Verse 45

And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, killed the people who were in it, and tore down the city, and sowed it with salt.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Abimelek kjempet mot byen hele den dagen. Han inntok byen og drepte folket som var der inne. Så rev han byen ned og strødde salt utover den.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Abimelek kjempet mot byen hele den dagen, tok byen, drepte folket som var der, ødela byen og strødde salt over den.

• Norsk King James

  Og Abimelek kjempet mot byen hele dagen; og han inntok byen, drepte folket som var der, og jevnet byen med jorden.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Abimelek kjempet mot byen hele den dagen, tok byen, drepte folket der, rev byen ned og strødde salt over den.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Abimelek kjempet mot byen den dagen, inntok den, drepte folket som var der, rev ned byen og strødde salt over den.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Abimelek angrep byen hele dagen, tok den, drepte folket der inne, rev byen ned og drysset salt over den.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Abimelek kjempet mot byen hele dagen; han erobret den, drepte innbyggerne, ødela byen og salte den med salt.

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

  Abimelek angrep byen hele dagen, tok den, drepte folket der inne, rev byen ned og drysset salt over den.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Abimelek kjempet mot byen hele dagen. Han tok byen, drepte folket der, rev ned byen og strødde den med salt.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Abimelech fought against the city all that day, captured it, killed its inhabitants, tore it down, and sowed it with salt.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Abimelek kjempet mot byen hele den dagen. Han erobret byen og drepte folket i den. Han brøt ned byen og sådde den med salt.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da stred Abimelech imod Staden den samme ganske Dag, og indtog Staden og ihjelslog Folket, som der var udi; og han nedbrød Staden og besaaede den med Salt.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Abimelek kjempet mot byen hele den dagen, inntok byen og drepte alle folket der; han ødela byen og spredte salt over den.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Abimelek kjempet mot byen hele den dagen; han tok byen, og drepte folket som var der; han rev ned byen og strødde den med salt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Abimelek kjempet mot byen hele den dagen, erobret den, slo folket som var i den, rev ned byen og strødde salt over den.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Abimelek kjempet mot byen hele dagen; han inntok byen, drepte folket der, rev byen ned og strødde den med salt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hele den dagen kjempet Abimelek mot byen; han tok den, drepte folket der og rev byen ned, og strødde den med salt.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The foughte Abimelech agaynst the cite all ye same daye, and wanne it, and slewe the people that was there in, and brake downe ye cite, and sowed salt theron.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when Abimelech had fought against the citie all that day, he tooke the citie, and slewe the people that was therein, and destroyed the citie and sowed salt in it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when Abimelech had fought against the citie al that day, he toke it, and slue the people that was therin, and destroyed the citie, and sowed salte in it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that [was] therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and killed the people who were therein: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and Abimelech hath fought against the city all that day, and captureth the city, and the people who `are' in it he hath slain, and he breaketh down the city, and soweth it `with' salt.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were therein: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And all that day Abimelech was fighting against the town; and he took it, and put to death the people who were in it, and had the town pulled down and covered with salt.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and killed the people who were therein: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Abimelech fought against the city all that day. He captured the city and killed all the people in it. Then he leveled the city and spread salt over it.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 3:25 : 25 And they destroyed the cities, and in every good piece of land each man threw a stone and filled it, and they stopped all the springs of water and cut down all the good trees. Only in Kir Haraseth did they leave its stones intact; however, the slingers surrounded it and attacked it.
• Deut 29:23 : 23 And that the whole land is brimstone, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and in his wrath:
• 1 Kgs 12:25 : 25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the mount of Ephraim and lived there, and went out from there and built Penuel.
• Ps 107:34 : 34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of those who dwell therein.
• Ezek 47:11 : 11 But the miry places and the marshes shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.
• Zeph 2:9 : 9 Therefore as I live, says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even a breeding of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation: the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
• Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.