Verse 16

They left all the commandments of the LORD their God, made for themselves cast images, even two calves, made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De forlot alle budene fra Herren, sin Gud, lagde støpte bilder, to kalver, og laget en Asjera-pæl. De tilba hele himmelens hær og tjente Baal.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De forlot alle Herrens, deres Guds, bud og laget seg støpte bilder, to kalver, og laget en Ashera-påle, og tilbad hele himmelens hær og tjente Ba'al.

• Norsk King James

  Og de forlot alle budene til Herren sin Gud og lagde seg støpte bilder, selv to kalver, og laget en ashera, og tilbad hele himmelens hær og tjente Baal.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ja, de forlot alle Herrens, deres Guds bud, og lagde seg støpte bilder, to kalver, og de gjorde Asjera-påler og tilba alle himmelens hærskarer og tjente Ba'al.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De forlot alle budene til Herren sin Gud, laget for seg støpte kalver, to stykker, laget en Ashera-påle og tilbad hele himmelens hær og tjente Ba'al.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og de forlot alle Herrens, deres Guds, bud, og laget seg støpte bilder, til og med to kalver, og laget en hellig lund, og tilbad alle himmelens hærskarer, og tjente Baal.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De forlot alle HERRENS bud, og laget for seg smeltede avgudsbilder – til og med to kalver – de reiste en lund, tilbad hele himmelens hær og tjente Baal.

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

  Og de forlot alle Herrens, deres Guds, bud, og laget seg støpte bilder, til og med to kalver, og laget en hellig lund, og tilbad alle himmelens hærskarer, og tjente Baal.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De forlot alle Herrens, sin Guds, bud. De laget seg støpte kalver, to stykker, og en Asjera-pæle. De tilba himmelens hær og dyrket Ba'al.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God. They made for themselves two cast idols in the form of calves, made an Asherah pole, worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De forlot alle Herrens bud, deres Gud, og laget for seg støpte bilder i form av to kalver; de laget en Ashera-pæl, tilba hele himmelens hærskare, og tjente Baal.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ja, de havde forladt alle Herrens deres Guds Bud og gjort sig støbte Billeder, to Kalve, og de havde gjort Lunde og tilbedet for al Himmelens Hær og tjent Baal.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De forlot alle budene til Herren, deres Gud, og laget seg støpte bilder, to kalver, og laget en lund, og tilba hele himmelens hær og tjente Baal.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De forlot alle Herrens, deres Guds, bud, og laget seg støpte kalver, til og med to, og laget en Ashera, og tilba hele himmelens hær og tjente Baal.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De forlot alle Herrens, deres Guds, bud og laget seg støpte bilder, to kalver, og laget en Ashera og bøyde seg for hele himmelens hær og tjente Baal.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De forlot alle Herrens, deres Guds bud, og laget støpte bilder, til og med to kalver, og laget en Asjera, og tilbad hele himmelens hær, og tjente Baal.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De vendte sine rygger til alle befalingene Herren hadde gitt dem, og laget seg støpte bilder, til og med et bilde av Asjera, og tilbad alle himmelens hærskarer og tjente Baal.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Neuertheles they forsoke all the commaundementes of the LORDE their God and made them two molten calues and groues, and worshipped all the hoost of heauen, & serued Baal,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Finally they left all the commaundements of the Lorde their God, and made them molten images, euen two calues, and made a groue, and worshipped all the hoste of heauen, and serued Baal.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But they left al the commaundemetes of the Lord their God, and made them images of metal, euen two calues, and made idol groues, & worshipped all the hoast of heauen, and serued Baal.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, [even] two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the host of the sky, and served Baal.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they forsake all the commands of Jehovah their God, and make to them a molten image -- two calves, and make a shrine, and bow themselves to all the host of the heavens, and serve Baal,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And turning their backs on all the orders which the Lord had given them, they made for themselves images of metal, and the image of Asherah, worshipping all the stars of heaven and becoming servants to Baal.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served Baal.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God; they made two metal calves and an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the stars in the sky, and worshiped Baal.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 12:28 : 28 Therefore the king took counsel and made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
• 1 Kgs 14:15 : 15 For the LORD shall strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall uproot Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
• 1 Kgs 14:23 : 23 For they also built for themselves high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
• 1 Kgs 16:31 : 31 And as if it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshipped him.
• Deut 4:19 : 19 And lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has divided to all nations under the whole heaven.
• 1 Kgs 16:33 : 33 And Ahab made an Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.
• 1 Kgs 22:53 : 53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done.
• 1 Kgs 15:13 : 13 Also, he removed Maachah his mother from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; Asa destroyed her idol and burned it by the brook Kidron.
• 2 Kgs 11:18 : 18 All the people of the land went to the house of Baal and tore it down; they thoroughly broke his altars and images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
• 2 Kgs 21:3 : 3 For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal, and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done; and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.
• Ps 106:18-20 : 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped the molten image. 20 Thus they changed their glory into the likeness of an ox that eats grass.
• Isa 44:9-9 : 9 Those who make a carved image are all of them vanity; and their delightful things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. 10 Who has formed a god, or cast a carved image that is profitable for nothing?
• Jer 8:2 : 2 And they will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, whom they have served, after whom they have walked, whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped. They will not be gathered nor buried; they will be dung upon the face of the earth.
• 2 Kgs 17:10 : 10 They set up images and groves on every high hill and under every green tree.
• Exod 32:4 : 4 He received them from their hand, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."
• Exod 32:8 : 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made a molten calf, have worshiped it, have sacrificed to it, and have said, 'These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'"
• 2 Kgs 10:18-28 : 18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. 19 Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be missing: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whoever is missing, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. 20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. 21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another. 22 And he said to him that was over the wardrobe, Bring out garments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought out garments for them. 23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said to the worshippers of Baal, Search and see that none of the servants of the LORD are here with you, but only the worshippers of Baal. 24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed eighty men outside, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escapes, he who lets him go, his life shall be for the life of him. 25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come out. And they struck them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. 26 And they brought out the images from the house of Baal, and burned them. 27 And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day. 28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal from Israel.