Verse 9

So do not listen to your prophets, diviners, dreamers, soothsayers, or sorcerers who say to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Men hør ikke på deres profeter, spåmenn, drømmetydere, tegnutleggere og trollmenn, som sier til dere: Dere skal ikke tjene kongen av Babylon.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Derfor skal dere ikke høre på deres profeter, heller ikke på deres spåmenn, ikke på deres drømmere, heller ikke på deres trollmenn eller deres tryllekunstnere, som taler til dere og sier: Dere skal ikke tjene kongen av Babylon.

• Norsk King James

  Derfor, hør ikke på deres profeter, eller på deres spåmenn, eller på deres drømmere, eller på deres hekser, eller på deres trollmenn, som taler til dere og sier: Dere skal ikke tjene kongen av Babylon:

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor skal dere ikke lytte til deres profeter, spåmenn, drømmere, åndemanere eller trollmenn som sier til dere: Dere skal ikke tjene Babylons konge.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og dere skal ikke høre på deres profeter, deres spåmenn, drømmerne, tegntydere og trollmenn som sier til dere: 'Dere skal ikke tjene kongen av Babel.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Derfor skal dere ikke høre på deres profeter, spåmenn, drømmetydere, trollmenn eller magikere, som sier til dere: Dere skal ikke tjene kongen av Babylon.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Derfor, hør ikke på profetene, spådomsmennene, drømmene, trollmennene eller magikerne som sier til dere: Dere skal ikke tjene kongen av Babylon.

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

  Derfor skal dere ikke høre på deres profeter, spåmenn, drømmetydere, trollmenn eller magikere, som sier til dere: Dere skal ikke tjene kongen av Babylon.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men dere, hør ikke på deres profeter, spåmenn, drømmetyderen, tegntydere og trollmenn, som sier til dere: 'Dere skal ikke tjene kongen av Babylon.'

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Og dere, lytt ikke til deres profeter, spåmenn, drømmetydere, tegnbeseglere eller trollmenn som sier til dere: Dere skal ikke tjene kongen av Babylon.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor hører ikke eders Propheter og eders Spaamænd og eders Drømmere og eders Dagvælgere og eders Troldkarle, dem, som tale til eder, sigende: I skulle ikke tjene Kongen af Babel.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Derfor skal dere ikke lytte til deres profeter, heller ikke til deres spåmenn, eller deres drømmere, eller deres trollmenn, eller deres magikere, som sier til dere: Dere skal ikke tjene kongen av Babylon.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Therefore do not listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men dere, hør ikke på deres profeter, spåmenn, drømmere, spådomskunstnere eller trollmenn som sier til dere: Dere skal ikke tjene Babylons konge.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og dere, hør ikke på deres profeter, på deres spåmenn, på deres drømmere, på deres skytydere og på deres trollmenn som sier til dere: Dere skal ikke tjene kongen av Babylon.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men som for dere, lytt ikke til deres profeter, eller til deres spåmenn, eller til deres drømmer, eller til deres spåkoner, eller til deres trollmenn, som sier til dere: Dere skal ikke tjene kongen av Babylon.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og dere skal ikke høre på deres profeter eller deres tegnlesere eller drømmetydere eller de som ser inn i fremtiden eller de som bruker hemmelige kunster, som sier til dere: Dere skal ikke bli tjenere for kongen av Babylon.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And therfore, folowe not youre prophetes, soythsayers, expounders of dreames, charmers & witches, which saye vnto you: ye shal not serue the kinge of Babilon.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Therefore heare not your prophets nor your southsayers, nor your dreamers, nor your inchanters, nor your sorcerers, which say vnto you thus, Ye shall not serue the King of Babel.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And therfore folowe not your prophetes, soothsayers, expounders of dreames, charmers, & witches, which say vnto you, Ye shal not serue the kyng of Babylon.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But as for you, don't you listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And ye, ye do not hearken unto your prophets, and unto your diviners, and unto your dreamers, and unto your observers of clouds, and unto your sorcerers who are speaking unto you, saying, Ye do not serve the king of Babylon, --

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you are not to give attention to your prophets or your readers of signs or your dreamers or those who see into the future or those who make use of secret arts, who say to you, You will not become servants of the king of Babylon:

• World English Bible (2000)

  But as for you, don't you listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So do not listen to your prophets or to those who claim to predict the future by divination, by dreams, by consulting the dead, or by practicing magic. They keep telling you,‘You do not need to be subject to the king of Babylon.’

Referenced Verses

• Jer 14:14 : 14 The LORD said to me: "The prophets are prophesying lies in My name. I did not send them, command them, or speak to them. They are seeing false visions, giving worthless divinations and deceitful messages from their own hearts.
• Isa 8:19 : 19 When they say to you, 'Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter,' shouldn’t a people consult their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?
• Jer 29:8 : 8 This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Do not let the prophets or diviners among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that you are dreaming.
• Mal 3:5 : 5 I will come near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, and those who swear falsely; against those who defraud workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, and deprive foreigners of justice. They do not fear me, says the Lord of Hosts.
• Acts 8:11 : 11 They followed him because he had amazed them with his magic for a long time.
• Rev 9:21 : 21 Nor did they repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.
• Rev 18:23 : 23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The voice of a bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But as for the cowardly, the unbelieving, the detestable, murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.
• Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
• Mic 3:7 : 7 The seers will be ashamed and the diviners disgraced. They will all cover their faces because there is no answer from God.
• Zech 10:2 : 2 For the household idols speak deceit, and the diviners see false visions. They tell deceitful dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore, the people wander like sheep, oppressed because they have no shepherd.
• Isa 47:12-14 : 12 Persist then with your spells and your many sorceries, with which you have labored from your youth—perhaps you might succeed, perhaps you might cause terror. 13 You are wearied with your many counsels; let those who divide the heavens, those who gaze at the stars, those who announce the months, stand now and save you from what is coming upon you. 14 Behold, they are like stubble; fire consumes them. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coal for warming oneself, nor fire to sit before.
• Jer 23:16 : 16 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.
• Jer 23:25 : 25 I have heard what the prophets who prophesy falsely in My name are saying: 'I have dreamed! I have dreamed!'
• Jer 23:32 : 32 Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams, declares the LORD. They tell them and lead My people astray with their lies and reckless boasting. Yet I did not send or command them to do so, and they do not benefit these people at all, declares the LORD.
• Jer 27:14-16 : 14 Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying lies to you. 15 For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, yet they prophesy lies in my name, so that I might drive you out, and you will perish—you and the prophets who are prophesying to you. 16 Then I said to the priests and all this people: This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, ‘The articles of the LORD’s house will soon be returned from Babylon.’ They are prophesying lies to you.
• Exod 7:11 : 11 Pharaoh then summoned the wise men and sorcerers, and the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their secret arts.
• 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.
• Deut 18:14 : 14 The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so.
• Josh 13:22 : 22 In addition to those slain, the Israelites also killed Balaam son of Beor, the diviner, with the sword.