Verse 2

For the household idols speak deceit, and the diviners see false visions. They tell deceitful dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore, the people wander like sheep, oppressed because they have no shepherd.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For de som bruker terafimene snakker om tomhet, og spåmennene ser løgn. De drømmer falske drømmer som de forkynner og gir verdiløs trøst. Derfor ble folket spredt som en flokk får, de led fordi de ikke hadde noen hyrde.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For avgudene har talt forfengelighet, og spåmennene har sett løgner og fortalt falske drømmer; de trøster forgjeves. Derfor dro de bort som en flokk, de ble urolige fordi det ikke var noen hyrde.

• Norsk King James

  For gudene har talt tomt, og de som spår har sett løgn; de har fortalt falske drømmer; de gir trøst som ikke betyr noe: derfor forlot de som en flokk, urolige fordi de ikke hadde noen hyrde.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For avgudsbildene snakker løgn, og spåmennene ser falske syner og sier tomme drømmer; de trøster med tomhet. Derfor vandrer de bort som en flokk uten hyrde og lider fordi ingen leder dem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For terafimene har talt usannhet, spåmennene har sett løgner, og drømmene de taler er falske. De trøster med tomhet, og derfor har folket vandret som sauer, lidende fordi det ikke er noen gjeter.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For avgudene har talt tomhet, spåmennene har sett løgner og fortalt falske drømmer; de trøster forgjeves. Derfor vandret de bort som en flokk, de ble urolige fordi det ikke var noen gjeter.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For idolene har fremført tomme ord, og spåmennene har sett bedrag og fortalt falske drømmer; de trøster forgjeves, derfor gikk de sin vei som en flokk, urolige fordi de manglet en hyrde.

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

  For avgudene har talt tomhet, spåmennene har sett løgner og fortalt falske drømmer; de trøster forgjeves. Derfor vandret de bort som en flokk, de ble urolige fordi det ikke var noen gjeter.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For husgudene taler falskhet, spåmennene ser løgn, og drømmer taler tomhet og gir falsk trøst. Derfor drar folket bort som en flokk sauer; de lider fordi det ikke er noen hyrde.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For terafim (husguder) taler tomhet, og spåmenn ser falskheter. Drømmene de forteller er bedragerske, og de gir tomme trøster. Derfor vandrer folket omkring som en flokk uten hyrde, undertrykt fordi det ikke er noen gjeter.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi Afgudsbillederne tale Uret, og Spaamændene see Løgn og tale forfængelige Drømme, de trøste med Forfængelighed; derfor droge de bort som en Hjord, de bleve plagede, fordi der var ikke Hyrde.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For avgudene har talt tomhet, og spåmennene har sett løgner; de har fortalt falske drømmer og gir falsk trøst. Derfor dro de av sted som en flokk, for de var forvirret, siden det ikke fantes noen hyrde.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie and told false dreams; they comfort in vain. Therefore they went their way as a flock; they were troubled because there was no shepherd.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For avgudene har talt tomme ord, og spåmennene har sett løgner; de har fortalt falske drømmer. De trøster forgjeves. Derfor går de som får. De blir undertrykt, fordi det ikke er noen hyrde.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For terafimene talte ondskap, og spåmennene har sett en løgn, og drømmers forgjeveshet taler de, med tomhet gir de trøst. Derfor har de vandret som en flokk, de er plaget, fordi det er ingen hyrde.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For husgudene har talt tomhet, og spåmennene har sett løgn; de har fortalt falske drømmer, de trøster forgjeves: derfor går de sin vei som sauer, de blir plaget fordi det ikke er noen hyrde.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For avgudene taler løgn, og spåmennene ser bedrageri; de har fortalt falske drømmer, de gir trøyst til ingen nytte: så de går bort fra stien som sauer, de er forvirret fordi de ikke har noen hyrde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For vayne is the answere of Idols. The soythsayers se lyes, and tell but vayne dreames: the comforth that they geue, is nothynge worth. Therfore go they astraye like a flocke of shepe, ad are troubled, because they haue no shepherde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Surely the idols haue spoken vanitie, and the southsayers haue seene a lye, and the dreamers haue tolde a vaine thing: they comfort in vaine: therefore they went away as sheepe: they were troubled, because there was no shepheard.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For vaine is the aunswere of idols, the soothsayers see lyes, & the dreamers tell but vaine thinges, the comfort that they geue is nothing worth: therefore they went away lyke a flocke of sheepe, and were troubled, because they had no shephearde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because [there was] no shepherd.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; And they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Because the teraphim did speak iniquity, And the diviners have seen a falsehood, And dreams of the vanity they speak, `With' vanity they give comfort, Therefore they have journeyed as a flock, They are afflicted, for there is no shepherd.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams, they comfort in vain: therefore they go their way like sheep, they are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the images have said what is not true, and the readers of signs have seen deceit; they have given accounts of false dreams, they give comfort to no purpose: so they go out of the way like sheep, they are troubled because they have no keeper.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the household gods have spoken wickedness, the soothsayers have seen a lie, and as for the dreamers, they have disclosed emptiness and give comfort in vain. Therefore the people set out like sheep and become scattered because they have no shepherd.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 34:5 : 5 So they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and they became food for all the wild animals; they were scattered.
• Hos 3:4 : 4 For the children of Israel will live many days without a king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or household idols.
• Matt 9:36 : 36 When he saw the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
• Hab 2:18 : 18 What profit is an idol when its maker has carved it, or a cast image that teaches falsehood? For its maker trusts in his own creation to make worthless idols that cannot speak.
• Ezek 34:8 : 8 'As surely as I live,' declares the Lord GOD, 'because My flock has become prey and My flock has become food for every wild animal since there was no shepherd and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock,
• Jer 27:9 : 9 So do not listen to your prophets, diviners, dreamers, soothsayers, or sorcerers who say to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
• Gen 31:19 : 19 Meanwhile, Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father’s household idols.
• Num 27:17 : 17 to go out and come in before them, to lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.
• Judg 18:14 : 14 Then the five men who had gone to scout out the land of Laish said to their fellow Danites, 'Do you know that in these houses there's an ephod, household gods, a carved image, and a cast idol? Now think about what you should do.'
• 1 Kgs 22:17 : 17 Then Micaiah said, 'I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, “These people have no master; each one should go home in peace.”'
• Job 13:4 : 4 Yet you, however, are smearers of falsehood; all of you are worthless physicians.
• Job 21:34 : 34 So how can you comfort me with empty words, since your answers remain falsehoods?
• Isa 44:9 : 9 All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses see nothing and know nothing, so they will be put to shame.
• Isa 46:5 : 5 To whom will you compare Me or make Me equal? Who will you liken Me to, that we may be alike?
• Jer 6:14 : 14 They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.
• Jer 8:11 : 11 They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.
• Jer 10:8 : 8 They are all senseless and foolish; their instruction comes from worthless idols.
• Jer 13:17-20 : 17 But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will weep bitterly and overflow with tears, for the LORD’s flock has been taken captive. 18 Say to the king and the queen mother, ‘Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.’ 19 The cities of the Negev are shut tight, with no one to open them. All Judah has been carried into exile—completely taken away. 20 Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you—the sheep of your glorious care?
• Jer 14:13 : 13 But I said, "Ah, Sovereign LORD, the prophets are telling them, 'You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.'"
• Jer 14:22 : 22 Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Can the skies themselves send showers? No, it is You, LORD our God. Therefore, we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
• Jer 23:17 : 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.’
• Jer 23:25-27 : 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? 27 They plan to make My people forget My name through their dreams, which they tell to one another, just as their fathers forgot My name because of Baal.
• Jer 28:4-6 : 4 I will also bring back to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, along with all the exiles of Judah who went to Babylon,' declares the LORD, 'for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.' 5 Then the prophet Jeremiah responded to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people standing in the house of the LORD. 6 The prophet Jeremiah said, 'Amen! May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied by bringing back the articles of the LORD's house and all the exiles from Babylon to this place.'
• Jer 28:15 : 15 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, 'Listen now, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, but you have led this people to trust in falsehood.'
• Jer 29:8 : 8 This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Do not let the prophets or diviners among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that you are dreaming.
• Jer 29:21-22 : 21 This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying a lie to you in my name: 'I am about to hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.' 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.'
• Jer 37:19 : 19 Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, 'The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land'?
• Jer 50:17 : 17 Israel is a scattered sheep chased by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to gnaw at his bones was Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.
• Jer 51:23 : 23 With you, I shatter shepherd and flock; with you, I shatter farmer and oxen; with you, I shatter governors and officials.
• Lam 2:14 : 14 The visions of your prophets were false and empty; they did not expose your iniquity to restore your fortunes. Instead, they saw false and misleading oracles for you.
• Ezek 13:6-9 : 6 They have seen false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘This is the declaration of the LORD,’ when the LORD has not sent them, and they hope to fulfill their words. 7 Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you say, ‘Thus says the LORD,’ but I have not spoken? 8 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have spoken falsehood and seen lies, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD. 9 My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people, nor be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD. 10 Because they have misled my people by saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because when a flimsy wall is built, they plaster it over with whitewash, 11 say to those who plaster it with whitewash that it will fall. There will be a flooding rain, hailstones will fall, and a stormy wind will break it. 12 When the wall falls, people will ask you, ‘Where is the whitewash you applied?’ 13 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: In my wrath, I will unleash a stormy wind. In my anger, there will be flooding rain, and hailstones in fury will bring about destruction. 14 I will break down the wall that you plastered with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. It will collapse, and you will perish within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD. 15 So I will pour out my wrath on the wall and on those who plaster it with whitewash. I will tell you, ‘The wall is gone, and so are those who plastered it,’ 16 along with the prophets of Israel who prophesied concerning Jerusalem and claimed visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 13:22-23 : 22 Because you disheartened the righteous with your lies when I had not caused them grief, and because you encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives, 23 therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will rescue my people from your hands, and you will know that I am the LORD.
• Ezek 21:21 : 21 Unite yourself for the blow, turn to the right, and move to the left, whichever direction your edges are appointed.
• Ezek 21:29 : 29 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have brought your guilt to remembrance by exposing your transgressions for all to see—your sins revealed in all your actions—because you have been brought to mind, you will be captured.
• Mic 2:12 : 12 I will surely gather all of you, Jacob; I will surely bring together the remnant of Israel. I will place them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its pasture—a noisy throng of people.
• Mic 3:6-9 : 6 Therefore night will come over you—without visions; the darkness will fall—without divination. The sun will set for the prophets, and the day will grow dark for them. 7 The seers will be ashamed and the diviners disgraced. They will all cover their faces because there is no answer from God. 8 But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the LORD, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin. 9 Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, you who despise justice and twist all that is right: 10 You build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. 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.'