Verse 16

But you said, No; for we will flee on horses; therefore you shall flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dere sier: «Nei, vi vil flykte på hester!», – derfor skal dere flykte! – «Og vi vil ri på raske hester!», – derfor skal de som forfølger dere, være raske!

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men dere sa: 'Nei, vi vil flykte på hester'; derfor skal dere flykte. 'Vi vil ri på raske'; derfor skal de som forfølger dere være raske.

• Norsk King James

  Men dere sa: Nei; for vi vil flykte på hester; derfor skal dere flykte; og, Vi vil ri på de raske; derfor skal de som forfølger dere være raske.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men dere sa: 'Nei, vi vil flykte på hester!' Derfor skal dere flykte. 'Og vi vil ride på raske hester!' Derfor skal deres forfølgere være raske.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Dere sa: 'Nei, vi vil flykte til hest.' Derfor skal dere flykte. 'Vi vil ri på raske hester.' Derfor skal de som forfølger dere være raske.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men dere sa, Nei; for vi vil flykte på hestene; derfor skal dere flykte: og, Vi vil ri på de raske; derfor skal de som forfølger dere være raske.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men dere sa: «Nei, vi vil flykte med hester!» Derfor skal dere flykte, og «vi vil ri på de raske», og derfor skal de som forfølger dere, være raske.

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

  Men dere sa, Nei; for vi vil flykte på hestene; derfor skal dere flykte: og, Vi vil ri på de raske; derfor skal de som forfølger dere være raske.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  I stedet sa dere: 'Nei, på hester vil vi flykte' – derfor skal dere flykte! – 'og på raske hester vil vi ride bort' – derfor skal deres forfølgere være raske.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You said, 'No, we will flee on horses'—therefore you will flee! And, 'We will ride on swift horses'—therefore your pursuers will be swift!

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dere sa: 'Nei, vi skal flykte på hester.' Derfor skal dere flykte. Og: 'Vi skal ri på raske hester.' Derfor skal de som forfølger dere være raske.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men I sagde: Nei, men vi ville flye paa Heste; derfor skulle I flye; og vi ville ride paa lette (Heste); derfor skulle eders Forfølgere og være lette.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men dere sa: 'Nei, vi skal flykte på hestene'; derfor skal dere flykte: og: 'Vi skal ri på de raske'; derfor skal de som forfølger dere være raske.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  derimot sa dere, Nei, vi vil flykte på hester; derfor skal dere flykte: og, Vi vil ri på de raske; derfor skal de som forfølger dere være raske.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og dere sier, 'Nei, for på hest vil vi flykte!' Derfor skal dere flykte, 'Og på raske vil vi ri!' Derfor skal deres forfølgere være raske.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og dere sa: 'Nei, vi vil flykte på hester;' derfor skal dere flykte. 'Og vi vil ri på raske hester;' derfor skal de som forfølger dere, være raske.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  I sier: Nei, vi vil flykte på hester; derfor skal dere sannelig flykte: og vi vil ri raske dyr; derfor vil de som jager dere være raske.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Notwithstondinge ye regarde it not, but ye will saie: No, for thus are we costrayned to fle vpo horses. (And therfore shall ye fle) we must ryde vpon swift beastes, and therfore youre persecutours shal yet be swifter.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For ye haue sayd, No, but we wil flee away vpon horses. Therefore shall ye flee. We will ride vpon the swiftest. Therefore shall your persecuters be swifter.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For ye haue sayde, No, but we wyll escape thorowe horses, therefore shall ye flee: And we wyll get vs vp vpon swift beastes, and therefore shall your persecutours be swifter.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  but you said, No, for we will flee on horses; therefore shall you flee: and, We will ride on the swift; therefore shall those who pursue you be swift.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And ye say, No, for on a horse we flee? Therefore ye flee, And on the swift we ride! Therefore swift are your pursuers.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Saying, No, for we will go in flight on horses; so you will certainly go in flight: and, We will go on the backs of quick-running beasts; so those who go after you will be quick-footed.

• World English Bible (2000)

  but you said, "No, for we will flee on horses;" therefore you will flee; and, "We will ride on the swift;" therefore those who pursue you will be swift.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You say,‘No, we will flee on horses,’ so you will indeed flee. You say,‘We will ride on fast horses,’ so your pursuers will be fast.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 31:1 : 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD!
• Isa 31:3 : 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both he who helps will fall, and he who is helped will fall down, and they all will fail together.
• Jer 4:13 : 13 Behold, he shall come up like clouds, and his chariots shall be like a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are ruined.
• Jer 52:7 : 7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went out of the city by night, by way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were all around the city:) and they went by the way of the plain.
• Lam 4:19 : 19 Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the sky; they pursued us on the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
• Amos 2:14-16 : 14 Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not reinforce his strength, neither shall the mighty save himself: 15 Neither shall he stand that handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself: neither shall he who rides the horse save himself. 16 And he who is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, says the LORD.
• Amos 9:1 : 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said, Strike the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake; and cut them in the head, all of them. I will slay the last of them with the sword; he who flees from them shall not flee away, and he who escapes of them shall not be delivered.
• Mic 1:13 : 13 O inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
• Hab 1:8 : 8 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than evening wolves; their horsemen spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from afar; they fly as the eagle that hastens to eat.
• Deut 28:25 : 25 The LORD shall cause you to be smitten before your enemies: you shall go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shall be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
• Deut 28:49 : 49 The LORD shall bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand;
• 2 Kgs 25:5 : 5 And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army scattered from him.
• Ps 33:17 : 17 A horse is a vain hope for safety; neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.
• Ps 147:10 : 10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse: he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
• Isa 5:26-30 : 26 And he will lift up a banner to the nations from far, and will hiss to them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: 27 None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the belt of their waists be loosed, nor the strap of their shoes be broken: 28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hooves shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yes, they shall roar, and seize the prey, and shall carry it away safely, and none shall deliver it. 30 And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one looks to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened by the clouds of the heavens.
• Isa 10:28-32 : 28 He has come to Aiath, he has passed to Migron; at Michmash he has stored his carriages: 29 They have gone over the pass: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul has fled. 30 Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim; cause it to be heard to Laish, O poor Anathoth. 31 Madmenah is moved away; the inhabitants of Gebim gather to flee. 32 As yet he shall remain at Nob that day; he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.