Verse 6

Come now therefore, I pray you, curse this people for me, for they are too mighty for me: perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    'Så vær så snill å komme og forbann dette folket for meg, for de er mektigere enn meg. Kanskje kan jeg slå dem og drive dem ut av landet. For jeg vet at de du velsigner, er velsignet, og de du forbanner, er forbannet.'

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Kom nå, jeg ber deg, og forbann dette folket for meg, for de er mektigere enn jeg. Kanskje kan jeg overvinne dem og drive dem ut av landet. For jeg vet at den du velsigner er velsignet, og den du forbanner er forbannet.

  • Norsk King James

    Kom derfor nå, jeg ber deg, og forbann dette folket for meg; for de er for mektige for meg. Kanskje jeg kan vinne over dem og drive dem ut av landet; for jeg vet at den du velsigner, er velsignet, og den du forbanner, er forbannet.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Kom nå og forbann dette folket for meg, for de er for mektige for meg. Kanskje jeg kan klare å slå dem og drive dem ut av landet. Jeg vet at den du velsigner er velsignet, og den du forbanner er forbannet.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Kom nå, forbann dette folket for meg, for de er sterkere enn meg. Kanskje jeg kan beseire dem og drive dem ut av landet. For jeg vet at den du velsigner er velsignet, og den du forbanner er forbannet."

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    «Kom nå og forbann dette folket for meg! For de er for sterke for meg. Kanskje kan jeg da beseire dem og drive dem ut av landet. For jeg vet at den du velsigner blir velsignet, og den du forbanner blir forbannet.»

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    «Kom nå, forbanne dette folket for meg; de er for mektige for meg, og kanskje vil jeg da klare å beseire dem og drive dem ut av landet. For jeg vet at den du velsigner, blir velsignet, og den du forbanner, blir forbandet.»

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

    «Kom nå og forbann dette folket for meg! For de er for sterke for meg. Kanskje kan jeg da beseire dem og drive dem ut av landet. For jeg vet at den du velsigner blir velsignet, og den du forbanner blir forbannet.»

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Kom nå, forbann dette folket for meg, for de er sterkere enn meg. Kanskje klarer jeg å slå dem og drive dem ut av landet. For jeg vet at den du velsigner, er velsignet, og den du forbanner, er forbannet.»

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Now, please come and curse this people for me, because they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Kom nå, vær så snill og forbann dette folket for meg, for de er for sterke for meg. Kanskje kan jeg da beseire dem og drive dem ut av landet, for jeg vet at den du velsigner, er velsignet, og den du forbanner, er forbannet.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Og nu Kjære, gak hid, forband mig dette Folk, thi det er mig for mægtigt, maaskee jeg kunde slaae det og uddrive det af Landet; thi jeg veed, at hvem du velsigner, er velsignet, og hvem du forbander, skal være forbandet.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Kom nå, vær så snill, og forbann dette folket for meg, for de er for sterke for meg. Kanskje jeg da kan klare å slå dem og drive dem ut av landet. Jeg vet at den du velsigner er velsignet, og den du forbanner er forbannet.»

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Kom nå, forbann dette folket for meg, for de er for sterke for meg. Kanskje kan jeg beseire dem og drive dem ut av landet. For jeg vet at den du velsigner, er velsignet, og den du forbanner, er forbannet.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Kom nå, jeg ber deg, og forbann dette folket for meg, for de er mektigere enn jeg. Kanskje kan jeg overvinne dem og drive dem ut av landet, for jeg vet at den du velsigner er velsignet, og den du forbanner er forbannet.»

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Kom derfor, jeg ber deg, forbann dette folket for meg, for de er for sterke for meg. Kanskje jeg kan overvinne dem og drive dem ut av landet, for jeg vet at den du velsigner er velsignet, og den du forbanner er forbannet.»

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Kom nå, jeg ber deg, og forbann dette folket for meg, for de er mektigere enn meg. Kanskje jeg da kan beseire dem og drive dem ut av landet. For jeg vet at den du velsigner, blir velsignet, og den du forbanner, blir forbannet.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Come nowe a felashippe and curse me this people. For they are to myghtie for me so perauenture I myghte be able to smyte them and to dryue them oute of the londe. For I wote that whome thou blessest shalbe blessed and whome thou cursest shalbe cursed.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Come now therfore, and curse me this people, for they are to mightie for me, yf peraduenture I might be able to smyte them, and to dryue them out of the lande. For I wote, that whom thou blessest, he is blessed: and whom thou cursest, he is cursed.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Come now therefore, I pray thee, and curse me this people (for they are stronger then I) so it may be that I shall be able to smite them, and to driue them out of the land: for I knowe that hee, whome thou blessest, is blessed, and he whom thou cursest, shall be cursed.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Come nowe therfore I pray thee, and curse me this people, for they are to mightie for me, so peraduenture I myght be able to smyte them, & to driue them out of the lande: For I wote that he whom thou blessest, is blessed, and whom thou cursest is cursed.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they [are] too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, [that] we may smite them, and [that] I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest [is] blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and now, come, I pray thee, curse for me this people, for it `is' mightier than I; it may be I prevail -- we smite it -- and I cast it out from the land; for I have known -- that which thou blessest is blessed, and that which thou cursest is cursed.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Come now, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people, for they are greater than I: and then I may be strong enough to overcome them and send them out of the land: for it is clear that good comes to him who has your blessing, but he on whom you put your curse is cursed.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So now, please come and curse this nation for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.”

Referenced Verses

  • Num 24:9 : 9 He crouched, he lay down like a lion, and like a great lion; who shall stir him up? Blessed is he who blesses you, and cursed is he who curses you.
  • Num 23:7-8 : 7 And he took up his parable and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel. 8 How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? Or how shall I defy whom the LORD has not defied?
  • Deut 23:4 : 4 Because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way, when you came out of Egypt; and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
  • Josh 24:9 : 9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
  • 1 Sam 17:43 : 43 The Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
  • 1 Kgs 22:6 : 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I refrain? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the king’s hand.
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
  • 1 Kgs 22:13 : 13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one accord: let your word, I beg you, be like the word of one of them, and speak what is good.
  • Neh 13:2 : 2 because they did not meet the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them; however, our God turned the curse into a blessing.
  • Ps 109:17-18 : 17 As he loved cursing, so let it come to him; as he did not delight in blessing, so let it be far from him. 18 As he clothed himself with cursing as with a garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
  • Gen 12:3 : 3 And I will bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.
  • Gen 27:29 : 29 Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons bow down to you: cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be he who blesses you.
  • Num 22:12 : 12 And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people: for they are blessed.
  • Num 22:17 : 17 For I will promote you to very great honor, and I will do whatever you say to me: come therefore, I pray you, curse this people for me.
  • Isa 47:12-13 : 12 Stand now with your enchantments and with the multitude of your sorceries, in which you have labored from your youth. Perhaps you will be able to profit, perhaps you may prevail. 13 You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators stand up and save you from these things that shall come upon you.
  • Ezek 13:6 : 6 They have seen falsehood and lying divination, saying, 'The LORD says'; but the LORD has not sent them. And they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word.
  • Acts 8:9-9 : 9 But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously practiced sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great, 10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
  • Acts 16:16 : 16 And it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling.
  • Ps 109:28 : 28 Let them curse, but you bless; when they arise, let them be ashamed, but let your servant rejoice.
  • Prov 26:2 : 2 As the bird by wandering, and the swallow by flying, so a cause-less curse shall not come.