Verse 10

Therefore, I will give their wives to others and their fields to new owners. From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Derfor vil jeg gi deres koner til andre og deres marker til dem som skal arve dem. For fra de minste til de største, søker de alle urettferdige gevinster; både profet og prest handler alle falskt.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Derfor vil jeg gi deres koner til andre, og deres marker til dem som skal ta dem i eie, for fra den minste til den største er alle grådige etter vinning, fra profeten til presten handler alle falskt.

  • Norsk King James

    Derfor vil jeg gi deres kvinnfolk til andre, og deres jorder til dem som skal arve dem; for hver enkelt, fra den minste til den største, er drivd av begjær; fra profeten til presten handler alle falskt.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Derfor vil jeg gi andre deres koner og deres marker til dem som skal eie dem; for alle er grådige, fra den minste til den største; både profeten og presten handler falskt.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Derfor vil jeg gi deres koner til andre og deres marker til dem som skal arve dem, for fra den minste til den største er alle grådige, og fra profet til prest er alle bedragerske.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Derfor vil jeg gi deres koner til andre og deres åkre til dem som skal arve dem. For fra den minste til den største er alle grådige; fra profeten til presten handler alle falskt.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Derfor skal Jeg gi deres hustruer til andre og deres jord til dem som overtager den, for enhver, fra den minste til den største, drives av grådighet; fra profeten til presten handler alle urettferdig.

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

    Derfor vil jeg gi deres koner til andre og deres åkre til dem som skal arve dem. For fra den minste til den største er alle grådige; fra profeten til presten handler alle falskt.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Derfor vil jeg gi deres hustruer til andre og deres marker til dem som skal arve dem. For fra den minste til den største søker alle urett gevinst; fra profet til prest taler de falskhet.

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Derfor vil jeg gi deres koner til andre menn og deres marker til erobrere; for fra den minste til den største av dem, alle er grådige for urettferdig vinning; fra profeten til presten, alle handler falskt.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Derfor vil jeg give Andre deres Hustruer, (og) deres Agre til dem, som skulle eie dem; thi hver er saare gjerrig, fra den Mindste til den Største; fra Prophet og indtil Præst handle de allesammen falskeligen.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Derfor vil jeg gi deres hustruer til andre og deres marker til dem som skal arve dem: For fra den minste til den største er de grådige, fra profeten til presten er alle falske.

  • KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

    Therefore, I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall inherit them: for everyone from the least to the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Derfor vil jeg gi deres koner til andre, og deres jorder til dem som skal eie dem; for alle, fra den minste til den største, er gitt til grådighet; fra profeten til presten handler alle falskt.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Derfor gir jeg deres koner til andre og deres marker til dem som tar dem. For fra den minste til den største, alle tjener uærlig gevinst; fra profet til prest, alle handler falskt.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Derfor vil jeg gi deres hustruer til andre, og deres marker til dem som skal besitte dem: for alle, fra den minste til den største, er eter etter griskhet; fra profet til prest handler alle falskt.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Derfor vil jeg gi deres koner til andre og deres marker til dem som vil ta dem for seg selv: for alle, fra den minste til den største, er opptatt av å tjene penger; fra presten til profeten er alle falske.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Wherfore, I will geue their wynes vnto aleauntes, and their feldes to destroyers. For from the lowest vnto the hyest, they folowe all shamefull lucre: and from the prophet vnto the prest, they deale all with lies.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Therefore will I giue their wiues vnto others, and their fieldes to them that shall possesse them: for euery one from the least euen vnto the greatest is giuen to couetousnesse, and from the Prophet euen vnto the Priest, euery one dealeth falsely.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Wherfore I wyl geue their wiues vnto aliauntes, and their fields to destroyers: For from the lowest vnto the hyest they folowe filthy lucre, and from the prophete vnto the priest they deale all with lies.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Therefore will I give their wives unto others, [and] their fields to them that shall inherit [them]: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them: for everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Therefore, I give their wives to others, Their fields to dispossessors, For from the least even unto the greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, From prophet even unto priest, every one is dealing falsely.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall possess them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who will take them for themselves: for everyone, from the least to the greatest, is given up to getting money; from the priest even to the prophet, everyone is false.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them: for everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 6:12-13 : 12 Their houses will be turned over to others, along with their fields and wives. For I will stretch out my hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the Lord. 13 For from the least to the greatest, all are greedy for unjust gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.
  • Jer 23:11-17 : 11 For both prophet and priest have become corrupt. Even in My house I have found their wickedness, declares the LORD. 12 Therefore, their path will become for them like slippery places in the darkness. They will be pushed and fall there, for I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment, declares the LORD. 13 Among the prophets of Samaria I saw something disgraceful: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray. 14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from their wickedness. They have all become to Me like Sodom, and the inhabitants like Gomorrah. 15 Therefore, this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: Behold, I will make them eat bitter wormwood and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land. 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. 17 They keep saying to those who despise the LORD, ‘The LORD says you will have peace.’ And to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his heart they say, ‘No harm will come to you.’
  • Deut 28:30-32 : 30 You will become engaged to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not enjoy its fruit. 31 Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken forcibly from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them. 32 Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you watch with longing eyes all day, but you will be powerless to act.
  • Isa 28:7 : 7 But these also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are confused by wine, they stagger because of strong drink—they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
  • Isa 56:10-12 : 10 Israel's watchmen are blind; they all lack knowledge. They are all mute dogs; they cannot bark. They lie around dreaming, loving to sleep. 11 Yet the dogs are greedy; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; all of them turn to their own way, each seeking his own gain from every quarter. 12 "Come," they say, "let us fetch wine and drink our fill of strong drink! Tomorrow will be like today, or even far better."
  • Ezek 22:27-28 : 27 Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and destroy lives to make unjust gain. 28 Her prophets plaster false visions for them, prophesying lies and saying, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.
  • 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.
  • Amos 5:11 : 11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from them, though you have built houses of cut stone, you will not live in them; though you have planted delightful vineyards, you will not drink their wine.
  • Zeph 1:13 : 13 Their wealth will become plunder, and their houses a desolation. They will build houses but not live in them, and they will plant vineyards but not drink their wine.
  • Titus 1:11 : 11 They must be silenced because they are upsetting whole households by teaching things they should not for the sake of dishonest gain.
  • 2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 But just as there were false prophets among the people, there will also be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. 2 Many will follow their destructive ways, and because of them, the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3 In their greed, they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
  • Titus 1:7 : 7 For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be blameless—not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, and not greedy for dishonest gain.
  • Mic 3:5 : 5 This is what the LORD says: "As for the prophets who lead my people astray, they proclaim peace when they have something to eat but prepare for war against those who do not feed them.
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for silver. Yet they lean on the LORD, saying, 'Is not the LORD among us? No disaster will come upon us.'
  • 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?
  • Jer 23:25-26 : 25 I have heard what the prophets who prophesy falsely in My name are saying: 'I have dreamed! I have dreamed!' 26 How long will this continue in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of deceit in their own hearts?
  • Jer 32:32 : 32 It is because of all the evil that the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger. Their kings, princes, priests, prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem have all been guilty.
  • Lam 4:13 : 13 It happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.