Verse 20

For you have deceived yourselves when you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, 'Pray to the LORD our God for us, and whatever the LORD our God says, tell us and we will do it.'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For dere har forført dere selv når dere sendte meg til Herren, deres Gud, og sa: Be til Herren vår Gud for oss. Alt Herren, vår Gud, har sagt, skal vi gjøre.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For dere handlet forræderisk i hjertene deres da dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud og sa: «Be for oss til Herren vår Gud; alt som Herren vår Gud skal si, det skal du fortelle oss, og vi vil gjøre det.»

• Norsk King James

  For dere har lurt dere selv i hjertene deres når dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud, og sa: Be for oss til Herren vår Gud; og hva enn Herren vår Gud sier, må dere gjøre.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dere har virkelig villedet dere selv da dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud, og sa: Be for oss til Herren vår Gud, og gi oss beskjed om alt hva Herren vår Gud sier, så vi kan gjøre det.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For dere har bedratt dere selv, dere har sendt meg til Herren deres Gud og sagt: 'Be for oss til Herren vår Gud, og alt Herren vår Gud sier til oss, det skal vi gjøre.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For dere var falske i hjertene deres da dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud, og sa: Be for oss til Herren vår Gud; og slik Herren vår Gud sier, slik skal vi gjøre.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «For dere var troløse i deres hjerter da dere sendte meg til Herren, deres Gud, og sa: 'Be for oss til Herren, vår Gud, og la oss få høre alt Herren, vår Gud, måtte si, så vi kan handle etter det.'»

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

  For dere var falske i hjertene deres da dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud, og sa: Be for oss til Herren vår Gud; og slik Herren vår Gud sier, slik skal vi gjøre.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For dere har bedratt deres egne sjeler når dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud, og sa: 'Be for oss til Herren vår Gud, og alt som Herren vår Gud sier, fortell oss, så vil vi gjøre det.'

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dere har selv forført dere, for dere sendte meg til Herren, deres Gud, og sa: 'Be for oss til Herren, vår Gud, og alt det Herren, vår Gud, sier, så vil vi gjøre det.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Visseligen have I faret vild i eders Sjæle, thi I sendte mig til Herren vor Gud, sigende: Bed for os til Herren vor Gud, og giv os saa tilkjende efter alt det, som Herren vor Gud siger, saa ville vi gjøre det.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For dere har bedratt deres egne hjerter, da dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud og sa: 'Be for oss til Herren vår Gud, og kunngjør for oss alt som Herren vår Gud sier, og vi vil gjøre det.'

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For you dissembled in your hearts, when you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us to the LORD our God; and according to all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For dere har handlet bedragersk mot deres egne sjeler; for dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud, og sa: Be for oss til Herren vår Gud; og alt hva Herren vår Gud sier, forkynn det for oss, så skal vi gjøre det:

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  for dere har vist dere fordervet i deres sjeler, for dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud, og sa: Be for oss til Herren vår Gud, og hva enn Herren vår Gud sier, det skal du fortelle oss, og vi vil gjøre det.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For dere har bedratt deres egne sjeler; for dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud, og sa: Be for oss til Herren vår Gud; og alt det Herren vår Gud sier, så kunngjør det for oss, og vi vil gjøre det:

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For dere har handlet falskt i deres hjerter; for dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud og sa: Be for oss til Herren vår Gud, og gi oss ord om alt han måtte si, og vi vil gjøre det.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  ls shal ye begyle youre selues. For ye sent me vnto the LORDE youre God, and sayde: O praye thou the LORDE oure God for vs: and loke what answere the LORDE oure God geueth the, that bringe vs agayne, ad we shall do thereafter.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Surely ye dissembled in your hearts When ye sent me vnto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for vs vnto the Lorde our God, and declare vnto vs euen according vnto al that the Lord our God shall say, and we will doe it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For ye haue dissembled with me: for ye sent me vnto the Lorde your God, and sayde, O pray thou the Lorde our God for vs, and loke what aunswere the Lorde our God geueth thee, that bryng vs agayne, and we shall do therafter:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do [it].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for ye have shewed yourselves perverse in your souls, for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God, and according to all that Jehovah our God saith, so declare to us, and we have done `it';

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God; and according unto all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For you have been acting with deceit in your hearts; for you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, Make prayer for us to the Lord our God, and give us word of everything he may say, and we will do it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You are making a fatal mistake. For you sent me to the LORD your God and asked me,‘Pray to the LORD our God for us. Tell us what the LORD our God says and we will do it.’

Referenced Verses

• Ps 18:44 : 44 You deliver me from the strife of the people; You make me the head of nations; a people I had not known serves me.
• Ps 65:3 : 3 You who hear prayer, to you all humanity will come.
• Jer 3:10 : 10 In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart, but only in pretense, declares the LORD.
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I, the LORD, search the heart and test the mind, to give each person according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.
• Jer 42:2 : 2 They said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Please let our petition fall before you and pray to the LORD your God for us, for all this remnant. For we are few left from many, as your own eyes can see us.
• Ezek 14:3-4 : 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts and placed the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. Should I really let myself be consulted by them? 4 Therefore, speak to them and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Any man from the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face and then comes to the prophet—I, the LORD, will answer him myself in keeping with the multitude of his idols.'
• Ezek 33:31 : 31 They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express love, but their hearts pursue unjust gain.
• Matt 22:15-18 : 15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap him in his words. 16 And they sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians, saying, 'Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth. You do not care about anyone’s opinion, for you do not look at people’s appearances.' 17 Tell us, then, what you think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? 18 But Jesus, perceiving their malice, said, 'Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?
• Matt 22:35 : 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with a question,
• Gal 6:7 : 7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows, that they will also reap.
• Jas 1:22 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.