Verse 9

And the people will answer, 'Because they abandoned the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and they embraced other gods, worshiped them, and served them. That is why the LORD brought all this disaster on them.'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De skal svare: 'Fordi de forlot Herren sin Gud, som førte deres fedre ut av Egyptens land, og de tok seg andre guder, tilbad dem, og tjenestegjorde dem. Derfor har Herren ført over dem all denne ulykken.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da skal de svare: Fordi de forlot Herren sin Gud, som førte deres fedre ut av Egyptens land, og holdt seg til andre guder, dyrket dem og tjente dem. Derfor har Herren ført all denne ulykken over dem.

• Norsk King James

  Og de skal svare: Fordi de forlot Herren sin Gud, som førte deres fedre ut av Egyptens land, og har festet seg ved andre guder og tilbedt dem, og tjent dem; derfor har Herren brakt all denne ondskapen over dem.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De skal svare: Fordi de forlot Herren sin Gud, som førte deres fedre ut av Egypt, og holdt seg til andre guder, tilbad dem og tjente dem. Derfor har Herren latt all denne ulykken komme over dem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og de skal svare: Fordi de forlot Herren deres Gud, som førte deres fedre ut av landet Egypt, og de slo seg sammen med andre guder og tilbad dem og tjente dem. Derfor har Herren ført all denne ulykken over dem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og da skal de svare: Fordi de forlot Herren sin Gud, som førte deres fedre ut av Egyptens land, og de holdt seg til andre guder og tilbad og tjente dem; derfor har Herren sendt all denne ulykken over dem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og de vil svare: ‘Fordi de forlot Herren, sin Gud, som førte deres fedre ut av Egypt, og grep til seg andre guder, tilba og tjente dem; derfor har Herren latt alt dette onde ramme dem.’»

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

  Og da skal de svare: Fordi de forlot Herren sin Gud, som førte deres fedre ut av Egyptens land, og de holdt seg til andre guder og tilbad og tjente dem; derfor har Herren sendt all denne ulykken over dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og de vil si: Fordi de forlot Herren sin Gud, som førte deres fedre ut av landet Egypt, og holdt seg til andre guder, tilbad dem og tjente dem. Derfor har Herren ført all denne ulykken over dem.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Da vil de svare: 'Fordi de forlot Herren sin Gud, som førte deres fedre ut av Egyptens land, og holdt seg til andre guder, tilbad og tjente dem. Derfor har Herren latt denne ulykken ramme dem.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og de skulle sige: Fordi de forlode Herren deres Gud, som udførte deres Fædre af Ægypti Land, og holdt fast ved andre Guder og tilbade for dem og tjente dem; derfor haver Herren ladet komme alt dette Onde over dem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og de skal svare: Fordi de forlot Herren deres Gud, som førte deres fedre ut fra landet Egypt, og holdt seg til andre guder, og tilba dem og tjente dem. Derfor har Herren ført all denne ulykken over dem.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold of other gods, and have worshiped them, and served them: therefore, the LORD has brought upon them all this evil.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da vil de svare: Fordi de forlot Herren deres Gud, som førte deres fedre ut av Egyptens land, og holdt seg til andre guder, tilbad dem og tjente dem. Derfor har Herren latt all denne ulykken ramme dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og de vil svare: Fordi de forlot Herren deres Gud, som førte deres fedre ut av Egypt, og holdt seg til andre guder og tjente dem, derfor har Herren ført all denne ulykken over dem.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og de skal svare: Fordi de forlot Herren sin Gud, som førte deres fedre ut av landet Egypt, og holdt seg til andre guder, og tilba dem, og tjente dem. Derfor har Herren ført all denne ulykke over dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og svaret vil være: Fordi de vendte seg bort fra Herren deres Gud, som førte deres fedre ut av Egyptens land; de valgte andre guder, tilbad dem og tjente dem: derfor har Herren sendt all denne ulykken over dem.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then shal it be answered: Because they forsoke ye LORDE their God, (which brought their fathers out of the londe of Egipte) and haue receaued other goddes, and worshipped them, and serued them. Therfore hath ye LORDE brought all this euell vpon them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And they shall answere, Because they forsooke the Lorde their God, which brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and haue taken holde vpon other gods, & haue worshipped them, and serued them, therfore hath the Lord brought vpon them all this euill.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they shal aunswere: Because they forsoke the Lorde their God, whiche brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and haue taken hold vpon other gods, and haue worshipped them, and serued them: therfore hath the Lorde brought vpon them all this euyll.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and they shall answer, Because they forsook Yahweh their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshiped them, and served them: therefore has Yahweh brought all this evil on them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and they have said, Because that they have forsaken Jehovah their God, who brought out their fathers from the land of Egypt, and they lay hold on other gods, and bow themselves to them, and serve them; therefore hath Jehovah brought in upon them all this evil.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath Jehovah brought all this evil upon them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And their answer will be, Because they were turned away from the Lord their God, who took their fathers out of the land of Egypt; they took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why the Lord has sent all this evil on them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and they shall answer, 'Because they forsook Yahweh their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold of other gods, and worshiped them, and served them. Therefore Yahweh has brought all this evil on them.'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Others will then answer,‘Because they abandoned the LORD their God, who led their ancestors out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. That is why the LORD has brought all this disaster down on them.’”

Referenced Verses

• Jer 2:10-13 : 10 Go across to the coasts of Cyprus and look, send to Kedar and observe closely; see if there has ever been anything like this. 11 Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glory for worthless idols. 12 Be appalled at this, you heavens, and shudder with great horror,” declares the LORD. 13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
• Deut 29:25-28 : 25 They turned to other gods and worshiped and bowed down to them, gods they did not know and gods the LORD had not given to them.' 26 Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against this land, bringing upon it every curse written in this book. 27 In His anger and great wrath, the LORD uprooted them from their land and cast them into another land, as it is today. 28 The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
• 2 Chr 7:22 : 22 And the answer will be: 'Because they abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them. That is why He has brought all this disaster upon them.'
• Jer 2:19 : 19 Your own wickedness will discipline you; your backslidings will rebuke you. Consider and see how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of me,” declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.
• Jer 5:19 : 19 And when you ask, 'Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?' you are to tell them, 'As you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.'
• Jer 12:7-8 : 7 I have abandoned my house, I have forsaken my inheritance; I have given the one I love into the hands of her enemies. 8 My inheritance has become to me like a lion in the forest; she roars against me, therefore I hate her.
• Jer 16:10-13 : 10 When you tell these people all these words, they will ask you, 'Why has the LORD declared such a great calamity against us? What is our guilt? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?' 11 Then you are to answer them: 'It is because your ancestors abandoned Me,' declares the LORD, 'and followed other gods, served them, and worshiped them. But they abandoned Me and did not keep My law. 12 And you have behaved even more wickedly than your ancestors, each one following the stubbornness of their own evil heart instead of listening to Me. 13 Therefore, I will hurl you out of this land into a land you and your ancestors have not known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.'
• Jer 50:7 : 7 All who found them devoured them. Their enemies said, 'We are not guilty, for they sinned against the LORD, their true pasture and the hope of their ancestors—the LORD.'
• Lam 2:16-17 : 16 All your enemies open their mouths against you; they hiss and grind their teeth, saying, 'We have swallowed her up. Surely this is the day we hoped for; we have found it, we have seen it.' 17 The LORD has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his word that he decreed long ago. He has overthrown without pity; he has let the enemy gloat over you and exalt the horn of your adversaries.
• Lam 4:13-15 : 13 It happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst. 14 They wandered blindly through the streets, defiled by blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments. 15 “Go away! You are unclean!” people shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” When they fled and wandered, the nations said, “They can stay here no longer.”
• Ezek 36:17-20 : 17 'Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it with their conduct and actions. Their way was as unclean as a woman's impurity in my sight. 18 So I poured out my wrath on them because of the blood they had shed on the land and because they had defiled it with their idols. 19 I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the lands. I judged them according to their ways and their deeds. 20 And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned my holy name, for it was said about them, 'These are the LORD's people, yet they had to leave his land.'
• Zeph 1:4-5 : 4 I will stretch out my hand against Judah and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off every remnant of Baal from this place, the names of the pagan priests along with the priests. 5 I will also cut off those who bow in worship on the rooftops to the starry host, those who bow and swear by the Lord but also swear by Milcom.