Verse 1

This is what the LORD says: Where is the certificate of divorce for your mother, whom I sent away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Behold, because of your sins, you were sold, and because of your transgressions, your mother was sent away.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er dokumentet om skilsmisse til deres mor, som jeg har sendt bort? Hvem har jeg solgt dere til blant mine kreditorer? Se, på grunn av deres synder ble dere solgt, og på grunn av deres overtredelser ble deres mor sendt bort.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet til deres mor som jeg har sendt bort? Eller hvem av mine kreditorer har jeg solgt dere til? Se, for deres synder har dere solgt dere selv, og for deres overtredelser er deres mor sendt bort.

• Norsk King James

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet for din mor, som jeg har sendt bort? Hvem av mine kreditorer er det som jeg har solgt dere til? Se, for deres misgjerninger har dere solgt dere selv, og for deres overtredelser er moren deres sendt bort.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet til deres mor, som jeg sendte henne bort med? Eller hvem av mine långivere solgte jeg dere til? Se, dere ble solgt på grunn av deres synder, og deres mor ble sendt bort på grunn av deres overtredelser.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet til din mor, som jeg sendte bort, eller hvem er min kreditor som jeg har solgt dere til? Se, dere ble solgt på grunn av deres misgjerninger, og deres mor ble sendt bort på grunn av deres overtredelser.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet til din mor, som jeg har sendt bort? Eller hvem av mine kreditorer har jeg solgt dere til? Se, for deres synder har dere solgt dere selv, og for deres overtredelser er deres mor sendt bort.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Slik sier Herren: Hvor er beviset på din mors skilsmisse, den hun ble forkastet med, som jeg slet henne bort? Eller til hvilken av mine kreditorer har jeg solgt deg? Se, av deres overtredelser har dere solgt dere selv, og på grunn av deres synder har din mor blitt forkastet.

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

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet til din mor, som jeg har sendt bort? Eller hvem av mine kreditorer har jeg solgt dere til? Se, for deres synder har dere solgt dere selv, og for deres overtredelser er deres mor sendt bort.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet på din mor, som jeg sendte bort? Eller hvem av mine kreditorer har jeg solgt dere til? Se, for deres misgjerninger ble dere solgt, og på grunn av deres overtredelser ble deres mor sendt bort.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er det skilsmissebrevet til deres mor, som jeg sendte bort, eller hvem av mine långivere er det som jeg har solgt dere til? Se, på grunn av deres ugjerninger ble dere solgt, og på grunn av deres overtredelser ble deres mor sendt bort.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (Saa) sagde Herren: Hvor er eders Moders Skilsmissebrev, med hvilket jeg forskjød hende? eller hvo er den af mine Aagerkarle, til hvem jeg solgte eder? see, I ere solgte for eders Misgjerninger, og eders Moder er førskudt for eders Overtrædelser.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet til din mor, som jeg har sendt bort? Eller hvem av mine kreditorer har jeg solgt dere til? Se, på grunn av deres synd har dere solgt dere selv, og deres mor er sendt bort for deres overtredelser.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Thus says the LORD, Where is the certificate of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you have sold yourselves, and for your transgressions your mother is put away.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet til din mor, som viser at jeg har sendt henne bort? Eller hvem av mine kreditører har jeg solgt dere til? Se, det var for deres synder at dere ble solgt, og for deres overtredelser ble deres mor sendt bort.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet til deres mor, som jeg sendte bort? Eller til hvilken av mine kreditorer har jeg solgt dere? Se, for deres synder ble dere solgt, og for deres overtredelser ble deres mor sendt bort.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet til deres mor, som jeg sendte henne bort med? Eller hvem av mine kreditorer har jeg solgt dere til? Se, på grunn av deres misgjerninger ble dere solgt, og på grunn av deres overtredelser ble deres mor sendt bort.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dette er Herrens ord: Hvor er dokumentet jeg ga din mor da jeg sendte henne bort? Til hvilken av mine kreditorer ga jeg deg som betaling? Det var på grunn av deres synder at dere ble gitt i andres hender, og for deres ondskap ble deres mor sendt bort.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thus saieth the LORDE: Where is the bill of yor mothers deuorcemet, that I sent vnto her? or who is the vsurer, to who I solde you? Beholde, for youre owne offeces are ye solde: & because of youre transgression, is youre mother forsake.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thus sayeth the Lorde, Where is that bill of your mothers diuorcement, whome I haue cast off? or who is the creditour to whome I solde you? Beholde, for your iniquities are yee solde, and because of your transgressions is your mother forsaken.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thus saith the Lorde: Where is the byll of your mothers deuorcement whom I sent away? or who is the vsurer to whom I solde you? Beholde, for your offences are ye solde, and because of your transgression is your mother forsaken.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Thus saith the LORD, Where [is] the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors [is it] to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Thus says Yahweh, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thus said Jehovah: `Where `is' this -- the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thus saith Jehovah, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, wherewith I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were ye sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  This is the word of the Lord: Where is the statement which I gave your mother when I put her away? or to which of my creditors have I given you for money? It was for your sins that you were given into the hands of others, and for your evil-doing was your mother put away.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Thus says Yahweh, "Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  This is what the LORD says:“Where is your mother’s divorce certificate by which I divorced her? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold because of your sins; because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:30 : 30 How could one chase a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them and the LORD had handed them over?
• Jer 3:8 : 8 I gave faithless Israel her certificate of divorce and sent her away because of all her adulteries. Yet I saw that her unfaithful sister Judah had no fear; she also went out and prostituted herself.
• Matt 18:25 : 25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.
• 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 A certain woman, the wife of one of the prophets, cried out to Elisha, saying, "Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. Now the creditor has come to take my two sons as slaves."
• Neh 5:5 : 5 'Although we are of the same flesh and blood as our fellow Israelites, and our children are just like theirs, we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, and we are powerless to do anything about it, since our fields and vineyards now belong to others.'
• Isa 52:3 : 3 For this is what the LORD says: You were sold for nothing, and you will be redeemed without money.
• Deut 24:1-4 : 1 If a man marries a woman but she does not find favor in his eyes because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, give it to her, and send her away from his house. 2 When she leaves his house, she may go and become another man's wife. 3 If the second man also dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if the second man dies, 4 then her first husband, who sent her away, is not allowed to take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled. That would be detestable to the LORD. You must not bring guilt upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
• Exod 21:7 : 7 If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.
• 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.
• Esth 7:4 : 4 For my people and I have been sold to be destroyed, killed, and annihilated. If we had merely been sold as slaves, I would have remained silent, because no harm to the king would justify disturbing him in this way."
• Ps 44:12 : 12 You delivered us like sheep to be eaten and have scattered us among the nations.
• 2 Kgs 17:17 : 17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire, practiced divination and sorcery, and sold themselves to do what was evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.
• Isa 59:1-2 : 1 Look, the arm of the LORD is not too weak to save, nor is His ear too dull to hear. 2 But your iniquities have created a divide between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.
• Jer 3:1 : 1 If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, should he take her back again? Wouldn't such a land become completely defiled? You have lived as a prostitute with many lovers—yet you want to return to me? declares the LORD.
• Mark 10:4-9 : 4 They replied, 'Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.' 5 Jesus said to them, 'He wrote this commandment for you because of the hardness of your hearts.' 6 'But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.' 7 'For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,' 8 'and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one.' 9 'Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.' 10 Back at the house, the disciples asked him again about this matter. 11 He told them, 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.' 12 And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.
• Hos 2:2-4 : 2 The people of Judah and Israel will come together, appoint one leader, and rise up out of the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel. 3 Say to your brothers, 'My people,' and to your sisters, 'She has received mercy.' 4 Plead with your mother, plead! For she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove her adulteries from before her face and her unfaithfulness from between her breasts.
• Jer 4:18 : 18 Your own way and your deeds have caused this to you; this is your calamity. How bitter it is! It has reached your very heart.