Verse 3

When she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket, coated it with tar and pitch, placed the child inside, and laid it among the reeds along the riverbank.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, tok hun en kurv laget av papyrusrør, som hun tettet med leire og tjære. Hun la gutten i kurven og plasserte den blant sivet ved Nilen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, laget hun en kurv av siv, dekket den med asfalt og tjære, og la barnet oppi. Hun satte den blant sivet ved elvebredden.

• Norsk King James

  Og da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, laget hun en båt av siv, dekket den med slime og harpiks, og la barnet i båten, som hun satte blant sivene ved elvebredden.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da hun ikke kunne skjule ham lenger, laget hun en kurv av siv, smurte den med tjære og beg, la gutten i den og satte den blant sivet ved elvebredden.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Da hun ikke kunne skjule ham lenger, laget hun en kurv av papyrus og smurte den med jordbek og tjære. Hun la gutten i kurven og satte den blant sivet ved elvebredden.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, laget hun en kurv av papyrus og smurte den med jordbek og tjære. Hun la barnet i kurven og satte den i sivet ved elvebredden.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, tok hun en kurv av siv, smurte den med leire og harpiks, og la barnet inni. Deretter satte hun den blant sivene ved elvebredden.

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

  Da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, laget hun en kurv av papyrus og smurte den med jordbek og tjære. Hun la barnet i kurven og satte den i sivet ved elvebredden.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men da hun ikke lenger kunne holde ham skjult, tok hun en kurv av papyrus, smurte den med asfalt og bek, la barnet i den og satte den blant sivet ved elvebredden.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Men da hun ikke kunne skjule ham lenger, laget hun en kurv av papyrus og smurte den med bek og tjære. Hun la barnet i kurven og satte den blant sivet ved elvebredden.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men der hun ikke kunde skjule ham længere, da tog hun ham en Kiste af Rør, og klinede den med Liim og Beg, og lagde Drengen derudi, og lagde den imellem Sivet ved Bredden af Floden.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, tok hun en kurv av papyrus for ham, smurte den med bek og tjære, la barnet oppi og satte kurven blant sivet ved elvebredden.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him, and coated it with tar and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it among the reeds by the river's edge.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, tok hun en papyruseske for ham og smurte den med tjære og bek. Hun satte barnet i den og la den i sivet ved elvebredden.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, tok hun en kurv av siv, smurte den med bek og tjære, la barnet i den og satte den i sivet ved bredden av elven.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men da hun ikke lenger kunne skjule ham, lagde hun en kurv av papyrus og smurte den med tjære og bek. Hun la barnet i den og satte den blant sivet ved elvebredden.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men da hun ikke lenger kunne holde ham skjult, laget hun en kurv av siv, smurte den med tjære for å gjøre den vanntett, og satte barnet i den blant sivet ved bredden av Nilen.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And whe she coude no longer hyde him, she toke a basket of bulrusshes ad dawbed it with slyme ad pytche, ad layde the childe therin, ad put it in the flagges by the riuers brynke.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And whan she coude hyde him no longer, she toke an Arke of redes, and dawbed it ouer with slyme and pitch, and layed the childe therin, and set it amonge the redes by the waters brynke.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But when she could no longer hide him, she tooke for him an arke made of reede, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and laide the childe therein, and put it among the bulrushes by the riuers brinke.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when she coulde no longer hyde hym, she toke a basket made of bull russhes, and dawbed it with slyme and pitche, and layed the chylde therein, and put it in the flagges by the riuers brinke

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid [it] in the flags by the river's brink.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and she hath not been able any more to hide him, and she taketh for him an ark of rushes, and daubeth it with bitumen and with pitch, and putteth the lad in it, and putteth `it' in the weeds by the edge of the River;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when she was no longer able to keep him secret, she made him a basket out of the stems of water-plants, pasting sticky earth over it to keep the water out; and placing the baby in it she put it among the plants by the edge of the Nile.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him, and coated it with tar and with pitch. She put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him and sealed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and set it among the reeds along the edge of the Nile.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 18:2 : 2 A land that sends envoys over the sea in papyrus vessels, gliding on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, a people feared far and wide, a mighty and conquering nation divided by rivers.
• Isa 19:6 : 6 The rivers will stink, the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up; reeds and rushes will wither.
• Matt 2:13 : 13 After they departed, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, 'Get up, take the child and His mother, and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy Him.'
• Matt 2:16 : 16 Then Herod, realizing that he had been deceived by the magi, became furious. He sent orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had determined from the magi.
• Acts 7:19 : 19 This king dealt deceitfully with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to abandon their infants, so they would not survive.
• Gen 6:14 : 14 Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make compartments in the ark and cover it inside and out with pitch.
• Gen 11:3 : 3 They said to each other, "Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They had brick for stone and tar for mortar.
• Gen 14:10 : 10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them, but the rest fled to the hills.
• Exod 1:22 : 22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.