Verse 1

In those days, when there was no king in Israel, there was a certain Levite staying on the side of Mount Ephraim, who took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  På den tiden var det ingen konge i Israel, og hver og en gjorde det som de anså som rett.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og det skjedde i de dager, da det ikke var en konge i Israel, at det var en levitt som oppholdt seg ved foten av Efraims fjell, og han tok seg en medhustru fra Betlehem i Juda.

• Norsk King James

  Det skjedde på den tiden da det ikke var noen konge i Israel, at det var en viss levitt som bodde i Efraims fjell, og han tok til seg en medhustru fra Betlehem i Juda.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Det skjedde i de samme dagene, da det ikke var noen konge i Israel, at det bodde en levitt på siden av Efraims fjell, som hadde tatt seg en medhustru fra Betlehem i Juda.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  I de dager var det ingen konge i Israel, og en levitt fra den bakre delen av Efraim-fjellet tok seg en medhustru fra Betlehem i Juda.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Det skjedde på den tiden, da det ikke var noen konge i Israel, at det var en levitt som bodde midlertidig ved foten av Efraims fjell, som tok seg en medhustru fra Betlehem i Juda.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og det skjedde i de dager, da det ikke var noen konge i Israel, at det fantes en viss levitt som oppholdt seg ved Efraims fjell, og han tok seg en konkubine fra Betlehem i Juda.

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

  Det skjedde på den tiden, da det ikke var noen konge i Israel, at det var en levitt som bodde midlertidig ved foten av Efraims fjell, som tok seg en medhustru fra Betlehem i Juda.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  På den tiden var det ingen konge i Israel. En levitt som bodde i de bortre delene av Efraims fjellområde, tok seg en medhustru fra Betlehem i Juda.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  In those days, there was no king in Israel. There was a Levite living temporarily in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, and he took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  På den tiden var det ingen konge i Israel. En levitt som bodde langt oppe i Efraim-fjellene tok seg en medhustru fra Betlehem i Juda.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og det skede i de samme Dage, da der var ingen Konge i Israel, at der var en levitisk Mand, som var fremmed ved Ephraims Bjergs Sider, og havde taget sig en Medhustru til Hustru af Bethlehem i Juda.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Det skjedde i de dager da det ikke var noen konge i Israel, at en viss levitt bodde på den andre siden av Efraim-fjellet. Han tok seg en medhustru fra Betlehem i Juda.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  I de dager, da det ikke var noen konge i Israel, var det en levitt som oppholdt seg på den fjerne siden av Efraims fjellområde. Han tok seg en medhustru fra Betlehem i Juda.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  I de dager, da det ikke var noen konge i Israel, var det en mann fra Levi-stammen, en tilreisende i fjellandet Efraim, som tok seg en kvinne, en medhustru, fra Betlehem i Juda.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  På den tiden, da det ikke var noen konge i Israel, var det en levitt som bodde på den andre siden av Efraims høyland. Han tok seg en medhustru fra Betlehem i Juda.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  I de dager da det ikke var noen konge i Israel, bodde en levitt innerst i fjellområdet i Efraim, og han hadde skaffet seg en medhustru fra Betlehem i Juda.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  At the same tyme was there no kynge in Israel, and there was a man of Leui, which was a strauger besyde mout Ephraim, and had taken him a cocubine of Bethleem Iuda to wife.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Also in those dayes, when there was no king in Israel, a certaine Leuite dwelt on the side of mount Ephraim, and tooke to wife a concubine out of Beth-lehem Iudah,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Also in those dayes, when there was no kyng in Israel, a certayne Leuite soiournyng on the syde of mount Ephraim, toke to wyfe a concubine out of Bethlehem Iuda.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And it came to pass in those days, when [there was] no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And it cometh to pass, in those days, when there is no king in Israel, that there is a man a Levite, a sojourner in the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he taketh to him a wife, a concubine, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite living on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.

Referenced Verses

• Judg 18:1 : 1 In those days there was no king in Israel, and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance for themselves to live in, for until that day their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.
• Judg 17:8 : 8 And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
• Judg 17:6 : 6 In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
• Josh 24:33 : 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that belonged to Phinehas his son, which was given him in Mount Ephraim.
• Judg 21:25 : 25 In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
• 2 Sam 3:7 : 7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ishbosheth said to Abner, Why have you gone in to my father's concubine?
• 2 Sam 5:13 : 13 And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.
• 2 Sam 16:22 : 22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
• 2 Sam 19:5 : 5 And Joab came into the house to the king and said, You have shamed today the faces of all your servants, who this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;
• 2 Sam 20:3 : 3 And David returned to his house in Jerusalem, and the king took the ten concubines whom he had left to keep the house and put them in confinement. He provided for them but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as widows.
• 1 Kgs 11:3 : 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
• 2 Chr 11:21 : 21 Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines (for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and begat twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters).
• Esth 2:14 : 14 In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to the second house of the women, under the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who kept the concubines: she came to the king no more, unless the king delighted in her, and she was called by name.
• Song 6:8-9 : 8 There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and virgins without number. 9 My dove, my undefiled, is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her and blessed her; yes, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
• Dan 5:3 : 3 Then they brought the gold vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank from them.
• Mal 2:15 : 15 And did he not make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
• Matt 2:6 : 6 And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are not the least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come a Governor who shall rule my people Israel.
• Judg 17:1 : 1 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
• Gen 22:24 : 24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
• Gen 25:6 : 6 But to the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts and sent them away from his son Isaac, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country.
• Gen 35:19 : 19 And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
• Josh 24:30 : 30 And they buried him within the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in Mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.