Verse 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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Når dere ofrer deres gaver, når dere ofrer deres barn iilden, gjør dere dere urene med deres avguder frem til i dag. Skal jeg la meg søke av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la dere søke meg.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For når dere ofrer deres gaver, når dere lar deres sønner gå gjennom ild, blir dere urene med alle deres avguder, helt til denne dag. Og skal jeg bli rådspurt av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke bli rådspurt av dere.

• Norsk King James

  For når dere fremfører deres gaver, når dere lar deres sønner gå gjennom ilden, forurenset dere med alle deres avguder, helt til denne dag: og skal jeg be om råd fra dere, O Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier den Herre Gud, jeg vil ikke be om råd fra dere.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jo, dere gjør dere urene med alle deres avguder, ved å ofre deres gaver og la deres barn gå gjennom ilden helt til denne dag. Skal jeg da la meg spørre av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la meg spørre av dere.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Når dere ofrer gaver og lar deres barn gå gjennom ilden, gjør dere dere urene med alle deres guder den dag i dag. Skal jeg la dere søke meg, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, vil jeg ikke la dere søke meg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For når dere ofrer deres gaver, når dere lar deres sønner gå gjennom ilden, forurenser dere dere med alle deres avguder, helt til denne dag: og skal jeg la meg spørre av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la meg spørre av dere.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For når dere ofrer deres gaver, når dere lar deres sønner gå gjennom ilden, forurenser dere dere med alle deres avguder, selv til denne dag. Skal jeg da bli spurt av dere, Israels hus? Så levende jeg er, sier Herren Gud, vil jeg ikke la meg bli spurt av dere.

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

  For når dere ofrer deres gaver, når dere lar deres sønner gå gjennom ilden, forurenser dere dere med alle deres avguder, helt til denne dag: og skal jeg la meg spørre av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la meg spørre av dere.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ved å bære fram deres offergaver og føre deres sønner gjennom ilden, gjør dere dere urene med alle deres avguder til denne dag. Skal jeg la meg søke av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la meg søke av dere.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For når dere bærer frem deres gaver og lar deres sønner gå gjennom ilden, gjør dere dere urene ved alle deres avguder til denne dag. Skulle jeg da la dere rådspørre meg, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la dere rådspørre meg.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ja, I ere besmittede med alle eders (stygge) Afguder, idet I opløfte eders Gaver (og) lade eders Børn gaae igjennem Ilden indtil denne Dag; og jeg, skulde jeg adspørges af eder, Israels Huus? (saa vist) jeg lever, siger den Herre Herre, jeg vil ikke være adspurgt af eder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For når dere bærer fram deres gaver, når dere lar deres sønner gå gjennom ilden, forurenser dere dere med alle deres avguder, selv til denne dag: skal jeg la meg spørre av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, vil jeg ikke la meg spørre av dere.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, you pollute yourselves with all your idols, even to this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  og når dere frembærer deres gaver, når dere lar deres sønner gå gjennom ilden, forurenser dere dere med alle deres avguder til denne dag? og skal jeg bli spurt av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke bli spurt av dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Ved å frambringe deres gaver og ved å la deres sønner gå gjennom ilden, gjør dere dere urene ved alle deres avguder fram til denne dag. Skal jeg la meg søke av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la meg søke av dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Når dere bærer frem deres gaver, når dere lar deres sønner gå gjennom ilden, gjør dere dere da urene med alle deres avguder til denne dag? Og skal jeg la meg rådspørre av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la meg rådspørre av dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og når dere gir deres offergaver og lar deres sønner gå gjennom ild, gjør dere dere urene med alle deres avguder til denne dag; og kommer dere til meg for å få råd, Israels barn? Ved mitt liv, sier Herren, dere skal ikke få råd fra meg.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  In all youre Idols, where vnto ye bringe youre oblacios, & to whose honoure ye burne youre children: ye defyle youre selues, euen vnto this daye: how darre ye the come, and axe eny question at me? O ye housholde of Israel? As truly as I lyue (saieth the LORDE God) ye get no answere of me:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For when you offer your giftes, and make your sonnes to passe through the fire, you pollute your selues with all your idoles vnto this day: shal I answere you when I am asked, O house of Israel? As I liue, saith the Lord God, I wil not answere you when I am asked.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For when ye offer your giftes, & make your sonnes to passe through the fire, you are polluted with all your idols vnto this day: shall I aunswere you when I am asked, O house of Israel? As I liue saith the Lorde God, I wyll not be sought of you.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And in the offering of your gifts, In causing your sons to pass through fire, Ye are defiled by all your idols to this day, And I am sought by you, O house of Israel! I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I am not sought by you.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, do ye pollute yourselves with all your idols unto this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when you give your offerings, causing your sons to go through the fire, you make yourselves unclean with all your images to this day; and will you come to me for directions, O children of Israel? By my life, says the Lord, you will get no direction from me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When you present your sacrifices– when you make your sons pass through the fire– you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will not allow you to seek me!

Referenced Verses

• Ps 106:37-39 : 37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. 38 They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. 39 They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
• Jer 7:31 : 31 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.
• Ezek 20:26 : 26 I defiled them through their own gifts, by making them cause all their firstborn to pass through the fire, in order to devastate them and make them know that I am the LORD.
• 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.
• Matt 25:11-12 : 11 Later, the other virgins also came and said, ‘Lord, lord, open the door for us.’ 12 But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’
• Jas 4:1-3 : 1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within your body parts? 2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
• Jer 14:12 : 12 Even if they fast, I will not listen to their cry; even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will consume them by sword, famine, and plague.
• Jer 19:5 : 5 They have built high places to Baal to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I did not command or speak of, nor did it ever enter My mind.
• Ezek 14:3-4 : 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? 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.'
• Ezek 16:20 : 20 You even took the sons and daughters you bore to me and sacrificed them to the idols as food. Was your prostitution not enough?
• 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.'
• Prov 1:27-28 : 27 When your terror comes like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you. 28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they will not find me.
• Prov 28:9 : 9 If anyone turns away his ear from listening to the law, even his prayer is detestable.
• 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.
• Deut 18:10-12 : 10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, practices divination, tells fortunes, interprets omens, or engages in witchcraft. 11 Or one who casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or who seeks the dead. 12 For anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD. Because of these detestable practices, the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you.
• 1 Sam 28:5-6 : 5 When Saul saw the Philistine camp, he was terrified, and his heart trembled greatly. 6 Saul inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by the Urim, nor through the prophets.
• 2 Kgs 3:13-14 : 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." 14 Elisha replied, "As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, whom I serve, were it not for the presence of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, I would not pay attention to you or even look at you."
• Job 27:8 : 8 For what hope has the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
• Job 27:10 : 10 Does he delight in the Almighty and call upon God at all times?
• Ps 66:18 : 18 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.