Verse 7

How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by false gods. I satisfied them, but they committed adultery and gathered at the houses of prostitutes.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Hvordan kan jeg tilgi deg dette? Dine barn har forlatt meg og sverget ved guder som ikke eksisterer. Jeg mettet dem, men de begikk utroskap og flokket seg i horhusene.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Hvordan kan jeg tilgi deg for dette? Dine barn har forlatt meg, og har sverget ved dem som ikke er guder; når jeg hadde mettet dem, begikk de ekteskapsbrudd, og samlet seg i skjøgernes hus.

  • Norsk King James

    Hvordan kan jeg tilgi deg? Dine barn har forlatt meg og sverget ved dem som ikke er guder: da jeg hadde mettet dem, begikk de hor og samlet seg i flokker i horenes hus.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Hvordan kan jeg tilgi deg for dette? Dine barn har forlatt meg og sverget ved det som ikke er Gud. Da jeg hadde mettet dem, drev de hor og flokket seg i horehus.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Hvordan kan jeg tilgi deg? Dine barn har forlatt meg og sverger ved de som ikke er guder. Jeg har gitt dem alt de trenger, men de begår ekteskapsbrudd og samler seg ved troløse kvinners hus.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Hvordan kan jeg tilgi deg for dette? Dine barn har forlatt meg, og sverget ved dem som ikke er guder: Når jeg hadde mettet dem, begikk de deretter utroskap og samlet seg i flokker i skjøgenes hus.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Hvordan skal jeg tilgi deg for dette? Dine barn har forlatt meg og sverget ved dem som ikke er guder; da jeg hadde gitt dem rikelig næring, begikk de utukt og samlet seg som hærer i horehuene.

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

    Hvordan kan jeg tilgi deg for dette? Dine barn har forlatt meg, og sverget ved dem som ikke er guder: Når jeg hadde mettet dem, begikk de deretter utroskap og samlet seg i flokker i skjøgenes hus.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Hvordan kan jeg tilgi deg for dette? Dine barn har forlatt meg og sverget ved dem som ikke er guder. Jeg ga dem alt de trengte, men de drev hor og flokket seg i skjøgens hus.

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Hvordan kan jeg tilgi deg for dette? Dine barn har forlatt meg og sverget ved dem som ikke er guder. Jeg har mettet dem, men de begikk ekteskapsbrudd og flokket seg sammen i skjøgens hus.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Hvor skulde jeg tilgive dig dette? dine Børn forlode mig og svore ved (det, som) ikke er Gud; der jeg havde mættet dem, da bedreve de Horeri og sloge sig sammen i Troppetal i Horehuset.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Hvordan kan jeg tilgi deg for dette? Dine barn har forlatt meg, og de har sverget ved det som ikke er guder. Da jeg lot dem bli mett, drev de likevel hor og flokket seg sammen i skjøgenes hus.

  • KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

    How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Hvordan kan jeg tilgi deg? Barna dine har forlatt meg og sverget ved dem som ikke er guder. Da jeg ga dem mat, begikk de hor og samlet seg ved skjøgenes hus.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Derfor er jeg ikke nådig mot deg, dine sønner har forlatt meg og har mettet seg med det som ikke er Gud. Jeg metter dem, og de begår ekteskapsbrudd, og i en horkvinnes hus samler de seg.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Hvordan kan jeg tilgi deg? Dine barn har forlatt meg og sverget ved dem som ikke er guder. Da jeg hadde mettet dem, drev de hor og samlet seg i flokker ved horehusene.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Hvordan er det mulig for deg å få min tilgivelse for dette? deres barn har gitt meg opp, de sverger ved dem som ikke er guder: når jeg har gitt dem mat i overflod, var de utro mot sine koner, og de koste seg i de løse kvinners hus.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Shulde I then for all this haue mercy vpon the? Thy children haue forsaken me, and sworne by them that are no goddes. And albeit they were bounde to me in mariage, yet they fell to aduoutrie, and haunted harlottes houses.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Howe should I spare thee for this? Thy children haue forsaken me, and sworne by them that are no gods: though I fed them to the full, yet they committed adulterie, and assembled them selues by companies in the harlots houses.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Shoulde I then for all this haue mercie vpon thee? Thy children haue forsaken me, and sworne by them that are no gods: and albeit that I fed them to the full, yet they fall to adulterie, and haunt harlottes houses.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by [them that are] no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    How can I pardon you? your children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes' houses.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For this I am not propitious to thee, Thy sons have forsaken Me, And are satisfied by that which is not god, I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, And at the house of a harlot They gather themselves together.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    How can I pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots' houses.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    How is it possible for you to have my forgiveness for this? your children have given me up, taking their oaths by those who are no gods: when I had given them food in full measure, they were false to their wives, taking their pleasure in the houses of loose women.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes' houses.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The LORD asked,“How can I leave you unpunished, Jerusalem? Your people have rejected me and have worshiped gods that are not gods at all. Even though I supplied all their needs, they were like an unfaithful wife to me. They went flocking to the houses of prostitutes.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 32:21 : 21 They made Me jealous with something that is not God; they provoked Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are not a nation; I will provoke them with a foolish nation.
  • Josh 23:7 : 7 Do not associate with these nations that remain among you. Do not invoke the names of their gods, swear by them, serve them, or bow down to them.
  • Gal 4:8 : 8 But in the past, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those who by nature are not gods.
  • Zeph 1:5 : 5 I will also cut off those who bow in worship on the rooftops to the starry host, those who bow and swear by the Lord but also swear by Milcom.
  • 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 9:2 : 2 They bend their tongues like a bow to shoot lies, not for truth do they grow strong in the land; they go from one evil to another, and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
  • Jer 12:16 : 16 'And if they diligently learn the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, "As surely as the LORD lives," just as they once taught my people to swear by Baal, then they will be established among my people.'
  • Jer 23:10 : 10 The land is full of adulterers; because of the curse, the land mourns, and the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. Their course is evil, and their power is misused.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Matt 23:37-38 : 37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! 38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.
  • 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who practice homosexuality,
  • 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 So then, concerning eating food sacrificed to idols: we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and there is no God but one.
  • Jas 4:4 : 4 You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
  • Jas 5:1-5 : 1 Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will serve as a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look, the wages that you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. 5 You have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
  • Jer 29:22-23 : 22 Because of them, all the exiles of Judah in Babylon will use this curse: 'May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire.' 23 For they have done outrageous things in Israel, committing adultery with their neighbors' wives and speaking lies in my name, things I did not command them to do. I am the one who knows and the one who witnesses this, declares the LORD.
  • Ezek 16:49-50 : 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of food, and abundant ease were hers and her daughters', but they did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 They became haughty and committed abominations before me; therefore, I removed them as I saw fit.
  • Ezek 22:11 : 11 One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife, another defiles his daughter-in-law with wickedness, and another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.
  • Hos 4:2 : 2 There is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
  • Hos 4:13-15 : 13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, where the shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. 14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit fornication, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go aside with harlots and sacrifice with temple prostitutes, and a people without understanding will come to ruin. 15 Though you, Israel, play the harlot, let not Judah become guilty. Do not go to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth Aven, and do not swear, 'As surely as the LORD lives!'
  • Hos 7:4 : 4 They are all adulterers, burning like an oven heated by the baker, who pauses from stirring the dough until it is leavened.
  • Hos 11:8 : 8 How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I surrender you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is changed within Me; My compassion grows warm and tender.
  • 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 8:14 : 14 Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, 'As surely as your god lives, O Dan,' or, 'As surely as the way of Beersheba lives,' they will fall and never rise again.
  • Jer 13:27 : 27 Your adulteries, your lustful neighings, your wicked acts of prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable behavior. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How much longer will it be before you are made clean?
  • Jer 2:31 : 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”?’
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 I myself said, “How gladly would I treat you like my children and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.” I thought you would call me 'Father' and not turn away from following me.
  • Ps 50:18 : 18 When you see a thief, you join him, and you associate with adulterers.
  • Lev 20:10 : 10 If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
  • Num 25:1-3 : 1 While Israel was staying in Shittim, the people began to commit sexual immorality with the women of Moab. 2 The women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods. 3 Israel yoked itself to Baal of Peor, and the LORD's anger burned against Israel.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage is to be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.