Verse 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”?’

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    O generasjon, hør Herrens ord. Har jeg vært en ørken for Israel eller et mørkt land? Hvorfor sier mitt folk: Vi er frie, vi kommer ikke lenger til deg?

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Å generasjon, se Herrens ord! Har jeg vært en ørken for Israel, eller et land av mørke? Hvorfor sier mitt folk: Vi er herrer, vi vil ikke komme tilbake til deg mer?

  • Norsk King James

    O generasjon, se Herrens ord. Har jeg vært en ødemark for Israel? Et mørkt land? Hvorfor sier mitt folk: Vi er herrer, vi vil ikke komme mer til deg?

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    O generasjon, merk Herrens ord; har jeg vært som en ørken for Israel, eller som et land med store mørker? Hvorfor sier mitt folk: Vi herjer, vi vil ikke komme til deg lenger?

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Åh, generasjon, se Herrens ord! Har jeg vært en ørken for Israel, et land med dyp mørke? Hvorfor sier mitt folk: Vi har brutt båndene, vi vil ikke komme tilbake til deg?

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Å generasjon, merk dere Herrens ord. Har jeg vært en ørken for Israel? Eller et land med dyp mørke? Hvorfor sier mitt folk: Vi har herredømme; vi vil ikke komme mer til deg?

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    O generasjon, se Herrens ord: Har jeg vært som en øde ørken for Israel, et land av mørke? Hvorfor sier da mitt folk: 'Vi er herrer; vi skal aldri vende tilbake til deg'?

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

    Å generasjon, merk dere Herrens ord. Har jeg vært en ørken for Israel? Eller et land med dyp mørke? Hvorfor sier mitt folk: Vi har herredømme; vi vil ikke komme mer til deg?

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Å dere slekt, legg merke til Herrens ord. Har jeg vært en ørken for Israel eller et land med mørke? Hvorfor sier mitt folk: Vi styrer selv, vi vil ikke komme tilbake til deg?

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    O generasjon, se Herrens ord! Har jeg vært en ørken for Israel, eller et land med mørke skygger? Hvorfor sier mitt folk: Vi har revet løs, vi vil ikke lenger komme til deg?

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    O Slægt! seer (dog og mærker) Herrens Ord; er jeg bleven Israel til en Ørk eller til et meget mørkt Land? hvorfor sagde (da) mit Folk: Vi herske, vi ville ikke ydermere komme til dig?

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Å generasjon, se Herrens ord. Har jeg vært en ørken for Israel? Et land av mørke? Hvorfor sier mitt folk: Vi er herrer; vi kommer ikke mer til deg?

  • KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

    O generation, behold the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? a land of darkness? why do my people say, We are lords; we will come no more to you?

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Generasjon, se Yahwehs ord. Har jeg vært en ørken for Israel? Eller et land av tett mørke? Hvorfor sier mitt folk, Vi er løslatt; vi vil ikke mer komme til deg?

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Å generasjon, se på Herrens ord: Har jeg vært en ørken for Israel? Et land av tett mørke? Hvorfor sier mitt folk: Vi har dratt oss bort, vi kommer ikke tilbake til deg?

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Å, slekt, se Herrens ord. Har jeg vært en ørken for Israel? Eller et land med tett mørke? Hvorfor sier mitt folk: Vi er fri; vi vil ikke komme til deg mer?

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Å generasjon, se Herrens ord. Har jeg vært en øde land for Israel? eller et land med mørk natt? hvorfor sier mitt folk, Vi er fri, vi vil ikke komme tilbake til deg?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Yf ye be the people of the LORDE, then herke vnto his worde: Am I the become a wildernesse vnto the people of Israel? or a londe that hath no light? Wherfore saieth my people then: we are falle of, and we wil come no more vnto the?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    O generation, take heede to the worde of the Lorde: haue I bene as a wildernesse vnto Israel? or a lande of darkenesse? Wherefore sayeth my people then, We are lordes, we will come no more vnto thee?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Oh generation, hearken vnto the worde of the Lorde: Am I become a wildernesse vnto the people of Israel? or a lande that hath no lyght? wherfore saith my people then, We are lordes, we wyll come no more vnto thee?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Generation, see the word of Yahweh. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? or a land of thick darkness? why say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more to you?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah: A wilderness have I been to Israel? A land of thick darkness? Wherefore have My people said, `We mourned, We come not in again unto Thee.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    O generation, see the word of the Lord. Have I been a waste land to Israel? or a land of dark night? why do my people say, We have got loose, we will not come to you again?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Generation, consider the word of Yahweh. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, 'We have broken loose. We will come to you no more?'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    You people of this generation, listen to the LORD’s message.“Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say,‘We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?’

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; you grew fat, thick, and bloated. Then he forsook the God who made him and treated with contempt the Rock of his salvation.
  • 2 Sam 12:7-9 : 7 Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. 8 'I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your arms. I also gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more. 9 Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in His eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites!
  • 2 Chr 31:10 : 10 Azariah, the chief priest from the family of Zadok, answered, 'Since the people began to bring their contributions to the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare, because the Lord has blessed His people; this great amount is what is left over.'
  • Neh 9:21-25 : 21 For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell. 22 You gave them kingdoms and nations, dividing them into regions. They took possession of the land of Sihon, the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, king of Bashan. 23 You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had promised their ancestors they would enter and take possession of. 24 Their descendants went in and took possession of the land. You subdued the inhabitants of the land—the Canaanites—before them and handed their kings and the peoples of the land over to them, to do with as they desired. 25 They captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took possession of houses filled with every good thing, hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate, were satisfied, grew fat, and delighted themselves in Your great goodness.
  • Ps 10:4 : 4 In his pride, the wicked man says, 'He will not seek; there is no God in all his thoughts.'
  • Ps 12:4 : 4 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks with arrogance.
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, 'Who is the Lord?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
  • Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacob's descendants, 'Seek me in vain.' I, the LORD, speak the truth and declare what is right.
  • Jer 2:5-6 : 5 This is what the LORD says: ‘What fault did your ancestors find in me that they strayed so far from me? They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves. 6 They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and deep darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
  • Hos 2:7-8 : 7 Their mother has been unfaithful; their conceiver acted shamefully. She said, 'I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread, water, wool, flax, oil, and drink.' 8 Therefore, I will block her way with thorns and build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.
  • Hos 13:6 : 6 As they were fed, they were satisfied; as they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and so they forgot me.
  • Amos 1:1 : 1 The words of Amos, who was among the sheep breeders from Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel during the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam, son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
  • Mic 6:9 : 9 The voice of the Lord calls to the city (and wisdom fears Your name): 'Hear the rod and the One who appointed it.'
  • Mal 3:9-9 : 9 You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this, says the Lord of Hosts, and see if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. 11 I will rebuke the devourer for your sake, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your ground. Your vine in the field will not fail to bear fruit, says the Lord of Hosts.
  • 1 Cor 4:8 : 8 Already you are full! Already you are rich! You have begun to reign without us—and how I wish that you really had begun to reign, so that we also might reign with you!
  • Rev 3:15-17 : 15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. 16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 Because you say, 'I am rich, I have become wealthy, and I don’t need anything,' yet you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
  • Deut 8:12-14 : 12 Otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built fine houses and settled in them, 13 When your herds and flocks have multiplied, and your silver and gold have increased, and all that you have has multiplied, 14 then your heart may grow proud, and you might forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  • Deut 31:20 : 20 When I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I swore to their ancestors, and they eat their fill and grow fat, they will turn to other gods and worship them, rejecting me and breaking my covenant.