Verse 21

Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Du skal ikke gi noen av dine barn som offer til Molok, og du skal ikke vanære navnet til din Gud. Jeg er Herren.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Du skal ikke la noen av dine barn gå gjennom ilden for Molok. Du skal ikke vanhellige din Guds navn. Jeg er Herren.

• Norsk King James

  Og du skal ikke la noe av ditt avkom gå gjennom ilden for Molek, og du skal ikke vanhellige navnet til din Gud; for jeg er Herren.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du skal ikke avlevere noen av dine barn som et offer til Molok og vanhellige navnet til din Gud; jeg er Herren.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Du skal ikke gi noen av dine etterkommere til Molek, og du skal ikke vanhellige navnet til din Gud. Jeg er Herren.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Du skal ikke ofre noen av dine barn til Molok. Du skal heller ikke vanhellige din Guds navn. Jeg er Herren.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Du skal ikke la noen av dine etterkommere gå gjennom ilden for Molech, og du skal heller ikke vanhellige navnet til din Gud. Jeg er HERREN.

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

  Du skal ikke ofre noen av dine barn til Molok. Du skal heller ikke vanhellige din Guds navn. Jeg er Herren.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Du skal ikke ofre noen av dine barn til Molek. Du skal ikke vanhellige Guds navn. Jeg er Herren.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Og av din sæd skal du ikke gi noen til å ofres til Molok, du skal ikke vanhellige din Guds navn. Jeg er Herren.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og af din Sæd skal du ikke give til at gaae igjennem (Ilden) for Molech, og du skal ikke vanhellige din Guds Navn; jeg er Herren.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And thou shalt not t any of thy seed pass through the fire to Moch, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Du skal ikke la noe av ditt avkom gå gjennom ilden til Molok. Du skal heller ikke vanhellige Guds navn. Jeg er HERREN.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And you shall not let any of your seed pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  «Du skal ikke ofre noen av dine barn til Molech, og du skal ikke vanhellige navnet til din Gud: Jeg er Herren.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Du skal ikke ofre noen av dine barn til Molok, slik at du ikke vanhelliger din Guds navn. Jeg er Herren.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og du skal ikke gi noen av dine barn som et offer til Molok; ikke vanhellige din Guds navn: Jeg er Herren.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og dere skal ikke ofre noen av deres barn gjennom ilden til Molek, og dere skal ikke vanære deres Guds navn: Jeg er Herren.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Thou shalt not geue of thi seed to offer it vnto Moloch, that thou defile not the name of thi God, for I am the Lorde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou shalt not geue of thy sede also, to be burnt vnto Moloch, lest thou vnhalowe the name of thy God, for I am the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Also thou shalt not giue thy children to offer them vnto Molech, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God: for I am the Lord.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt also not geue of thy seede to offer it vnto Moloch, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God: I am the Lorde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And of thy seed thou dost not give to pass over to the Molech; nor dost thou pollute the name of thy God; I `am' Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through [the fire] to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you may not make any of your children go through the fire as an offering to Molech, and you may not put shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You must not give any of your children as an offering to Molech, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD!

Referenced Verses

• Lev 19:12 : 12 Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
• Lev 20:2-5 : 2 Say to the Israelites, 'Any man from the Israelites or from the foreigners residing in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 I will set my face against that man and cut him off from among his people because he has given his children to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name. 4 But if the people of the land deliberately close their eyes to that man when he gives his children to Molech, and they fail to put him to death, 5 then I will set my face against that man and his family, and I will cut off from their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves to Molech.
• Lev 21:6 : 6 They must be holy to their God and must not profane the name of their God. They offer the food offerings of the LORD, the bread of their God, and so they must be holy.
• Lev 22:2 : 2 Speak to Aaron and his sons and command them to separate themselves from the holy things of the people of Israel, so that they do not profane My holy name by what they dedicate to Me. I am the LORD.
• Lev 22:32 : 32 Do not profane My holy name, for I must be regarded as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD, who makes you holy.
• Deut 12:31 : 31 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because they practice for their gods every abomination that the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
• Deut 18:10 : 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.
• Mal 1:12 : 12 But you profane it by saying, 'The LORD's table is defiled, and its food is contemptible.'
• Acts 7:43 : 43 'You have taken up the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of your god Rephan, the images you made to worship. Therefore, I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.'
• 1 Kgs 11:7 : 7 At that time Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the hill east of Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the Ammonites.
• 1 Kgs 11:33 : 33 'For they have forsaken Me and worshiped Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, done what is right in My sight, or kept My statutes and judgments as David, his father, did.'
• 2 Kgs 16:3 : 3 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and even sacrificed his son in the fire, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
• 2 Kgs 21:6 : 6 He sacrificed his own son by fire, practiced divination and omen reading, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
• 2 Kgs 23:10 : 10 He defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, so no one could make his son or daughter pass through the fire to Molech.
• Ps 106:37-38 : 37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. 38 They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
• Jer 7:31 : 31 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.
• Jer 19:5 : 5 They have built high places to Baal to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I did not command or speak of, nor did it ever enter My mind.
• Ezek 20:31 : 31 When you offer your gifts and make your children pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Shall I let you inquire of me, house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will not let you inquire of me.
• Ezek 23:37 : 37 For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, passing them through the fire as food for their idols.
• Ezek 36:20-23 : 20 And wherever they went among the nations, they profaned my holy name, for it was said about them, 'These are the LORD's people, yet they had to leave his land.' 21 But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they had gone. 22 Therefore, say to the house of Israel: 'This is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone. 23 I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have defiled among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I prove myself holy through you in their sight.
• Amos 5:26 : 26 You have carried Sikkuth, your king, and Kiyyun, your idols, the stars of your gods that you made for yourselves.
• Rom 1:23 : 23 And they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, animals, and creeping things.
• Rom 2:24 : 24 For as it is written, 'The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.'