Verse 13

For your gods, Judah, are as numerous as your cities; and the altars you have set up to the shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal, are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For antall av dine guder, Juda, er like mange som dine byer, og så mange som gatene i Jerusalem, er de altarna dere har satt opp for den skammelige guden, altarna for å brenne røkelse til Ba'al.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For etter antallet av dine byer, Juda, har dine guder vært, og etter antallet av Jerusalems gater har dere reist altere til den skammelige ting, altere til å brenne røkelse til Baal.

• Norsk King James

  For med antallet av byene dine, er det dine guder, O Juda; og i forhold til antallet av Jerusalems gater har dere reist opp altere til skammelige avguder, ja, altere for å brenne røkelse til Baal.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For så mange som dine byer er, så mange er dine guder, Juda! Og så mange gater som i Jerusalem, så mange altere har dere reist for den skammelige avguden, altere for røkelse for Baal.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For antallet byene dine, Juda, har vært som antallet guder, og antallet gatene i Jerusalem har vært som antallet altere dere har satt opp for den skamfulle ting, altere for å brenne røkelse til Baal.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For så mange som dine byer, så mange er dine guder, Juda; og etter antallet av gatene i Jerusalem har dere satt opp altere til denne skammelige tingen, til og med altere for å brenne røkelse til Baal.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For antallet av dine byer, Juda, speiler antallet av dine guder; og etter antallet på Jerusalems gater har dere reist altere til den skammelige tingen – altere for å ofre røkelse til Baal.

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

  For så mange som dine byer, så mange er dine guder, Juda; og etter antallet av gatene i Jerusalem har dere satt opp altere til denne skammelige tingen, til og med altere for å brenne røkelse til Baal.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For etter antallet av dine byer, Juda, er også dine guder blitt, og etter antallet av Jerusalems gater har du reist altere til den skammelige ting, altere for å brenne røkelse til Ba'al.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For like mange som dine byer, Juda, er dine guder, og like mange som gatene i Jerusalem er altarene dere har satt opp for den vanærende avguden, altere for å brenne røkelse til Baal.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi saa mange som dine Stæder ere, (saa mange) ere dine Guder, Juda! og saa mange Gader, (som ere i) Jerusalem, (saa mange) Altere have I opsat til den skammelige (Afgud, ja) Altere til at gjøre Røgelse for Baal.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of usalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For like mange som byene dine, så mange var dine guder, Juda. Og like mange som gatene i Jerusalem, så mange altere satte dere opp til den skamfulle avgud, altere for å brenne røkelse til Ba'al.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For ifølge antall byer, er dine guder, Juda; og ifølge antall gater i Jerusalem har du satt opp altere til den skammelige tingen, selv altere for å brenne røkelse for Baal.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For slik er tallene på dine byer, så mange er dine guder, Juda; og slik er antall gatene i Jerusalem, så mange altere har dere satt opp til den skammelige ting, altere til å brenne røkelse til Baal.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For dine byer er like mange som dine guder, Juda; og like mange som Jerusalems gater har du satt opp altere for den motbydelige saken, altere for å brenne røkelse til Baal.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For antallet av dine guder er som antallet av dine byer, Juda; og for hver gate i Jerusalem har du satt opp altere til Baal for å brenne røkelse til Baal.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For as many cities as thou hast (o Iuda) so many goddes hast thou also: And loke how many stretes there be in the (o Ierusalem) so many shameful aulters haue ye set vp, to offre vpon them vnto Baal.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Iudah, and according to the number of the streetes of Ierusalem haue yee set vp altars of confusion, euen altars to burne incense vnto Baal.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For as many cities as thou hast, O Iuda, so many gods hast thou had also: and loke howe many streetes there be in thee (O Hierusalem) so many shameful aulters haue ye set vp, aulters I say to offer vpon them vnto Baal.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For [according to] the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and [according to] the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to [that] shameful thing, [even] altars to burn incense unto Baal.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For -- the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah, And -- the number of the streets of Jerusalem Ye have placed altars to a shameful thing, Altars to make perfume to Baal.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the number of your gods is as the number of your towns, O Judah; and for every street in Jerusalem you have put up altars to the Baal for burning perfumes to the Baal.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  This is in spite of the fact that the people of Judah have as many gods as they have towns and the citizens of Jerusalem have set up as many altars to sacrifice to that disgusting god, Baal, as they have streets in the city!’

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 23:13 : 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.
• Jer 2:28 : 28 But where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them arise and save you in your time of trouble, if they can. For as many as your cities are your gods, Judah.
• Jer 3:1-2 : 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. 2 Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Where have you not been violated? By the roads you sat waiting for lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
• Jer 3:24 : 24 From our youth, shame has consumed all that our ancestors worked for—their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.
• Jer 7:9 : 9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
• 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.
• Jer 32:35 : 35 They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Hinnom’s Son to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech, something I never commanded nor even considered in My heart. They committed this detestable act to make Judah sin.
• Hos 12:11 : 11 I spoke through the prophets and gave many visions; through the prophets, I used parables.
• Isa 2:8 : 8 Their land is filled with idols. They bow down to the work of their own hands, to what their fingers have made.
• Deut 32:16-17 : 16 They made Him jealous with strange gods and provoked Him to anger with detestable practices. 17 They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to new gods that had recently appeared, gods your ancestors did not fear.
• 2 Kgs 21:4-5 : 4 He built altars in the house of the LORD, about which the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem I will put My name.' 5 He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the LORD's house.
• 2 Kgs 23:4-5 : 4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second rank, and the gatekeepers to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the objects made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and scattered their ashes on the graves of the people. 5 He also removed the idolatrous priests appointed by the kings of Judah, those who burned incense at the high places in the cities of Judah and in the areas around Jerusalem. He removed those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and the moon, the constellations, and all the host of heaven.