Verse 33

So you shall not pollute the land where you are: for blood defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dere skal ikke vanhellige landet dere bor i, for blod vanhelliger landet. Landet kan ikke sones for det utgydte blodet som følger med det, uten blodet av den som har utgytt det.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Dere skal heller ikke forderve landet som dere bor i: for blod forderver landet, og for landet kan det ikke bli sonet for det utgytte blodet, unntatt ved blodet til den som har utgytt det.

• Norsk King James

  Så dere skal ikke vanhellige det landet dere bor i; for blod vanhelliger landet, og det kan ikke bli rengjort for blodet som er utgitt der, uten av den som har utgitt det.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dere skal ikke forurense landet dere bor i; blod forurenser landet, og det kan ikke bli forsonet for blod som er utøst der uten ved blodet til den som utøste det.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Dere skal ikke gjøre landet urent som dere bor i, der jeg bor blant dere. For jeg, Herren, bor blant Israels barn.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Så dere skal ikke forurense landet dere bor i: for blod forurenser landet, og landet kan ikke få soning for blodet som er utøst i det, unntatt ved den som har utøst blodet selv.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  På den måten forurenser dere ikke landet dere bor på, for blod gjør landet uren – og det utgytte blodet kan bare renses med blodet til den som utgyter det.

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

  Så dere skal ikke forurense landet dere bor i: for blod forurenser landet, og landet kan ikke få soning for blodet som er utøst i det, unntatt ved den som har utøst blodet selv.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Så dere ikke forurenser landet dere bor i, for blod forurenser landet, og det kan ikke sones for blodet som er utøst i det, uten ved blodet til den som utøste det.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do not pollute the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land; and no atonement can be made for the land that has been defiled by bloodshed except by the blood of the one who shed it.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dere skal ikke forurense landet som dere bor i. For blod forurenser landet, og ingen soning kan gjøres for blodet som er utøst i landet, unntatt ved blodet til den som har utøst det.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og I skulle ikke besmitte Landet, som I boe udi; thi Blodet, det besmitter Landet, og for Landet kan ikke skee Forsoning for det Blod, som udøses deri, uden ved hans Blod, som udøste det.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Dere skal ikke vanære landet som dere er i, for blod vanærer landet. Landet kan ikke forsones for det blod som blir utøst der, annet enn ved den som utøste det.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så dere skal ikke forurense landet dere bor i: for blod forurenser landet; og ingen soning kan gjøres for landet for blod som er utøst der, uten ved blodet til den som utøste det.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Dere skal ikke vanhellige landet dere bor i, for blod vanhelliger landet. Landet kan ikke bli forsonet for blodet som er utøst i det, unntatt ved blodet til den som utøste det.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For dere skal ikke gjøre landet dere bor i urent; for blod gjør landet urent, og landets skyld kan ikke sones uten ved blodet til den som har utøst det.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Gjør ikke det landet hvor dere bor urent: for blod gjør landet urent: landet kan bare renses fra blodet som er utøst, ved drapsmannens død.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And se that ye polute not the londe which ye are in for bloude defyleth the londe. And the londe can none other wyse be clensed of ye bloude that is shed therein but by the bloude of it that shed it.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And defyle not ye ye londe wherin ye dwell. For who so is giltye of bloude, defyleth the londe: and the londe can not be reconcyled from the bloude that is shed therin, but onely thorow the bloude of him that shed it.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye shall dwell: for blood defileth the land: and the land cannot be clensed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  So ye shall not pollute the lande whiche ye shall dwell in, for blood defileth the lande: and the lande can not be clensed of the blood that is shed therin, but by the blood of hym that shed blood.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye [are]: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  So you shall not pollute the land in which you are: for blood, it pollutes the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him who shed it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And ye profane not the land which ye `are' in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So do not make the land where you are living unholy: for blood makes the land unholy: and there is no way of making the land free from the blood which has come on it, but only by the death of him who was the cause of it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "'So you shall not pollute the land in which you are: for blood, it pollutes the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him who shed it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “You must not pollute the land where you live, for blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, except by the blood of the person who shed it.

Referenced Verses

• Mic 4:11 : 11 Now also are many nations gathered against you, that say, 'Let her be defiled, and let our eyes gaze upon Zion.'
• Gen 9:6 : 6 Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God He made man.
• Ps 106:38 : 38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.
• Isa 26:21 : 21 For behold, the LORD comes out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also will disclose her blood and will no more cover her slain.
• Ezek 22:24-27 : 24 Son of man, say to her, You are the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in its midst, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in its midst. 26 Her priests have violated My law, and have profaned My holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and unholy, neither have they shown difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 27 Her princes in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
• Hos 4:2-3 : 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. 3 Therefore the land shall mourn, and everyone that dwells therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; yes, the fish of the sea also shall be taken away.
• Lev 18:25 : 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I visit the iniquity upon it, and the land itself vomits out its inhabitants.
• Deut 21:1-8 : 1 If someone is found slain in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who has slain him, 2 Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him that is slain; 3 And it shall be that the city which is nearest to the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer, which has not been worked with, and which has not drawn in the yoke; 4 And the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a rough valley, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley; 5 And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near, for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister to Him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word every controversy and every stroke shall be tried: 6 And all the elders of that city, that are nearest to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley, 7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. 8 Be merciful, O LORD, to Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, and do not place innocent blood upon Your people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
• Deut 21:23 : 23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day; (for he who is hanged is accursed of God;) that your land be not defiled, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance.
• 2 Kgs 23:26 : 26 Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath, with which His anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him.
• 2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon.
• Ps 106:28 : 28 They joined themselves also to Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
• Matt 23:31-35 : 31 Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' guilt. 33 Serpents, brood of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell? 34 Therefore, indeed, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
• Luke 11:50-51 : 50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51 From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the temple: truly I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.