Verse 18

But all the young women who have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  «Men alle unge jenter som ikke har hatt samleie med menn, skal dere la leve for dere selv.»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men alle jentebarna som ikke har kjent noen mann ved å ligge med ham, skal dere la leve for dere selv.

• Norsk King James

  Men alle jentene som ikke har kjent en mann ved å ligge med ham, skal dere spare i live for dere selv.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men alle jentebarn som ikke har ligget med en mann, skal dere la leve for dere.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Men alle unge jenter som ikke har ligget med en mann, skal dere la leve for dere selv.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men alle jentebarn som ikke har hatt samleie med en mann, spar dem for dere selv.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Men alle jentene som ikke har kjent en mann ved samleie, la dere spare for dere selv.»

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

  Men alle jentebarn som ikke har hatt samleie med en mann, spar dem for dere selv.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men alle unge piker som ikke har ligget med noen mann, skal dere la leve for deres skyld.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But you may keep alive for yourselves all the young women who have not known a man by lying with him.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Numbers.31.18", "source": "וְכֹל֙ הַטַּ֣ף בַּנָּשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יָדְע֖וּ מִשְׁכַּ֣ב זָכָ֑ר הַחֲי֖וּ לָכֶֽם׃", "text": "*wə-ḵōl* *haṭ-ṭap̄* *ban-nāšîm* *ʾăšer* *lōʾ-yāḏʿû* *miškaḇ* *zāḵār* *haḥăyû* *lāḵem*", "grammar": { "*wə-ḵōl*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and all", "*haṭ-ṭap̄*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the children", "*ban-nāšîm*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine plural - among the women", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who", "*lōʾ-yāḏʿû*": "negative particle + Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - have not known", "*miškaḇ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - lying with", "*zāḵār*": "noun, masculine singular - male", "*haḥăyû*": "Qal imperative, masculine plural - keep alive", "*lāḵem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - for yourselves" }, "variants": { "*ṭap̄*": "children/little ones/young girls", "*nāšîm*": "women/females", "*lōʾ-yāḏʿû miškaḇ zāḵār*": "have not known lying with a male/virgin females/who have not had sexual relations with a man", "*haḥăyû*": "keep alive/preserve/spare" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Men alle jenter som ikke har vært sammen med en mann, kan dere la leve for dere selv.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men alle smaae Børn af Qvindekjønnet, som ikke have kjendt Mandkjøns Samqvem, lader leve for eder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men alle unge jenter som ikke har vært sammen med en mann, skal dere la leve for dere selv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men alle jentene som ikke har vært hos en mann, skal dere holde i live for dere selv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men alle jentebarn som ikke har ligget med en mann, la dem leve for dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men alle jentene som ikke har ligget med en mann, sparer dere for dere selv.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men alle jentebarn som ikke har ligget med en mann, kan dere ta for dere selv.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But all the wemen children that haue not lyen with men kepe alyue for youre selues.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But all the wemen chidren yt haue knowne no me ner lien wt them, kepe those alyue for youre selues.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But all the women children that haue not knowen carnall copulation, keepe aliue for your selues.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But all the women children that haue not lien with men carnally, kepe alyue for your selues.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But all the female children who have had no sex relations with men, you may keep for yourselves.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But all the young women who have not experienced a man’s bed will be yours.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 21:10-14 : 10 When you go forth to war against your enemies, and the LORD your God has delivered them into your hands, and you have taken them captive, 11 And see among the captives a beautiful woman, and have a desire for her, that you would have her as your wife; 12 Then you shall bring her home to your house; and she shall shave her head, and trim her nails; 13 And she shall put off the clothes of her captivity and remain in your house, and mourn for her father and her mother a full month: and after that you shall go in to her, and be her husband, and she shall be your wife. 14 And it shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her at all for money, you shall not make merchandise of her, because you have humbled her.
• 2 Chr 28:8-9 : 8 And the children of Israel carried away captive two hundred thousand of their brethren, women, sons, and daughters, and took also much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. 9 But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded, and he went out before the army that came to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage that reaches up to heaven. 10 And now you purpose to keep the children of Judah and Jerusalem as bondmen and bondwomen for yourselves, but are there not with you sins against the LORD your God?
• Isa 14:2 : 2 And the people will take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel will possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and maidservants: and they will take them captive, whose captives they were; and they will rule over their oppressors.
• Lev 25:44 : 44 Both your bondmen, and your bondmaids, whom you shall have, shall be of the nations that are around you; from them shall you buy bondmen and bondmaids.
• Deut 20:14 : 14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil of it, you shall take for yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.