Verse 5

Instead, this is what you must do to them: Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, chop down their Asherah poles, and burn their carved images with fire.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Slik skal dere håndtere dem: Riv ned altarfedrene deres, knus deres hellige steiner, hogg ned Asjera-pælene deres og brenn gudebildene deres i illen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men slik skal dere gjøre med dem: dere skal rive ned deres altere, knuse deres billedstøtter, hugge ned deres Asjera-pæler og brenne deres utskårne bilder med ild.

• Norsk King James

  Men slik skal dere handle med dem; dere skal ødelegge deres altere, bryte ned deres bilder, hogge ned deres hager og brenne deres utskårne bilder med ild.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Slik skal dere gjøre mot dem: Riv ned deres altere, knus deres steinstøtter, hugg ned deres helligdommer, og brenn deres gudebilder.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Men slik skal dere gjøre med dem: Riv ned deres altere, knus deres steinstøtter, hogg ned deres Ashera-poler og brenn deres utskårne bilder.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men slik skal dere gjøre med dem: Dere skal rive ned deres altere, knuse deres billedstøtter, hogge ned deres lunder og brenne deres utskårne bilder med ild.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Derfor skal du handle slik: du skal ødelegge deres altere, rive ned deres statuer, hugge ned deres frukthager og brenne deres utskårne bilder med ild.

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

  Men slik skal dere gjøre med dem: Dere skal rive ned deres altere, knuse deres billedstøtter, hogge ned deres lunder og brenne deres utskårne bilder med ild.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Slik skal dere gjøre med dem: Dere skal rive ned deres altere, knuse deres steinsøyler, hogge ned deres Ashera-pæler og brenne deres bilder i ild.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dette er hva dere skal gjøre med dem: Rive deres altrene, knuse deres hellige steinstøtter, hogge ned deres Asjera-påler og brenne deres gudebilder med ild.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men saaledes skulle I gjøre ved dem: I skulle nedbryde deres Altere, og sønderbryde deres Støtter, og afhugge deres Lunde, og opbrænde deres udskaarne Billeder med Ild.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But thus shall ye al with them; ye shall stroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men slik skal dere gjøre med dem: Riv ned deres altere, bryt ned deres billedstøtter, hogg ned deres hellige lunder, og brenn deres utskårne bilder med ild.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  But thus shall you deal with them; you shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Slik skal du behandle dem: du skal rive ned deres altere, knuse deres steinstøtter, hogge ned deres Ashera-påler, og brenne deres utskårne bilder med ild.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men slik skal du gjøre med dem: dere skal rive ned deres altere, knuse deres staver, hogge ned deres lunder og brenne deres utskårne bilder i ild.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men slik skal dere gjøre med dem: Dere skal rive ned deres altere, slå i stykker deres støtter, hogge ned deres Ashera-påler og brenne deres gudebilder med ild.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men dette er hva du skal gjøre med dem: Du skal rive ned deres altere, bryte i stykker deres steinstøtter, hugge ned deres hellige trær og brenne deres bilder med ild.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But thus ye shall deale with them: ouerthrowe their alters, breake doune their pilers, cut doune their groves ad burne their ymages with fyre.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But thus shal ye do with them: Ye shal ouerthrowe their altares, breake downe their pilers, cut downe their groues, & burne their ymages with fyre.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But thus ye shal deale with them, Ye shal ouerthrowe their altars, and breake downe their pillars, and ye shall cut downe their groues, and burne their grauen images with fire.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But thus ye shall deale with them: Ye shall ouerthrowe their aulters, & breake downe their pillers, cut downe their groues, and burne their grauen images with fire:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But thus shall you deal with them: you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their engraved images with fire.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `But thus thou dost to them: their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and their shrines ye cut down, and their graven images ye burn with fire;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But this is what you are to do to them: their altars are to be pulled down and their pillars broken, and their holy trees cut down and their images burned with fire.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, and dash their pillars in pieces, and cut down their Asherim, and burn their engraved images with fire.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Instead, this is what you must do to them: You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, cut down their sacred Asherah poles, and burn up their idols.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 23:24 : 24 Do not bow down to their gods or worship them or follow their practices. Instead, you must demolish them completely and shatter their sacred pillars.
• Exod 34:13 : 13 Instead, you must destroy their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles.
• Deut 12:2-3 : 2 Completely destroy all the places where the nations you are dispossessing worshiped their gods—on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree. 3 Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn their Asherah poles with fire, cut down their carved idols, and obliterate the names of their gods from those places.
• Deut 7:25 : 25 You must burn the carved images of their gods in the fire. Do not covet the silver or gold on them, and do not take it for yourself, or you will be ensnared by it. For it is detestable to the LORD your God.
• Deut 9:21 : 21 Then I took the sinful thing you had made—the calf—and burned it in the fire. I crushed it, grinding it into fine dust, and threw the dust into the stream that flows down from the mountain.
• Deut 16:22 : 22 And you shall not set up for yourself a sacred pillar, which the Lord your God hates.
• Judg 6:25-26 : 25 That same night the Lord said to him, 'Take the second bull from your father's herd, the one seven years old. Tear down your father’s altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.' 26 Then build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of this stronghold, laying the stones in an orderly way. Take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering using the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down.
• 2 Kgs 23:6-9 : 6 He brought out the Asherah pole from the house of the Lord to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, burned it in the Kidron Valley, ground it to ashes, and threw the ashes on the graves of the common people. 7 He tore down the houses of the male cult prostitutes that were in the temple of the Lord, where the women wove coverings for Asherah. 8 He brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba. He also destroyed the high places at the gates—the one at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, the governor of the city, which was on the left of the city gate. 9 However, the priests of the high places did not go up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem but ate unleavened bread among their fellow priests. 10 He defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, so no one could make his son or daughter pass through the fire to Molech. 11 He removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun at the entrance to the house of the Lord, near the room of Nathan-Melech, the eunuch, which was in the colonnades. He also burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 12 The king tore down the altars that were on the roof of Ahaz's upper chamber, the ones the kings of Judah had made. He also destroyed the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the house of the Lord. He removed them from there, ground them to dust, and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley. 13 The king also defiled the high places east of Jerusalem, on the south of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon, the king of Israel, had built for Ashtoreth, the detestable idol of the Sidonians, for Chemosh, the detestable idol of Moab, and for Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites. 14 He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with human bones.
• Lev 26:1 : 1 Do not make idols for yourselves, or set up a carved image or a sacred pillar for yourselves, and do not place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the LORD your God.
• Exod 32:20 : 20 He took the calf they had made, burned it with fire, ground it to powder, scattered it on the water, and made the Israelites drink it.