Verse 28

After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Kongen rådslo og laget to gullkalver og sa til folket: 'Det er for mye for dere å dra opp til Jerusalem. Se, Israel, dine guder som førte deg opp fra landet Egypt!'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Kongen rådførte seg og laget to gullkalver og sa til dem: Det er for mye for dere å dra opp til Jerusalem. Se, dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra landet Egypt.

• Norsk King James

  Derfor rådførte kongen seg og laget to gullkalver, og sa til dem: Det er for mye for dere å dra til Jerusalem: se, her er deres guder, Israel, som førte dere opp fra landet i Egypt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Kongen rådførte seg og laget to gullkalver; han sa til folket: 'Det er for mye for dere å dra opp til Jerusalem. Her er dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egypt.'

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Da tok kongen et råd og laget to gullkalver. Han sa til folket: "Det er for mye for dere å dra opp til Jerusalem. Se her, Israel, dine guder som førte deg opp fra Egypt."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Derfor rådførte kongen seg, laget to gullkalver, og sa til dem: Det er for mye for dere å dra opp til Jerusalem. Se, Israel, dine guder som førte deg opp fra Egyptens land.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For dersom dette folket drar opp for å ofre i Herrens hus i Jerusalem, vil deres hjerter vende seg tilbake til deres herre, Rehoboam, konge av Juda, og de vil drepe meg og vende tilbake til Rehoboam.

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

  Derfor rådførte kongen seg, laget to gullkalver, og sa til dem: Det er for mye for dere å dra opp til Jerusalem. Se, Israel, dine guder som førte deg opp fra Egyptens land.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da tok kongen råd og laget to gullkalver. Han sa til folket: Det er for mye for dere å dra opp til Jerusalem. Se, her er dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egyptens land.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Kongen rådførte seg og laget to gullkalver. Så sa han til folket: «Det er nok for dere å dra opp til Jerusalem. Se, Israel, dette er dine guder som førte deg opp fra Egyptens land!»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor holdt Kongen et Raad og gjorde to Guldkalve; og han sagde til dem: Det er eder for meget at gaae op til Jerusalem; see, dine Guder, Israel! som opførte dig af Ægypti Land.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Derfor rådspurte kongen seg, laget to gullkalver og sa til folket: Det er for mye for dere å dra opp til Jerusalem. Se, Israel, disse gudene som førte dere opp fra Egypts land.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Therefore the king took counsel and made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Derfor rådførte kongen seg, og han laget to gullkalver. Han sa til dem: Det er for langt for dere å dra opp til Jerusalem. Se her, dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra landet Egypt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Etter å ha rådført seg, laget kongen to gullkalver og sa til folkene: 'Det er nok nå med å dra opp til Jerusalem. Se, Israel, dine guder som førte deg opp av Egyptens land.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Kongen rådførte seg og laget to gullkalver. Han sa til dem: Det er for mye for dere å dra opp til Jerusalem. Se, dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra landet Egypt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Etter å ha rådført seg laget kongen to gullkalver. Han sa til folket: Det er for mye for dere å dra opp til Jerusalem. Se, Israel, dette er dine guder som førte deg opp fra Egyptens land.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the kynge helde a councell and made two golden calues, and sayde vnto them: It is to moch for you to go to Ierusale: beholde, there is thy God (O Israel) which broughte ye out of Egipte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Whereupon the King tooke counsell, and made two calues of golde, and saide vnto them, It is too much for you to goe vp to Ierusalem: beholde, O Israel, thy gods, which brought thee vp out of the lande of Egypt.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wherupon the king toke counsel, and made two calues of golde, and sayd vnto them, It is muche for you to go vp to Hierusalem: Behold O Israel, these are thy goddes, which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves [of] gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: see your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the king taketh counsel, and maketh two calves of gold, and saith unto them, `Enough to you of going up to Jerusalem; lo, thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So after taking thought the king made two oxen of gold; and he said to the people, You have been going up to Jerusalem long enough; see! these are your gods, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look and see your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt!"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  After the king had consulted with his advisers, he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people,“It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”

Referenced Verses

• Exod 32:4 : 4 He took the gold from their hands, fashioned it with a tool, and made it into a molten calf. Then they said, "These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."
• Exod 32:8 : 8 They have turned aside quickly from the way I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf, bowed down to it, sacrificed to it, and said, 'These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'
• 2 Kgs 10:29 : 29 However, Jehu did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
• 2 Kgs 17:16 : 16 They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God. They made for themselves two cast idols in the form of calves, made an Asherah pole, worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
• 2 Chr 11:15 : 15 Jeroboam appointed priests for the high places, for the goat idols, and for the calf idols he had made.
• Hos 8:4-7 : 4 They set up kings, but not by me; they appointed leaders, but I did not know of it. With their silver and gold, they made idols for themselves, to their own destruction. 5 Your calf idol is rejected, Samaria! My anger burns against them. How long will they be unable to attain innocence? 6 This calf comes from Israel! A craftsman made it; it is not God. It will be shattered into pieces—this calf of Samaria. 7 For they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it will yield no flour. Even if it does produce, strangers will swallow it up.
• Hos 10:5-6 : 5 The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf idol of Beth-aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, who rejoiced over its glory, because it will be taken from them. 6 It will also be carried off to Assyria as a tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced, Israel will be ashamed because of its own counsel.
• 2 Pet 2:19 : 19 They promise freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave to whatever has mastered them.
• Exod 1:10 : 10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them; otherwise, they will multiply further, and in the event of war, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country."
• Exod 20:4 : 4 You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or on the earth below, or in the waters under the earth.
• Isa 30:1 : 1 Woe to rebellious children, declares the LORD, who carry out plans that are not mine and make alliances without my Spirit, adding sin to sin.
• Isa 30:10 : 10 They say to the seers, 'See no more visions!' and to the prophets, 'Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions.'
• Deut 4:14-18 : 14 The LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, so that you would observe them in the land you are crossing over to possess. 15 So be very careful for your own lives, because you did not see any form on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire. 16 Do not act corruptly by making for yourselves a carved image in the form of any figure, whether male or female. 17 Or in the form of any animal on the earth, or any bird that flies in the sky, 18 Or any creature that moves along the ground, or any fish in the waters below the earth.
• 1 Kgs 12:8-9 : 8 But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders who had counseled him and instead consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. 9 He asked them, "What is your advice? How should we reply to these people who have said to me, 'Lighten the yoke your father has put on us'?"