Verse 3

Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts and placed the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. Should I really let myself be consulted by them?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Menneskesønn, disse mennene har plassert sine avguder i hjertet sitt og satt snublestener for sin synd foran seg. Skal jeg virkelig la meg rådspørres av dem?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Menneskesønn, disse mennene har satt opp sine avguder i sitt hjerte og satt snublesteinen for sin synd foran seg. Skal jeg virkelig la meg forhøre av dem?

• Norsk King James

  Menneskesønn, disse mennene har satt opp sine gudebilder i hjertet sitt og har lagt snublesteinen for sin urettferdighet foran sitt ansikt: Skal jeg i det hele tatt la meg spørre av dem?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Menneskesønn! Disse mennene har satt opp sine avskyelige avguder i hjertene sine og plassert sin misgjernings anstøt rett foran seg; skulle jeg virkelig la meg rådspørre av dem?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Menneskesønn, disse mennene har latt sine avguder ta plass i hjertet, og de har satt det som fører til deres skyld rett foran seg. Skal jeg la meg rådspørre av dem?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Menneskesønn, disse mennene har satt opp avgudene sine i hjertet, og plassert snublestenen for deres synd framfor seg: skal jeg la meg rådspørre av dem?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Menneskesønn, disse mennene har satt sine avguder i sitt hjerte og plassert syndens snublestein foran sitt ansikt; skal jeg virkelig la meg etterspørre av dem?

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

  Menneskesønn, disse mennene har satt opp avgudene sine i hjertet, og plassert snublestenen for deres synd framfor seg: skal jeg la meg rådspørre av dem?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Menneskesønn, disse mennene har satt sine avguder i hjertet og har plassert syndens snublestein foran seg. Skal jeg virkelig la meg spørre av dem?

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Menneskesønn, disse mennene har satt sine avguder i hjertet, og de har plassert snublestenen i sin urett foran sitt ansikt. Skal jeg virkelig la meg bli rådspurt av dem?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du Menneskesøn! disse Mænd have (høit) opsat deres (stygge) Afguder i deres Hjerte, og de satte deres Misgjernings Stød ret for deres Ansigt; skulde jeg endeligen adspørges af dem?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Menneskesønn, disse mennene har satt opp sine avguder i hjertet sitt, og plassert snublesteinen til deres skyldighet rett foran seg: Skal jeg da bli spurt av dem i det hele tatt?

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces: should I be inquired of at all by them?

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Menneskesønn, disse mennene har tatt sine avguder inn i hjertet og har satt snublesteinen for sin synd foran seg. Skal jeg la meg rådspørre av dem?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Menneskesønn, disse mennene har latt sine avguder komme inn i hjertet, og de har satt snublestenen av sin synd foran sine ansikter; skal jeg virkelig la meg rådspørre av dem?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Menneskesønn, disse mennene har tatt avgudene sine i hjertet, og de har satt sitt syndefall foran seg. Skal jeg overhodet la meg spørre av dem?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Menneskesønn, disse mennene har tatt sine falske guder til hjertet og plassert synden som forårsaker deres fall foran seg: skal jeg lytte når de kommer til meg for veiledning?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou sonne of man, these men beare their Idols in their hertes, & go purposly vpon the stomblinge block of their owne wickednesse: how darre they then axe councell at me?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Sonne of man, these men haue set vp their idoles in their heart, and put the stumbling blocke of their iniquitie before their face: should I, being required, answere them?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou sonne of man, these men haue set vp their idols in their heartes, and put the stumbling blocke of iniquitie before their face: shoulde I then aunswere them at their request?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Son of man, these men have caused their idols to go up on their heart, and the stumbling-block of their iniquity they have put over-against their faces; am I inquired of at all by them?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Son of man, these men have taken their false gods into their hearts and put before their faces the sin which is the cause of their fall: am I to give ear when they come to me for directions?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Son of man, these men have erected their idols in their hearts and placed the obstacle leading to their iniquity right before their faces. Should I really allow them to seek me?

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 7:19 : 19 They will throw their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated as unclean. Their silver and gold will not be able to save them on the day of the LORD's wrath. They cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it, for it has caused their stumbling into sin.
• Isa 1:15 : 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you. Even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood.
• Ezek 14:7 : 7 For if any man from the house of Israel or any foreigner living in Israel separates himself from me, sets up idols in his heart, places the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of me, I, the LORD, will answer him myself.
• Ezek 20:3 : 3 Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Are you coming to inquire of me? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will not let you inquire of me.'
• Ezek 20:16 : 16 because they rejected my ordinances, did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths, for their hearts followed after their idols.
• Ezek 20:31 : 31 When you offer your gifts and make your children pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Shall I let you inquire of me, house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will not let you inquire of me.
• 2 Kgs 3:13 : 13 Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What do we have to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother." But the king of Israel said to him, "No, because it is the LORD who has called these three kings together to hand them over to Moab."
• Jer 11:11 : 11 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: ‘I am bringing disaster upon them from which they cannot escape. Even though they will cry out to me, I will not listen to them.’
• Ezek 44:12 : 12 Because they served them before their idols and caused the house of Israel to stumble into iniquity, therefore I have lifted My hand against them, declares the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their punishment.
• Zeph 1:3 : 3 I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, along with the ruins and the wicked. I will remove mankind from the face of the earth—this is the Lord’s declaration.
• Ezek 14:4 : 4 Therefore, speak to them and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Any man from the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face and then comes to the prophet—I, the LORD, will answer him myself in keeping with the multitude of his idols.'
• 1 Sam 28:6 : 6 Saul inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by the Urim, nor through the prophets.
• Zech 7:13 : 13 'Just as I called, and they did not listen, so when they call, I will not listen,' says the LORD of Hosts.
• Luke 20:8 : 8 And Jesus said to them, 'Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.'
• Eph 5:5 : 5 For you know this with certainty, that no sexually immoral, impure, or greedy person—who is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
• 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and, 'a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.' They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were determined to do.
• Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against you: You have those there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the Israelites—to eat food sacrificed to idols and to commit sexual immorality.
• Jer 17:1-2 : 1 The sin of Judah is written with an iron pen, engraved with a diamond point, on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars. 2 Even their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles beside the green trees on the high hills.
• Jer 17:9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things and incurable—who can understand it?
• Jer 42:20-21 : 20 For you have deceived yourselves when you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, 'Pray to the LORD our God for us, and whatever the LORD our God says, tell us and we will do it.' 21 I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God or anything He has sent me to tell you.
• Jer 44:16-18 : 16 The word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you. 17 Instead, we will do everything we promised: we will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. At that time, we had plenty of food, prospered, and experienced no disaster. 18 But since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by sword and famine.
• Ezek 3:20 : 20 Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and does wrong, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die in his sin. His righteous acts will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood.
• Ezek 6:9 : 9 Then your survivors will remember Me among the nations where they are taken captive—how I was grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes which lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their detestable practices.
• Ps 66:18 : 18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
• Ps 101:3 : 3 I will not set any worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the actions of those who turn aside; it will not cling to me.
• Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Prov 15:29 : 29 The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
• Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable, even more when it is brought with evil intent.
• Prov 28:9 : 9 If anyone turns away his ear from listening to the law, even his prayer is detestable.
• Ezek 36:25 : 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.
• Isa 33:15 : 15 The one who walks in righteousness, speaks what is right, rejects gain from extortion, shakes his hands to refuse bribes, stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil.
• Jer 7:8-9 : 8 But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless. 9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, 10 and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my name, and say, ‘We are safe,’ only to go on doing all these detestable things? 11 Has this house, which bears my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it,’ declares the LORD.
• Ezek 11:21 : 21 But as for those whose hearts follow their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their conduct down upon their own heads, declares the Lord God.