Verse 22

When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, 'Do you come in peace, Jehu?' Jehu replied, 'How can there be peace as long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft are so many?'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Da Joram så Jehu, spurte han: "Kommer du i fred, Jehu?" Han svarte: "Hvordan kan det være fred så lenge din mor Jezabels utukt og trolldom florerer?"

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Da Joram så Jehu, sa han: Er det fred, Jehu? Han svarte: Hva slags fred kan det være så lenge din mor Jesabels hor og trollkunst er så mange?

• Norsk King James

  Da Joram så Jehu, sa han: "Er det fred, Jehu?" Jehu svarte: "Hvilken fred kan det være, så lenge din mor Jesebels prostitusjon og trolldom er så mange?"

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da Joram så Jehu, spurte han: Jehu, kommer du med fred? Han svarte: Hvordan kan det være fred så lenge din mor Jesabels hor og hennes trolldom er så stor?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Da Joram så Jehu, spurte han: 'Er det fred, Jehu?' Han svarte: 'Hvordan kan det være fred så lenge din mor Jesabels hor og trolldom er så mange?'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da Joram så Jehu, spurte han: Er det fred, Jehu? Han svarte: Hva slags fred kan det være, så lenge din mor Jesabels horeri og trolldom er så mange?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da Joram så Jehu, spurte han: "Er det fred, Jehu?" Men Jehu svarte: "Hva betyr fred når din mor Jezebels horeri og trolldom er så rikelig?"

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

  Da Joram så Jehu, spurte han: Er det fred, Jehu? Han svarte: Hva slags fred kan det være, så lenge din mor Jesabels horeri og trolldom er så mange?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da Joram så Jehu, spurte han: 'Er det fred, Jehu?' Han svarte: 'Hvilken fred kan det være så lenge din mor Jesabel sprer sitt horeri og sin trolldom?'

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Når Joram så Jehu, spurte han: «Kommer du med fred, Jehu?» Han svarte: «Hvordan kan det være fred så lenge Jesabel, din mor, driver med sine utuktige handlinger og trolldom?»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og det skede, der Joram saae Jehu, da sagde han: Jehu, er der Fred? og han sagde: Hvad Fred? medens din Moders Jesabels Horerier og hendes Trolddomme ere saa mange.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Da Joram så Jehu, spurte han: Er det fred, Jehu? Han svarte: Hvordan kan det være fred så lenge din mor Jezabels hor og trolldom er så mange?

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And it happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Da Joram så Jehu, spurte han: Er det fred, Jehu? Han svarte: Hva fred kan det være så lenge din mor Jesabels horkar og trolldom florerer?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Så snart Joram så Jehu, spurte han: "Er alt i orden, Jehu?" Han svarte: "Hvordan kan alt være i orden så lenge Jesabel, din mor, driver hor og trolldom?"

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Da Joram så Jehu, spurte han: «Er det fred, Jehu?» Han svarte: «Hvordan kan det være fred så lenge din mor Jesabels utroskap og trolldom er så mange?»

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Da Joram så Jehu, spurte han: Kommer du med fred, Jehu? Jehu svarte: Hva slags fred kan det være når hele landet er full av din mor Jesabels grusomme synder og hennes trolldom?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And whan Ioram sawe Iehu, he sayde: Iehu, is it peace? But he sayde: What peace? The whordome and witchcraft of thy mother Iesabel is not yet come to an ende.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when Iehoram sawe Iehu, he sayde, Is it peace, Iehu? And he answered, What peace? whiles the whoredomes of thy mother Iezebel, and her witchcraftes are yet in great nomber?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And it fortuned, that when Ioram sawe Iehu, he sayd: Is it peace Iehu? He aunswered: What peace should there be, so long as the whordoms of thy mother Iezabel and her wytchcraftes are so great?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, [Is it] peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts [are so] many?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? He answered, What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And it cometh to pass, at Jehoram's seeing Jehu, that he saith, `Is there peace, Jehu?' and he saith, `What `is' the peace, while the whoredoms of Jezebel thy mother, and her witchcrafts, are many?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Now when Joram saw Jehu he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he said in answer, What peace is possible while all the land is full of the disgusting sins of your mother Jezebel, and her secret arts?

• World English Bible (2000)

  It happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, "Is it peace, Jehu?" He answered, "What peace, so long as the prostitution of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft abound?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When Jehoram saw Jehu, he asked,“Is everything all right, Jehu?” He replied,“How can everything be all right as long as your mother Jezebel promotes idolatry and pagan practices?”

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 16:30-33 : 30 But Ahab son of Omri did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, more than all who were before him. 31 As if it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he also married Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him. 32 He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he built in Samaria. 33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole, and he did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
• 2 Chr 21:13 : 13 But you followed the ways of the kings of Israel and led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem into unfaithfulness, just as the house of Ahab led people into idolatry. You even killed your brothers, the members of your father's family, who were better than you.
• Isa 57:19-21 : 19 Creating praise on the lips: Peace, peace, to those far and near, says the LORD. And I will heal them. 20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud. 21 'There is no peace,' says my God, 'for the wicked.'
• Nah 3:4 : 4 All this because of the abundant prostitution of a well-favored harlot, a skilled sorceress, who ensnares nations with her lust and peoples with her witchcraft.
• Rev 2:20-23 : 20 But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching, she misleads my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. 21 I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. 22 Look, I will cast her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works. 23 I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
• Rev 17:4-5 : 4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her immorality. 5 On her forehead was written a name: 'Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of Prostitutes and of the Abominations of the Earth.'
• Rev 18:3 : 3 For all the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, the kings of the earth committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the abundance of her luxurious living.
• Rev 18:23 : 23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The voice of a bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.
• 1 Kgs 18:4 : 4 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.
• 1 Kgs 18:19 : 19 Now summon all Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel, along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel's table.
• 1 Kgs 19:1-2 : 1 Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, 'May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I don’t make your life like the life of one of them.'
• 1 Kgs 21:8-9 : 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city. 9 In those letters she wrote, 'Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth in a prominent place among the people.' 10 Then seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them accuse him, saying, 'You have cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death.
• 1 Kgs 21:25 : 25 There was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD, urged on by his wife Jezebel.
• 2 Kgs 9:18 : 18 So a horseman went out to meet them and said, 'This is what the king says: Do you come in peace?' Jehu replied, 'What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me.' And the watchman reported, 'The messenger reached them but has not returned.'