Verse 17

And the city shall be accursed, it and all that are in it, to the LORD: only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Byen og alt som er i den skal tilintetgjøres for Herren. Bare Rahab, skjøgen, og alle som er i hennes hus, skal få leve fordi hun skjulte de utsendte speiderne.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Byen er viet til ødeleggelse for Herren, med alt som er i den; bare Rahab, skjøgen, skal leve, hun og alle som er med henne i huset, fordi hun skjulte budbærerne vi sendte.

• Norsk King James

  Og byen skal være forbannet, ja, forbannet er den, og alt som er der, til Herren: bare Rahab, skjøgen, skal leve, hun og alt som er med henne i huset, fordi hun skjulte budbringere som vi sendte.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Byen og alt i den skal være viet til Herren; bare skjøgen Rahab skal leve, hun og alle som er i huset hennes, fordi hun skjulte utsendingene vi sendte ut.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Byen og alt som er i den er viet til Herren. Bare Rahab, skjøgen, skal overleve, hun og alle som er i huset hennes, fordi hun gjemte speiderne vi sendte.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Byen skal være forbannet, den og alt som er i den, for Herren: bare Rahab, skjøgen, skal leve, hun og alle som er med henne i huset, fordi hun gjemte utsendingene som vi sendte ut.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Byen og alt som er i den skal bli forbannet til HERREN, men Rahab, den prostituerte, skal få leve – hun og alle i hennes hus – fordi hun skjulte de budbringerne vi sendte.

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

  Byen skal være forbannet, den og alt som er i den, for Herren: bare Rahab, skjøgen, skal leve, hun og alle som er med henne i huset, fordi hun gjemte utsendingene som vi sendte ut.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Byen skal være bannlyst for Herren. Bare ha Rahab prostituerte, hun og alle som er med henne i huset skal leve, for hun skjulte utsendingene vi sendte.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The city and all within it shall be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and those with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers we sent.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Joshua.6.17", "source": "וְהָיְתָ֨ה הָעִ֥יר חֵ֛רֶם הִ֥יא וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֖הּ לַֽיהוָ֑ה רַק֩ רָחָ֨ב הַזּוֹנָ֜ה תִּֽחְיֶ֗ה הִ֚יא וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתָּ֣הּ בַּבַּ֔יִת כִּ֣י הֶחְבְּאַ֔תָה אֶת־הַמַּלְאָכִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁלָֽחְנוּ׃", "text": "And *wĕhāyĕtāh* *hāʿîr* *ḥērem* it and all that is in it to *YHWH* only *rāḥāb* *hazzônāh* shall *tiḥyeh* she and all who are with her in *babbayit* for *kî* she *heḥbĕʾātāh* *ʾet*-*hammalʾākîm* whom we *šālāḥnû*.", "grammar": { "*wĕhāyĕtāh*": "verb, Qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular with waw consecutive - and it shall be", "*hāʿîr*": "noun, feminine singular with definite article - the city", "*ḥērem*": "noun, masculine singular - devoted thing/banned/dedicated to destruction", "*hîʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person feminine singular - it", "*wĕkol*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and all of", "*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - that/which", "*bāh*": "preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - in it", "*laYHWH*": "preposition + proper noun - to Yahweh/the LORD", "*raq*": "adverb - only/just", "*rāḥāb*": "proper noun - Rahab", "*hazzônāh*": "noun, feminine singular with definite article - the prostitute", "*tiḥyeh*": "verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - she shall live", "*hîʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person feminine singular - she", "*ʾittāh*": "preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - with her", "*babbayit*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular with definite article - in the house", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*heḥbĕʾātāh*": "verb, Hiphil perfect 3rd person feminine singular - she hid", "*hammalʾākîm*": "noun, masculine plural with definite article - the messengers", "*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - whom", "*šālāḥnû*": "verb, Qal perfect 1st person plural - we sent" }, "variants": { "*ḥērem*": "devoted thing/banned/dedicated to destruction/under ban", "*hazzônāh*": "the prostitute/harlot", "*tiḥyeh*": "shall live/survive/be preserved", "*heḥbĕʾātāh*": "she hid/concealed/sheltered", "*hammalʾākîm*": "the messengers/angels/envoys" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Byen og alt som er i den, skal vies til Herren. Bare Rahab, skjøgen, og alle som er i hennes hus, skal leve, fordi hun gjemte utsendingene vi sendte.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Staden, den og alt det, som er i den, skal være sat i Band for Herren; aleneste den Skjøge Rahab skal leve, hun og alle de, som ere i Huset med hende, thi hun skjulte Budene, som vi udsendte.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Byen og alt som er i den skal være bannlyst for Herren. Bare Rahab, skjøgen, skal leve, sammen med alle som er med henne i huset, for hun skjulte budbringerne vi sendte.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Byen og alt som er i den skal være innviet til Herren: bare Rahab, skjøgen, skal få leve, hun og alle som er hos henne i huset, fordi hun gjemte de utsendte som vi sendte.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og byen skal være viet til Herren, den og alt som er i den; kun Rahab skjøgen skal leve, hun og alle som er i huset hennes, for hun skjulte utsendingene vi sendte.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Byen og alt som er i den skal være viet til Herren; bare Rahab, skjøgen, skal leve, hun og alle som er med henne i huset, fordi hun skjulte sendebudene vi sendte.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Byen og alt i den skal vies til Herren: bare Rahab, kvinnen, og alle i huset hennes, skal spares fordi hun skjulte de utsendte mennene.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Howbeit this cite, & all that is therin, shalbe damned vnto the LORDE: onely the harlot Rahab shal lyue, & all that are with her in ye house, for she hyd the messaungers, whom we sent forth.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the citie shalbe an execrable thing, both it, and all that are therein, vnto the Lorde: onely Rahab the harlot shall liue, shee, and all that are with her in the house: for shee hid the messengers that we sent.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the citie shalbe accursed and al that are therin, vnto the Lorde: onlye Rahab the harlot shal liue, and all that are with her in the house, because she hyd the messengers that we sent.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And the city shall be accursed, [even] it, and all that [are] therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that [are] with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to Yahweh: only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and the city hath been devoted, it and all that `is' in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot doth live, she and all who `are' with her in the house, for she hid the messengers whom we sent;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to Jehovah: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the town will be put to the curse, and everything in it will be given to the Lord: only Rahab, the loose woman, and all who are in the house with her, will be kept safe, because she kept secret the men we sent.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yahweh. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the LORD; only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 20:17 : 17 But you shall utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD your God has commanded you:
• Josh 2:1 : 1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out from Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went and entered a prostitute's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
• Josh 2:4-6 : 4 And the woman took the two men and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I did not know where they were from: 5 And it came to pass about the time of closing the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: where the men went I do not know: pursue after them quickly; for you shall overtake them. 6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
• Josh 2:22 : 22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
• Josh 6:22-23 : 22 But Joshua had said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out from there the woman, and all that she has, as you swore to her. 23 And the young men who were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all that she had; and they brought out all her relatives, and left them outside the camp of Israel.
• Josh 7:1 : 1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass regarding the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
• 1 Sam 15:6 : 6 And Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, get down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
• Ezra 10:8 : 8 and that whoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, all his property would be forfeited, and he himself would be separated from the congregation of those who had been carried away.
• Isa 34:6 : 6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
• Jer 46:10 : 10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge himself on his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
• Ezek 39:17 : 17 And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD: Speak to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves from all sides to my sacrificial feast that I prepare for you, even a great sacrificial feast upon the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood.
• Mic 4:13 : 13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs bronze, and you shall beat in pieces many people, and I will consecrate their gain to the LORD, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.
• Matt 10:41-42 : 41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.
• Matt 25:40 : 40 And the King will answer and say to them, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.
• 1 Cor 2:7 : 7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory,
• 1 Cor 16:22 : 22 If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Maranatha.
• Gal 3:10 : 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.'
• Gal 3:12 : 12 And the law is not of faith, but 'The man who does them shall live in them.'
• Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
• Heb 11:31 : 31 By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.
• Jas 2:25 : 25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?
• Gen 12:3 : 3 And I will bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.
• Lev 27:28-29 : 28 Nevertheless no devoted thing that a man shall devote to the LORD of all that he has, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to the LORD. 29 None devoted, which shall be devoted by men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
• Num 21:2-3 : 2 And Israel vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. 3 And the LORD listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.