Verse 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."

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han tok imot gullet fra dem, formet det med en meisel og laget en støpt kalv. Da sa de: 'Dette er gudene deres, Israel, som har ført deg opp fra landet Egypt.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han tok imot dem fra deres hender, formet det med et gravverktøy og laget en støpt kalv. Da sa de: Dette er din gud, Israel, som førte deg opp fra landet Egypt.

• Norsk King James

  Han tok imot dem fra deres hånd og laget en smeltet kalv med et verktøy. Og de sa: "Dette er din gud, Israel, som førte deg ut av Egypt."

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han tok imot gullets og formet det med et redskap og laget en støpt kalv. De sa: "Dette er dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egypt."

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han tok dem imot fra deres hender, formet dem med en gravverktøy, og laget en støpt kalv. Da sa de: 'Dette er din gud, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egypt.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han tok imot dem og formet dem med et gravverktøy, etter at han hadde støpt en kalv av dem. De sa: "Dette er dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egypt."

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Aaron tok imot dem, formet dem med et graveredskap og smidde dem til en utsmelt kalv. Deretter sa de: «Dette er dine guder, Israel, som førte dere ut av Egypt.»

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

  Han tok imot dem og formet dem med et gravverktøy, etter at han hadde støpt en kalv av dem. De sa: "Dette er dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egypt."

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han tok imot gullet fra dem, formet det med et graveringsverktøy og laget en støpt kalv. Folket ropte: «Dette er din gud, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egypt!»

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han tok imot dem og formet gullet med en graveringsverktøy, og lagde en støpt kalv. Da sa de: «Dette er guden din, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egypt.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han tog det af deres Haand, og dannede det med en Stiil, og gjorde en støbt Kalv deraf; og de sagde: Disse ere dine Guder, Israel, som førte dig op fra Ægypti Land.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han tok imot gullene fra deres hender, formet det med et graveredskap, og laget en støpt kalv. Da sa de: 'Dette er dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egyptens land.'

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  He received them from their hand, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han tok imot det de ga ham, formet det med et gravøredskapen og laget en støpt kalv; og de sa: "Dette er dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra landet Egypt."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han tok imot dem og formet dem med et verktøy, og lagde en støpt kalv. Da sa de: 'Dette er dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra landet Egypt.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han tok imot dem og formet det med et gravverktøy, og lagde en støpt kalv. Så sa de: Dette er dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egyptens land.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han tok imot gullet, smeltet det og formet det med et verktøy til et bilde av en ung okse. Da sa de: Dette er din gud, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egypt.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he receaued them of their handes and facyoned it with a grauer and made it a calfe of molten metall. And they sayde: This is thi god O Israel, whiche brought the out of the londe of Egipte.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he toke them of their handes, & fashioned it wt a grauer. And they made a molten calfe, and sayde: These are thy goddes (O Israel) that brought the out of the londe of Egipte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Who receiued them at their handes, and facioned it with the grauing toole, & made of it a molte calfe: then they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee out of ye lad of Egypt

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he receaued them of their handes, & fashioned it with a grauer, & made of it a calfe of molten mettel: and they said, These be thy gods O Israel, which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he received [them] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He received what they handed him, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said, "These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he receiveth from their hand, and doth fashion it with a graving tool, and doth make it a molten calf, and they say, `These thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. [

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he took the gold from them and, hammering it with an instrument, he made it into the metal image of a young ox: and they said, This is your god, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He received what they handed him, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said, "These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He accepted the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molten calf. Then they said,“These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”

Referenced Verses

• Neh 9:18 : 18 Even when they made a molten calf for themselves and said, 'This is your god who brought you out of Egypt,' and they committed terrible blasphemies,
• Deut 9:16 : 16 I saw that you had sinned against the LORD your God. You had made a molten calf for yourselves. You had quickly turned aside from the way the LORD had commanded you.
• Acts 7:41 : 41 At that time, they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
• 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.'
• Judg 17:3-4 : 3 Then he returned the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, 'I hereby consecrate this silver to the LORD for my son, to make a carved image and a cast idol. I will now return it to you.' 4 So when he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a cast idol. And they were placed in Micah's house.
• 1 Kgs 12:28 : 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.
• 1 Kgs 12:32 : 32 He instituted a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival held in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. He did this in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves he had made. And there at Bethel he installed priests for the high places he had made.
• 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 Chr 11:15 : 15 Jeroboam appointed priests for the high places, for the goat idols, and for the calf idols he had made.
• 2 Chr 13:8 : 8 And now you think you can stand firm against the kingdom of the LORD in the hands of David’s descendants because you have a great multitude and golden calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.
• Exod 20:2 : 2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
• Exod 20:23 : 23 You shall not make gods of silver to be alongside Me, nor shall you make gods of gold for yourselves.
• Exod 28:9 : 9 Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel.
• Exod 28:11 : 11 Engrave the two stones with the work of a gem cutter, as one would engrave a seal. Mount them in gold filigree settings.
• Exod 32:1 : 1 When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, "Get up, make for us gods who will go before us, because this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him."
• Ps 106:19-21 : 19 They made a calf at Horeb and worshiped a cast image. 20 They exchanged their glory for the image of an ox that eats grass. 21 They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
• Isa 40:18-19 : 18 To whom, then, will you compare God? What image can you find to resemble Him? 19 As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.
• Isa 44:9-9 : 9 All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses see nothing and know nothing, so they will be put to shame. 10 Who fashions a god or casts an idol that can profit nothing?
• Isa 46:6 : 6 They pour out gold from their purses and weigh silver on a scale. They hire a craftsman to make it into a god, and they bow down and even worship it.
• Hos 8:4-5 : 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?
• Hos 10:5 : 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.
• Hos 13:2 : 2 Now they continue to sin and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully crafted from their silver, all of it the work of artisans. They say about them, 'Those who sacrifice kiss the calves!'
• Acts 17:29 : 29 Therefore, since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold, silver, or stone—an image formed by human skill and imagination.
• Rom 1:21-23 : 21 For although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools. 23 And they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, animals, and creeping things.