Verse 4

For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dengang da Jesabel utslettet Herrens profeter, tok Obadja hundre profeter og skjulte dem, femti mann i hver hule, og forsynte dem med brød og vann.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For da Jesabel utryddet Herrens profeter, tok Obadja hundre profeter og skjulte dem, femti og femti, i en hule og forsynte dem med brød og vann.)

• Norsk King James

  For det var slik at da Jesabel utslettet Herrens profeter, tok Obadja hundre av Herrens profeter og skjulte dem i grupper av femti i en hule, og ga dem brød og vann.)

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Mens Jesabel utryddet Herrens profeter, tok Obadja hundre profeter og skjulte dem, femti i hver hule, og sørget for dem med brød og vann.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Da Jesabel utryddet Herrens profeter, tok Obadja hundre profeter og gjemte dem, femti i hver hule, og forsynte dem med brød og vann.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For mens Jesabel utryddet Herrens profeter, tok Obadja hundre profeter og skjulte dem, femti i hver hule, og forsynte dem med brød og vann.)

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For slik var det: da Isebel drepte Herrens profeter, tok Obadja hundre av dem, skjulte dem i en grotte – femti om gangen – og sørget for at de fikk brød og vann.)

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

  For mens Jesabel utryddet Herrens profeter, tok Obadja hundre profeter og skjulte dem, femti i hver hule, og forsynte dem med brød og vann.)

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da Jesabel utryddet Herrens profeter, tok Obadja hundre profeter og gjemte dem, femti i hver hule, og forsynte dem med brød og vann.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets, hidden them in two caves in groups of fifty, and provided them with bread and water.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "1 Kings.18.4", "source": "וַיְהִי֙ בְּהַכְרִ֣ית אִיזֶ֔בֶל אֵ֖ת נְבִיאֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיִּקַּ֨ח עֹבַדְיָ֜הוּ מֵאָ֣ה נְבִאִ֗ים וַֽיַּחְבִּיאֵ֞ם חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אִישׁ֙ בַּמְּעָרָ֔ה וְכִלְכְּלָ֖ם לֶ֥חֶם וָמָֽיִם", "text": "And *wayəhî* when-*bəhakrît* *ʾîzebel* *ʾēt* *nəbîʾê* *YHWH* and *wayyiqqaḥ* *ʿōbadyāhû* *mēʾāh* *nəbîʾîm* and *wayyaḥbiʾēm* *ḥămiššîm* *ʾîš* in-the-*məʿārāh* and *wəkilkəlām* *leḥem* and-*māyim*", "grammar": { "*wayəhî*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3ms - and it happened", "*bəhakrît*": "preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - in the cutting off", "*ʾîzebel*": "proper name - Jezebel", "*nəbîʾê*": "noun masculine plural construct - prophets of", "*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD/Yahweh", "*wayyiqqaḥ*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3ms - and he took", "*ʿōbadyāhû*": "proper name - Obadiah", "*mēʾāh*": "numeral - hundred", "*nəbîʾîm*": "noun masculine plural - prophets", "*wayyaḥbiʾēm*": "conjunction + hiphil imperfect 3ms + 3mp suffix - and he hid them", "*ḥămiššîm*": "numeral - fifty", "*ʾîš*": "noun masculine singular - man/each", "*məʿārāh*": "noun feminine singular - cave", "*wəkilkəlām*": "conjunction + pilpel perfect 3ms + 3mp suffix - and he sustained them", "*leḥem*": "noun masculine singular - bread/food", "*māyim*": "noun masculine plural - water" }, "variants": { "*bəhakrît*": "when cutting off/when destroying/when killing", "*wayyaḥbiʾēm*": "hid them/concealed them", "*wəkilkəlām*": "sustained them/provided for them/nourished them", "*leḥem*": "bread/food/sustenance" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Da Jesabel utryddet Herrens profeter, tok Obadja hundre profeter og gjemte dem, femti mann i hver hule, og forsynte dem med brød og vann.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi det skede, der Jesabel udryddede Herrens Propheter, at Obadias tog hundrede Propheter og skjulte dem, halvtredsindstyve Mænd i (hver) Hule, og forsørgede dem med Brød og Vand.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For da Jesabel utryddet Herrens profeter, tok Obadja hundre profeter og gjemte dem i huler, femti i hver, og forsynte dem med brød og vann.)

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  for da Jezabel utryddet Herrens profeter, tok Obadja hundre profeter og gjemte dem femti og femti i en hule, og forsynte dem med brød og vann.)

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Da Jesabel utryddet Herrens profeter, tok Obadja hundre profeter og skjulte dem, femti i hver hule, og forsynte dem med brød og vann.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Da Jesabel utryddet Herrens profeter, tok Obadja hundre profeter og skjulte dem, femti og femti i hver sin hule, og forsynte dem med brød og vann.)

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  for da Jesabel utryddet Herrens profeter, tok Obadja hundre av dem og skjulte dem i en hule, femti og femti, og forsynte dem med brød og vann.)

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  for wha Iesabel roted out ye prophetes of ye LORDE, Abdia toke an C. prophetes, and hyd them in caues, here fiftye, & there fiftye, & prouyded for them wt bred and water.)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For when Iezebel destroyed the Prophets of the Lorde, Obadiah tooke an hundreth Prophets, and hid them, by fiftie in a caue, and he fed them with bread and water.)

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For when Iezabel destroyed the prophets of the Lord, Obadia toke an hundred prophets, and hid them by fiftie in a caue, and prouided bread and water for them.)

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For it was [so], when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Yahweh, that Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and it cometh to pass, in Jezebel's cutting off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah taketh a hundred prophets, and hideth them, fifty men in a cave, and hath sustained them with bread and water --

• American Standard Version (1901)

  for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred of them, and kept them secretly in a hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water.)

• World English Bible (2000)

  for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Yahweh, that Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When Jezebel was killing the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 18:13 : 13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
• Matt 10:40-42 : 40 He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. 41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.
• Matt 21:35 : 35 And the vine dressers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
• Matt 25:35 : 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you took me in.
• Matt 25:40 : 40 And the King will answer and say to them, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.
• Heb 11:38 : 38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.
• Rev 17:4-6 : 4 And the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication: 5 And on her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6 And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus; and when I saw her, I marveled with great wonder.
• 2 Kgs 6:22-23 : 22 And he answered, You shall not strike them: would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. 23 And he prepared a great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria did not come any more into the land of Israel.
• Neh 9:26 : 26 Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against You, cast Your law behind their backs, and killed Your prophets who testified against them, to turn them back to You, and they performed great provocations.
• 1 Kgs 13:8-9 : 8 And the man of God said to the king, If you will give me half your house, I will not go in with you, nor will I eat bread or drink water in this place: 9 For so was it commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the same way that you came.
• 1 Kgs 13:16 : 16 And he said, I may not return with you, nor go in with you: nor will I eat bread or drink water with you in this place: