Verse 16

No king is saved by the multitude of an army; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    En konge blir ikke frelst ved en stor hær; en helt blir ikke reddet ved sin egen styrke.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Ingen konge blir fredet ved den store hæren; en mektig mann blir ikke befridd ved stor styrke.

  • Norsk King James

    Det finnes ingen konge som kan reddes ved styrken av en hær; en mektig mann befries ikke ved stor styrke.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    En konge frelses ikke ved stor styrke, en kriger reddes ikke ved stor kraft.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Kongen blir ikke frelst ved stor makt, en kriger blir ikke reddet ved stor styrke.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Ingen konge blir frelst av en stor hær; en mektig mann blir ikke reddet ved stor styrke.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Ingen konge frelses av en stor hær; en mektig mann blir ikke reddet med stor styrke.

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

    Ingen konge blir frelst av en stor hær; en mektig mann blir ikke reddet ved stor styrke.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    En konge blir ikke frelst ved stor makt, en helt redder seg ikke ved stor styrke.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    A king is not saved by a large army; a warrior will not be delivered by great strength.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Ingen konge blir frelst ved stor hær, ingen helt blir reddet ved stor styrke.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    En Konge frelses ikke ved stor Magt, en vældig (Mand) fries ikke ved stor Kraft.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Ingen konge frelses ved en stor hær; en mektig mann blir ikke befridd ved stor styrke.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Ingen konge blir frelst av en stor hær. En kriger blir ikke berget ved stor styrke.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    En konge reddes ikke av sin store hær, en sterk mann befris ikke ved stor makt.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Ingen konge blir frelst ved stor hær, en kriger reddes ikke ved stor styrke.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    En konges frelse ligger ikke i hærens styrke; en sterk mann blir ikke fri ved sin store kraft.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    A kynge is not helped by his owne greate hoost, nether is a giaunte saued thorow the might of his owne stregth.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The King is not saued by the multitude of an hoste, neither is the mightie man deliuered by great strength.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    A king is not saued by the multitude of an hoast: a man of great myght escapeth not by much strength.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    There is no king saved by the multitude of a host. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 14:17-18 : 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will gain honor over Pharaoh, and over all his host, over his chariots, and over his horsemen. 18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gained honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen.
  • Exod 14:28 : 28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; not so much as one of them remained.
  • Josh 11:4-8 : 4 And they went out, they and all their armies with them, numerous people, as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots. 5 And when all these kings met together, they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. 6 And the LORD said to Joshua, Do not be afraid because of them: for tomorrow about this time I will deliver them all slain before Israel: you shall hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. 7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they attacked them. 8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them, and chased them to great Zidon, and to Misrephothmaim, and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they struck them, until they left none remaining.
  • Josh 14:12 : 12 Now therefore give me this mountain, of which the LORD spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fortified; if so the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.
  • Judg 7:2 : 2 And the LORD said to Gideon, The people with you are too many for me to hand the Midianites over to you, lest Israel boast against me, saying, My own hand has saved me.
  • Judg 7:12-25 : 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay in the valley as numerous as locusts, and their camels were without number, as the sand by the seashore for multitude. 13 And when Gideon came, behold, there was a man telling a dream to his friend; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the Midianite camp, and came to a tent, and struck it that it fell, and overturned it, so that the tent lay flat. 14 And his friend answered and said, This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; for God has delivered Midian and all the army into his hand. 15 And it was so when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshipped, and returned to the army of Israel and said, Arise, for the LORD has delivered the Midianite army into your hand. 16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers and lamps inside the pitchers. 17 And he said to them, Look at me, and do likewise. Behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, as I do, so shall you do. 18 When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow your trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD and of Gideon. 19 So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outside of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, and they had just set the watch, and they blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands to blow with, and they cried, The sword of the LORD and of Gideon. 21 And they stood every man in his place around the camp, and all the army ran, and cried out, and fled. 22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout the whole army, and the army fled to Beth Shittah in Zererath, as far as the border of Abel Meholah, by Tabbath. 23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. 24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all Mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites and take before them the waters as far as Beth Barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together and took the waters as far as Beth Barah and Jordan. 25 And they captured two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they killed Oreb on the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued the Midianites, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of Jordan.
  • 1 Sam 14:8-9 : 8 Then Jonathan said, "Behold, we will cross over to these men, and we will reveal ourselves to them." 9 If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you,' then we will stand still in our place and not go up to them. 10 But if they say, 'Come up to us,' then we will go up, for the LORD has delivered them into our hand; and this will be a sign to us." 11 Both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines, and the Philistines said, "Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves." 12 The men of the garrison called to Jonathan and his armorbearer and said, "Come up to us, and we will show you something." Jonathan said to his armorbearer, "Come up after me, for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel." 13 Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, and his armorbearer after him, and they fell before Jonathan, and his armorbearer killed them after him. 14 That first slaughter which Jonathan and his armorbearer made was about twenty men within about half an acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. 15 There was trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and the raiders also trembled, and the earth quaked, so there was a very great trembling. 16 The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude melted away, and they went here and there.
  • 1 Sam 17:4 : 4 A champion came out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
  • 1 Sam 17:45-49 : 45 Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. I will give the bodies of the Philistine army this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD does not save with sword and spear, for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands. 48 When the Philistine arose and came near to meet David, David hurried and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 David put his hand in his bag, took a stone, slung it, and struck the Philistine in the forehead, and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.
  • 2 Sam 21:16-22 : 16 And Ishbibenob, who was of the descendants of the giant—the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass, and he was girded with a new sword—thought to kill David. 17 But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, came to his aid and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, saying, You shall no more go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel. 18 After this, there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was of the descendants of the giant. 19 And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan, the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear's staff was like a weaver's beam. 20 And there was another battle in Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had on each hand six fingers, and on each foot six toes, twenty-four in number; and he also was born to the giant. 21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him. 22 These four were born to the giant in Gath and fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
  • 1 Kgs 20:10 : 10 And Benhadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
  • 1 Kgs 20:27-29 : 27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of goats; but the Syrians filled the country. 28 And there came a man of God, and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus says the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD. 29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians one hundred thousand footmen in one day.
  • 2 Chr 14:9-9 : 9 And Zerah the Ethiopian came against them with an army of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots, and came to Mareshah. 10 Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. 11 And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, 'LORD, it is nothing for You to help, whether with many, or with those who have no power; help us, O LORD our God, for we rest on You, and in Your name we go against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God; let not man prevail against You.' 12 So the LORD struck the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled. 13 And Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar, and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover, for they were destroyed before the LORD and before His army; and they carried away very much spoil.
  • 2 Chr 20:12 : 12 O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great company that comes against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.
  • 2 Chr 20:23 : 23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
  • 2 Chr 32:8-9 : 8 With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles. And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. 9 After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (while he was besieging Lachish with all his forces), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah that were in Jerusalem, saying,
  • 2 Chr 32:21 : 21 And the LORD sent an angel who destroyed all the mighty men of valor and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame on his face to his own land. And when he entered the house of his god, his own sons killed him with the sword there.
  • Ps 44:3 : 3 For they did not gain the land in possession by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them: but Your right hand, and Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, because You had favor unto them.
  • Ps 44:6-7 : 6 For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall my sword save me. 7 But You have saved us from our enemies, and have put them to shame that hated us.
  • Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus says the LORD, 'Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches: