret i ørkenen i førti år, inntil alle de krigerne som kom ut av Egypt var omkommet, fordi de ikke lyttet til HERRENs røst – de til hvem HERREN hadde sverget at han ikke skulle vise dem det landet han lovet deres fedre, et land som flyter over av melk og honning.

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

  For Israels barn vandret i ørkenen i førti år, inntil hele folket, krigerne som kom ut av Egypt, var borte, fordi de ikke adlød Herrens røst. Til dem hadde Herren sverget at han ikke ville la dem se landet, som han hadde sverget til deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For i førti år vandret Israels barn i ørkenen til hele nasjonen, krigerne som hadde dratt ut fra Egypt og ikke hadde lyttet til Herrens røst, var omkommet. Herren hadde sverget til dem at han ikke skulle la dem se landet som Herren hadde sverget til deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The Israelites journeyed in the wilderness for forty years until all the warriors who had come out of Egypt died, because they did not obey the LORD. The LORD swore that He would not show them the land He had promised to their ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Israels barn vandret førti år i ørkenen til hele nasjonen, krigerne som kom ut av Egypt, hadde tilintetgjort fordi de ikke hørte på Herrens røst. Herren sverget til dem at de ikke skulle se landet som Herren hadde sverget til deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi Israels Børn vandrede fyrretyve Aar i Ørken, indtil at alt det Folk, Krigsfolket, som udgik af Ægypten, var uddød, som ikke hørte Herrens Røst; saa at Herren svoer dem, at han vilde ikke lade dem see det Land, som Herren havde svoret deres Fædre at give os, et Land, som flyder med Melk og Honning.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For Israels barn vandret førti år i ørkenen, til alle folkene, stridsmennene som kom ut av Egypt, var utryddet, fordi de ikke adlød Herrens røst. Herren hadde sverget at de ikke skulle få se landet, som Herren hadde sverget å gi til deres fedre, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For Israels barn vandret i ørkenen i førti år, til hele folket, krigerne som kom ut av Egypt, ble utslettet fordi de ikke hørte på Herrens røst: Han hadde sverget at de ikke skulle få se landet som Herren sverget til deres fedre at han ville gi oss, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For i førti år vandret Israels barn i ørkenen til hele nasjonen av krigsmenn som hadde dratt ut av Egypt, som ikke hadde lyttet til Herrens røst, var gått bort. For dem hadde Herren sverget at han ikke skulle la dem se landet som han hadde lovet deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter av melk og honning.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For Israels barn vandret førti år i ørkenen, til hele nasjonen, til og med krigsmennene som kom ut av Egypt, var omkommet, fordi de ikke hørte på Herrens røst: som Herren hadde sverget at han ikke ville la dem se landet som Herren hadde sverget å gi deres fedre, et land som flyter med melk og honning.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For Israels barn vandret i ødemarken i førti år, til hele folket, det vil si alle stridsmennene, som hadde kommet ut av Egypt, var døde fordi de ikke hadde hørt på Herrens røst: til hvem Herren hadde sverget at han ikke ville la dem se landet som Herren med en ed hadde lovet deres fedre å gi oss, et land som flyter av melk og honning.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  for the children of Israel walked fortye yeares in the wyldernesse, vntyll all the people of the men of warre that came out of Egipte, were consumed, because they herkened not vnto the voyce of the LORDE, like as the LORDE sware vnto them, that they shulde not se the londe, which the LORDE sware vnto their fathers to geue vnto vs, euen a londe that floweth with mylke & honye:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the children of Israel walked fourtie yeres in the wildernes, till all the people of the men of warre that came out of Egypt were consumed, because they obeyed not the voyce of the Lord: vnto whome the Lord sware, that he would not shewe them the lande, which the Lorde had sworne vnto their fathers, that he would giue vs, euen a land that floweth with milke and hony.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the chyldren of Israel walked fourtie yeres in the wildernesse, till al ye people of ye men of warre that came out of Egypt were consumed, because they hearkened not vnto the voyce of the Lorde: Unto whom the Lorde sware, that he woulde not shewe them ye lande which the Lorde sware vnto their fathers that he woulde geue vs, euen a lande that floweth with mylke & hony.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people [that were] men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, even the men of war who came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh: to whom Yahweh swore that he wouldn't let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for forty years have the sons of Israel gone in the wilderness, till all the nation of the men of war who are coming out of Egypt, who hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah, to whom Jehovah hath sworn not to show them the land which Jehovah sware to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey, are consumed;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the nation, even the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah: unto whom Jehovah sware that he would not let them see the land which Jehovah sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the children of Israel were wandering in the waste land for forty years, till all the nation, that is, all the fighting-men, who had come out of Egypt, were dead, because they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord: to whom the Lord said, with an oath, that he would not let them see the land which the Lord had given his word to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, even the men of war who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh. Yahweh swore to them that he wouldn't let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the wilderness until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the LORD, died off. For the LORD had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn by oath to their ancestors to give them, a land rich in milk and honey.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 2:7 : 7 For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the works of your hands; He knows your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.
• Deut 2:14 : 14 And the time we took to come from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war perished from the camp, as the LORD swore to them.
• Exod 3:8 : 8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
• Num 14:23 : 23 Surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
• Deut 1:3 : 3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that the LORD had given him in commandment to them;
• Heb 3:11 : 11 So I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter into My rest.
• Deut 8:4 : 4 Your clothing did not wear out upon you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.
• Ps 95:10-11 : 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: 11 Unto whom I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
• Jer 2:2 : 2 Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD; I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your engagements, when you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
• Ezek 20:6 : 6 In the day that I lifted up my hand to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had spied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
• Ezek 20:15 : 15 Yet also I lifted up my hand to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
• Joel 3:18 : 18 And it shall come to pass in that day that the mountains shall drip with new wine, the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall flow with water, and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
• Num 14:29-35 : 29 Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me, 30 Surely you shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore to make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 But your little ones, which you said would be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised. 32 But as for you, your carcasses, they shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your faithlessness, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness. 34 After the number of the days in which you searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall you bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you shall know my breach of promise. 35 I the LORD have said, I will surely do it to all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
• Exod 3:17 : 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey.