Verse 13

For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For to onde ting har mitt folk gjort: De har forlatt meg, kilden med det levende vann, og de har hogd seg ut brønner, sprukne brønner som ikke kan holde vann.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For mitt folk har gjort to onde ting: de har forlatt meg, kilden med levende vann, og hogget seg brønner, sprukne brønner som ikke holder vann.

• Norsk King James

  For mitt folk har begått to onde handlinger; de har forlatt meg, kilden til levende vann, og gravd ut seg brønner, knuste brønner, som ikke kan holde vann.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For mitt folk har gjort to onde ting: De har forlatt meg, kilden med levende vann, og hogget seg cisterner, sprukne cisterner som ikke holder vann.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For to onde ting har mitt folk gjort: De har forlatt meg, kilden med levende vann, og hugget seg cisterner, sprukne cisterner som ikke holder vann.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For mitt folk har gjort to onde ting: De har forlatt meg, kilden med det levende vannet, og hogd seg sisterner, sprukne sisterner som ikke kan holde vann.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For mitt folk har gjort to onde ting: de har forlatt meg, livets kilde, og de har hugget ut brøtne tanker som ikke kan holde vann.

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

  For mitt folk har gjort to onde ting: De har forlatt meg, kilden med det levende vannet, og hogd seg sisterner, sprukne sisterner som ikke kan holde vann.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For mitt folk har gjort to onde ting: De har forlatt meg, kilden til levende vann, og de har hugget seg sisterner, sprukne sisterner som ikke holder vann.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For to onde ting har mitt folk gjort: Meg har de forlatt, kilden med levende vann, og hugget seg brønner, sprukne brønner som ikke holder vann.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi mit Folk gjorde tvende onde Ting: De forlode mig, den levende Vandkilde, at hugge sig Brønde, (ja) sønderbrudte Brønde, som ikke kunde holde Vand.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For mitt folk har gjort to onde ting; de har forlatt meg, kilden til det levende vann, og hogget ut for seg brønner, knuste brønner som ikke holder vann.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and carved themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no water.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For mitt folk har begått to onde: de har forlatt meg, kilden med levende vann, og hogget ut brønner for seg selv, sprukne brønner som ikke kan holde vann.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For to onde ting har mitt folk gjort: Meg har de forlatt, kilden med levende vann, og hogget seg ut brønner, sprukne brønner som ikke holder vann.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For mitt folk har gjort to onde ting: de har forlatt meg, kilden til det levende vann, og hugget seg brønner, sprukne brønner, som ikke kan holde vann.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For mitt folk har gjort to onde ting; de har forlatt meg, kilden med levende vann, og de har laget seg vannkar, hugget ut av berg, sprukne vannkar som ikke kan holde vann.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For my people hath done two euels. They haue forsake me the well of the water of life, and digged them pittes, yee vile and broken pittes, that holde no water.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For my people haue committed two euils: they haue forsaken mee the fountaine of liuing waters, to digge them pittes, euen broken pittes, that can holde no water.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For my people hath done two euils: they haue forsaken me the well of the water of lyfe, and digged them pittes, yea vile and broken pittes that can holde no water.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For two evils hath My people done, Me they have forsaken, a fountain of living waters, To hew out for themselves wells -- broken wells, That contain not the waters.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For my people have done two evils; they have given up me, the fountain of living waters, and have made for themselves water-holes, cut out from the rock, broken water-holes, of no use for storing water.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and cut them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water.”

Referenced Verses

• Ps 36:9 : 9 They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
• John 4:14 : 14 But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
• Jer 17:13 : 13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake You will be put to shame. Those who turn away from You will be written in the earth, for they have abandoned the fountain of living water, the LORD.
• Rev 22:1 : 1 Then the angel showed me a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
• Isa 55:2 : 2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of food.
• Rev 22:17 : 17 The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let the one who hears say, "Come!" Let the one who is thirsty come, and let the one who desires take the water of life freely.
• Rev 21:6 : 6 And He said to me, 'It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty, I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.'
• John 7:37 : 37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried out, 'If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.'
• Jer 15:6 : 6 'You have rejected Me,' declares the LORD. 'You keep going backward. So I have stretched out My hand against you and destroyed you; I am tired of relenting.'
• Ps 81:11-13 : 11 I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it. 12 But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. 13 So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their hearts to follow their own counsels.
• Ps 115:4-8 : 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. 5 They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see. 6 They have ears but cannot hear, noses but cannot smell. 7 They have hands but cannot touch, feet but cannot walk, nor can they make a sound with their throats. 8 Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
• Ps 146:3-4 : 3 Do not put your trust in princes, in a mortal man in whom there is no salvation. 4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish.
• Eccl 1:2 : 2 “Utterly meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”
• Eccl 1:14 : 14 I have seen all the deeds that are done under the sun; they are all meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
• Eccl 2:11 : 11 Yet when I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, behold, everything was meaningless—a chasing after the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.
• Eccl 2:21 : 21 For there is a person who labors with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, but then must leave everything to someone who has not worked for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.
• Eccl 2:26 : 26 To the person who pleases Him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, He gives the task of gathering and storing wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
• Eccl 4:4 : 4 And I saw that all toil and all skill in work are driven by one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
• Eccl 12:8 : 8 'Utter futility,' says the Teacher. 'Everything is futile!'
• Isa 1:3 : 3 The ox knows its owner, and the donkey knows its master's feeding trough, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.
• Isa 5:13 : 13 Therefore, my people have gone into exile because of lack of knowledge; their nobles are dying of hunger, and their multitudes are parched with thirst.
• 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? 11 Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, and the craftsmen are mere men. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will be terrified and put to shame together. 12 The blacksmith works with iron, shaping it in the coals. He hammers it with his tools and works it with the strength of his arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and becomes faint. 13 The carpenter measures out wood; he marks it with a stylus. He shapes it with chisels and marks it with a compass. He crafts it in the form of a man, a human figure, to dwell in a house. 14 He cuts down cedars or chooses a cypress or an oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a pine, and the rain makes it grow. 15 It becomes fuel for a man; he takes part of it to warm himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. But he also makes a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it. 16 Half of the wood he burns in the fire; he roasts meat over it, eats, and is satisfied. He warms himself and says, 'Ah, I am warm; I see the fire.' 17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol, and bows down to it. He worships it and prays to it, saying, 'Save me, for you are my god.' 18 They have no knowledge or understanding; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their hearts so they cannot understand. 19 No one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, 'Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals, roasted meat, and ate. Now, should I make an abomination of the rest? Should I bow down to a block of wood?' 20 He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, 'Isn't there a lie in my right hand?'
• Isa 46:6-7 : 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. 7 They lift it on their shoulders and carry it; they set it in its place, and there it stays. It does not move from its spot. If someone cries to it, it cannot answer or save them from their troubles.
• Isa 63:8 : 8 He said, "Surely they are my people, children who will not act falsely." And he became their Savior.
• Jer 1:16 : 16 I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their evil in forsaking Me, burning incense to other gods, and worshiping the works of their own hands.
• Jer 2:11 : 11 Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But my people have exchanged their glory for worthless idols.
• Jer 2:17 : 17 Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when he led you in the way?
• Jer 2:26 : 26 As a thief is ashamed when caught, so the house of Israel is put to shame—they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets.
• Jer 2:31-32 : 31 You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: ‘Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of deep darkness? Why do my people say, “We are free to roam; we will come to you no more”?’ 32 Can a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding adornments? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.
• Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.
• Jer 5:26 : 26 Among My people are wicked men. They lie in wait like those who set traps; they set deadly snares to catch people.
• Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. And My people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?
• 2 Pet 2:17 : 17 These people are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness has been reserved for them forever.
• Judg 10:13 : 13 'But you have forsaken Me and served other gods. Therefore, I will no longer rescue you.'
• 1 Sam 12:10 : 10 Then they cried out to the LORD, saying, 'We have sinned, for we have abandoned the LORD and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. But now, deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve You.'
• Jer 18:14 : 14 Does snow vanish from Lebanon’s rocky slopes? Do cool, flowing waters from afar dry up?
• Mic 2:8 : 8 But lately, my people have risen up like an enemy. You strip off the garments of those who pass by trustingly, returning from war.
• Mic 6:3 : 3 My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!