Verse 4

And he commanded them, saying, Behold, you shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city; do not go very far from the city, but be all ready.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han befalte dem: «Ligg på lur bak byen. Hold dere nær byen, og vær alle klare.»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han befalte dem og sa: Se, dere skal ligge i bakhold mot byen, rett bak den. Gå ikke langt fra byen, men vær alle klare.

• Norsk King James

  Og han befalte dem og sa: Se, dere skal ligge i bakhold mot byen: gå ikke så langt fra byen, men vær klar alle sammen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han befalte dem og sa: Pass på at dere ligger i bakhold, nær byen, men ikke for langt unna. Dere må alle være klare.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han befalte dem å ligge i bakhold bak byen. Ikke gå for langt bort fra byen, men vær klare.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han befalte dem og sa: Se, dere skal ligge i bakhold mot byen, bak byen. Gå ikke langt fra byen, men vær alle klare.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han befalte dem: ”Se, dere skal ligge i bakholdsangrep rett bak byen. Dra ikke altfor langt bort, men hold dere alle klare.”

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

  Han befalte dem og sa: Se, dere skal ligge i bakhold mot byen, bak byen. Gå ikke langt fra byen, men vær alle klare.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han gav dem denne befaling: 'Legg dere i bakhold bak byen. Ikke gå for langt unna byen, men hold dere klare.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He commanded them, saying, "Behold, you are to lie in ambush against the city, behind it. Do not go far from the city, but all of you stay ready."

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  og han ga dem denne ordren: 'Vær på vakt! Legg dere i bakhold bak byen, ikke gå for langt fra byen, og vær alle klare.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han bød dem og sagde: Seer til, I, som ere i Baghold ved Staden, bag ved Staden, I skulle ikke holde eder saare langt fra Staden, og I skulle være alle sammen rede.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og han befalte dem: Se, dere skal ligge i bakhold mot byen, selv bak byen. Gå ikke langt unna, men vær klare.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han sa til dem: Legg dere i bakhold mot byen, bak den. Gå ikke langt fra byen, og vær klare.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han befalte dem: 'Legg dere i bakhold bak byen, ikke gå for langt fra byen, og vær klare.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og han befalte dem, idet han sa: Se, dere skal ligge i bakhold mot byen, bak byen; gå ikke veldig langt fra byen, men vær alle klare:

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han ga dem ordren: Gå og ta opp en hemmelig posisjon bak byen. Ikke gå så langt bort, og vær klare.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and commaunded them, and sayde: Take hede, ye shal be ye preuye watch behynde the cite, but go not to farre from the cite, and se that ye be redye alltogether.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he commanded them, saying, Behold, yee shall lye in waite against the citie on the backeside of the citie: goe not very farre from the citie, but be ye all in a readinesse.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he commaunded them, saying: Beholde, ye shall lye in wayte agaynst the towne on the backside thereof: Go not verie farre from the citie, but be all redie:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, [even] behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He commanded them, saying, Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city; don't go very far from the city, but be all ready:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and commandeth them, saying, `See, ye are liers in wait against the city, at the rear of the city, ye go not very far off from the city, and all of you have been prepared,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city; go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he gave them their orders, saying, Go and take up your position secretly at the back of the town: do not go very far away, and let all of you be ready:

• World English Bible (2000)

  He commanded them, saying, "Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city. Don't go very far from the city, but all of you be ready.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He ordered them,“Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don’t go very far from the city; all of you be ready!

Referenced Verses

• Judg 20:29 : 29 And Israel set ambushers round about Gibeah.
• Judg 20:33 : 33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar; and the ambushers of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
• Judg 20:36 : 36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck; for the men of Israel gave way to the Benjamites, because they trusted to the ambushers which they had set beside Gibeah.
• 1 Sam 15:2 : 2 Thus says the LORD of hosts, I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him on the way, when he came up from Egypt.
• 1 Sam 15:5 : 5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and lay in wait in the valley.
• Eccl 7:19 : 19 Wisdom strengthens the wise more than ten mighty men in the city.
• Eccl 9:16 : 16 Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength; nevertheless, the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
• Acts 23:21 : 21 But do not yield to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves with an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for a promise from you.
• Josh 8:16 : 16 And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua and were drawn away from the city.
• Judg 9:25 : 25 And the men of Shechem set ambushes against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who passed by them along that way; and it was told to Abimelech.