Verse 7

From the days of your ancestors, you have turned away from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of Hosts. But you ask, 'How shall we return?'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Fra deres forfedres dager har dere avveket fra mine lover og ikke holdt dem. Vend tilbake til meg, så vil jeg vende tilbake til dere, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Men dere spør: Hvordan kan vi vende tilbake?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Helt fra deres fedres dager har dere veket bort fra mine forskrifter og ikke holdt dem. Vend om til meg, så vil jeg vende om til dere, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Men dere sier: På hvilken måte skal vi vende om?

• Norsk King James

  Selv fra fedrenes dager har dere vendt dere bort fra mine bud, og har ikke holdt dem. Vend dere til meg, så vil jeg vende meg til dere, sier HERREN over hærer. Men dere spør: Hvordan skal vi vende oss tilbake?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Fra fedrenes dager har dere avveket fra mine lover og ikke holdt dem. Vend tilbake til meg, så skal jeg vende tilbake til dere, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Men dere spør: Hvordan skal vi vende om?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Fra deres fedres dager har dere vendt dere bort fra mine forskrifter og ikke holdt dem. Vend tilbake til meg, så skal jeg vende meg til dere, sier Herren, Allhærs Gud. Men dere spør: 'Hvordan skal vi vende tilbake?'.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Allerede fra deres fedres dager har dere veket bort fra mine forskrifter og har ikke holdt dem. Vend tilbake til meg, og jeg vil vende tilbake til dere, sier Herren over hærskarene. Men dere sier: Hvordan skal vi vende tilbake?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Fra deres fedres dager har dere vendt dere bort fra mine bud og ikke holdt dem. Vend dere tilbake til meg, så vil jeg vende meg tilbake til dere, sier HERRENS hærskarer. Men dere sier: «Hvordan skal vi vende oss tilbake?»

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

  Allerede fra deres fedres dager har dere veket bort fra mine forskrifter og har ikke holdt dem. Vend tilbake til meg, og jeg vil vende tilbake til dere, sier Herren over hærskarene. Men dere sier: Hvordan skal vi vende tilbake?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Helt fra deres forfedres dager har dere veket av fra mine forskrifter og ikke holdt dem. Vend tilbake til meg, så vil jeg vende tilbake til dere, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Men dere spør: «Hvordan skal vi vende tilbake?»

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Fra deres fedres dager har dere vendt dere bort fra mine lover og ikke holdt dem. Vend tilbake til meg, så vil jeg vende tilbake til dere, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Men dere sier: Hvordan skal vi vende tilbake?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Fra eders Fædres Dage afvege I fra mine Skikke og bevarede dem ikke; vender om til mig, og jeg vil vende om til eder, sagde den Herre Zebaoth; og I sagde: Hvormed skulle vi vende om?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Fra deres fedres dager har dere veket bort fra mine forskrifter og ikke holdt dem. Vend tilbake til meg, så vil jeg vende tilbake til dere, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Men dere sier: Hvordan skal vi vende tilbake?

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Even from the days of your fathers you have gone away from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts. But you said, 'In what way shall we return?'.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Fra deres fedres dager har dere vendt dere bort fra mine forskrifter og har ikke holdt dem. Vend tilbake til meg, så vil jeg vende tilbake til dere, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Men dere sier: 'Hvordan skal vi vende tilbake?'

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Fra deres fedres dager har dere vendt dere bort fra mine forskrifter og ikke fulgt dem. Vend tilbake til meg, så skal jeg vende tilbake til dere, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud. Men dere sier: 'Hvordan skal vi vende tilbake?'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Fra deres fedres dager har dere vendt bort fra mine lover og ikke holdt dem. Vend tilbake til meg, så vil jeg vende tilbake til dere, sier Herren over hærskarene. Men dere sier: Hvordan skal vi vende tilbake?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Fra deres fedres dager har dere vendt dere bort fra mine lover og ikke holdt dem. Vend tilbake til meg, og jeg vil vende tilbake til dere, sier Herren over hærskarene. Men dere sier: Hvordan skal vi vende tilbake?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  ye are gone awaye fro myne ordinauces, & sens ye tyme of youre forefathers haue ye not kepte them. Turne you now vnto me, and I wil turne me vnto you, sayeth the LORDE of hoostes. Ye saye: Wherin shal we turne?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  From the dayes of your fathers, ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and haue not kept them: returne vnto me, and I will returne vnto you, saith the Lord of hostes: but ye saide, Wherein shall we returne?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  From the dayes of your fathers ye are gone away from myne ordinaunces, and haue not kept them: turne you to me, and I wyll turne to you, saith the Lorde of hoastes. And ye saide, Wherein shall we returne?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept [them]. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says Yahweh of Hosts. "But you say, 'How shall we return?'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Even from the days of your fathers Ye have turned aside from My statutes, And ye have not taken heed. Turn back unto Me, and I turn back to you, Said Jehovah of Hosts. And ye have said, `In what do we turn back?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  From the days of your fathers you have been turned away from my rules and have not kept them. Come back to me, and I will come back to you, says the Lord of armies. But you say, How are we to come back?

• World English Bible (2000)

  From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says Yahweh of Armies. "But you say, 'How shall we return?'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  From the days of your ancestors you have ignored my commandments and have not kept them! Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“But you say,‘How should we return?’

Referenced Verses

• Zech 1:3 : 3 Therefore, say to them: 'This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Return to me,' declares the Lord of Hosts, 'and I will return to you,' says the Lord of Hosts.
• Deut 31:20 : 20 When I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I swore to their ancestors, and they eat their fill and grow fat, they will turn to other gods and worship them, rejecting me and breaking my covenant.
• Neh 9:28-30 : 28 But as soon as they had rest, they returned to doing evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to their enemies, who ruled over them. Yet when they again cried out to You, You heard from heaven and rescued them many times in Your abundant mercy. 29 You warned them to return to Your law, but they acted arrogantly and did not obey Your commandments. They sinned against Your judgments, which, if a person does, they will live by them. Stubbornly, they turned their backs, stiffened their necks, and would not listen. 30 For many years, You were patient with them. You warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets, yet they would not listen. So You gave them into the hands of the peoples of the lands.
• Mal 1:6 : 6 A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am a father, where is the honor I deserve? If I am a master, where is the respect due me? says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise my name. But you ask, 'How have we despised your name?'
• Luke 15:16 : 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
• Ezek 20:21 : 21 But the children rebelled against me. They did not walk in my statutes, and they did not keep my ordinances to obey them, though by them a person will live. They profaned my Sabbaths, so I said I would pour out my wrath on them and unleash my anger against them in the wilderness.
• Rom 10:21 : 21 But concerning Israel He says: 'All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.'
• Deut 4:29-31 : 29 But from there, you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you, destroy you, or forget the covenant He swore to your ancestors.
• Deut 30:1-4 : 1 When all these things come upon you—the blessing and the curse that I have set before you—and you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God has driven you, 2 and you return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and soul, you and your children, according to all that I command you today, 3 then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you. He will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you. 4 Even if you are exiled to the ends of the heavens, the LORD your God will gather you from there, and He will bring you back from there.
• 1 Kgs 8:47-49 : 47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly'; 48 and if they turn back to You with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to You in the direction of the land You gave to their ancestors, the city You have chosen, and the temple I have built for Your name, 49 then hear their prayer and their plea from heaven, Your dwelling place, and uphold their cause.
• Neh 1:8-9 : 8 Remember the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, 9 but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.'
• Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, so that He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
• Isa 65:2 : 2 All day long I have stretched out my hands to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own thoughts.
• Jer 3:12-14 : 12 Go, proclaim these words toward the north: 'Return, faithless Israel,' declares the LORD. 'I will not look on you with anger, for I am faithful,' declares the LORD, 'and I will not be angry forever. 13 Only acknowledge your guilt—that you have rebelled against the LORD your God, scattered your favors to strangers under every spreading tree, and have not obeyed my voice,' declares the LORD. 14 Return, faithless children,' declares the LORD, 'for I am your master. I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.
• Hos 14:1 : 1 Samaria will be found guilty, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their infants will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.
• Jer 3:22 : 22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your waywardness. 'Here we are,' they reply, 'for you are the LORD our God.'
• Jer 7:26 : 26 But they did not listen to me or incline their ear; instead, they stiffened their necks and did worse than their ancestors.
• Ezek 18:30-32 : 30 Therefore, house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall. 31 Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, house of Israel? 32 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!
• Ezek 20:8 : 8 But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me; none of them got rid of the detestable things their eyes were set on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and unleash my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
• Ezek 20:13 : 13 But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my statutes and rejected my ordinances—though by them a person will live if they do them—and they greatly profaned my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness to destroy them.
• Neh 9:16-17 : 16 But they, our ancestors, acted arrogantly. They stiffened their necks and did not obey Your commandments. 17 They refused to listen and did not remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abundant in faithful love, and You did not abandon them.
• Neh 9:26 : 26 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You. They cast Your law behind their backs and killed Your prophets who warned them to turn back to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
• Lev 26:40-42 : 40 But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their ancestors—their unfaithfulness with which they were unfaithful to me, and also how they walked contrary to me— 41 so that I also walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts are humbled, and they accept their punishment for their iniquity, 42 then I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.
• Deut 9:7-9 : 7 Remember and do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to anger in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you arrived at this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD. 8 Even at Horeb, you provoked the LORD to anger, and the LORD was angry enough with you to destroy you. 9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD had made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I did not eat bread or drink water. 10 Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God. On them were all the words the LORD had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. 11 At the end of the forty days and forty nights, the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant. 12 Then the LORD said to me, 'Go down immediately, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned aside from the way I commanded them; they have made a molten image for themselves.' 13 The LORD also said to me, 'I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people. 14 Let me alone, so I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they are.' 15 So I turned and went down the mountain while it was ablaze with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands. 16 I saw that you had sinned against the LORD your God. You had made a molten calf for yourselves. You had quickly turned aside from the way the LORD had commanded you. 17 So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them down, shattering them before your eyes. 18 Then I fell down before the LORD as I had done before, for forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the LORD's sight and provoking him to anger. 19 I was afraid of the fierce anger and wrath the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me that time also. 20 The LORD was very angry with Aaron, and he was ready to destroy him. But I prayed for Aaron at that time as well. 21 Then I took the sinful thing you had made—the calf—and burned it in the fire. I crushed it, grinding it into fine dust, and threw the dust into the stream that flows down from the mountain.
• Jas 4:8 : 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
• Ezek 20:28 : 28 When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them, and they saw every high hill and every leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there, provoked me with their offerings, placed their pleasing aromas, and poured out their drink offerings there.
• Acts 7:51-52 : 51 You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors did. 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered him—
• Rom 7:9 : 9 At one time I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin came to life and I died.
• Rom 10:3 : 3 For they are ignorant of the righteousness of God and seek to establish their own; they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.
• Mal 3:13 : 13 Your words against me have been harsh, says the Lord. But you ask, 'What have we spoken against you?
• Matt 23:27 : 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and all impurity.
• Luke 11:48-51 : 48 So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs. 49 Because of this, the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles; some they will kill, and others they will persecute.' 50 So that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation— 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation.
• Ps 78:8-9 : 8 They would not be like their ancestors—a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal, whose spirits were not faithful to God. 9 The sons of Ephraim, armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle. 10 They did not keep God's covenant and refused to live by His teachings.
• Deut 31:27-29 : 27 For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you have been rebellious against the LORD while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after my death! 28 'Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officials, so that I can speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to testify against them. 29 For I know that after my death you are sure to become utterly corrupt and to turn from the way I have commanded you. In days to come, disaster will fall on you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD and arouse his anger by what your hands have made.'