Verse 4

But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and had brought no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Men kongen av Assyria oppdaget at Hosea hadde konspirert, for han hadde sendt budbringere til So, kongen av Egypt, og betalte ikke skatt til kongen av Assyria, noe han var forpliktet til hvert år. Derfor fanget kongen av Assyria ham og satte ham i fengsel.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Kongen av Assyria oppdaget en sammensvergelse hos Hosea, for han hadde sendt bud til So, kongen av Egypt, og hadde ikke gitt noe tributt til kongen av Assyria, som han hadde gjort år etter år. Derfor stengte kongen av Assyria ham inne og bandt ham i fengsel.

• Norsk King James

  Kongen av Assyria oppdaget en sammensvergelse av Hoshea, som hadde sendt budbringere til So, kongen av Egypt, og han hadde ikke brakt gave til kongen av Assyria, slik han pleide å gjøre hvert år. Derfor satte kongen av Assyria ham i fengsel.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men kongen av Assyria oppdaget at Hosea hadde inngått en allianse, ved å sende bud til So, kongen av Egypt, og han ga ikke kongen av Assyria skatt som vanlig; derfor fanget kongen av Assyria ham og satte ham i fengsel.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Men kongen av Assyria oppdaget at Hosea hadde dannet en sammensvergelse, for han hadde sendt sendebud til So, kongen av Egypt, og ikke lenger betalte tributt til kongen av Assyria som vanlig. Derfor fengslet han ham og kastet ham i fengsel.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men kongen av Assyria oppdaget sammensvergelse hos Hosea; for han hadde sendt budbringere til So, kongen av Egypt, og brakt ingen gave til kongen av Assyria, som han hadde gjort hvert år. Derfor satte kongen av Assyria ham i fangenskap og bandt ham.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Assyriens konge oppdaget en sammensvergelse hos Hoshea, for han hadde sendt budbringere til Så, kongen i Egypt, og unnlot å bringe den vante gave til Assyriens konge. Derfor arresterte og fengslet han Hoshea.

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

  Men kongen av Assyria oppdaget sammensvergelse hos Hosea; for han hadde sendt budbringere til So, kongen av Egypt, og brakt ingen gave til kongen av Assyria, som han hadde gjort hvert år. Derfor satte kongen av Assyria ham i fangenskap og bandt ham.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men kongen av Assyria oppdaget forræderi hos Hosea, som hadde sendt bud til So, Egypts konge, og ikke betalte skatt slik han gjorde tidligere. Da tok kongen av Assyria ham og satte ham i fengsel.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was conspiring against him, for Hoshea had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as he had done year by year. Therefore, the king of Assyria detained him and bound him in prison.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Men kongen av Assyria fant ut at Hosea hadde konspirert, for han hadde sendt budbringere til So, kongen av Egypt, og hadde ikke betalt skatt til Assyria som før. Derfor fanget kongen av Assyria ham og satte ham i fengsel.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men Kongen af Assyrien fandt, at Hosea (gjorde) et Forbund, at han sendte Bud til So, Kongen af Ægypten, og bragte ikke Kongen af Assyrien Skjenk aarligaars; da indelukkede Kongen af Assyrien ham og bandt ham i Fængslets Huus.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men kongen av Assyria oppdaget en sammensvergelse hos Hosea; for han hadde sendt budbringere til So, kongen av Egypt, og ga ikke lenger gaver til kongen av Assyria, slik han hadde gjort hvert år. Derfor stengte kongen av Assyria ham inne og satte ham i fengsel.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Kongen av Assyria oppdaget svik i Hosea, for han hadde sendt budbringere til So, kongen av Egypt, og han betalte ikke skatt til kongen av Assyria, som han hadde gjort hvert år. Derfor satte kongen av Assyria ham i fengsel.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men Assyrias konge oppdaget en sammensvergelse hos Hosea, for han hadde sendt budbringere til So, kongen av Egypt, og ga ikke årlig tributt til Assyrias konge, slik han hadde gjort før. Da tok Assyrias konge ham og fengslet ham.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men kongen av Assyria oppdaget en konspirasjon hos Hosea, for han hadde sendt sendebud til So, kongen av Egypt, og ga ikke lenger tributt til kongen av Assyria, slik han hadde gjort år for år. Derfor stengte kongen av Assyria ham inne og satte ham i fengsel.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men kongen av Assyria oppdaget at Hosea var utro fordi han hadde sendt sendebud til So, kongen av Egypt, og ikke hadde sendt gaven til kongen av Assyria som de andre årene. Så lot kongen av Assyria gripe ham og kaste ham i fengsel.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But wha ye kynge of Assiria perceaued yt Oseas had conspyred & sent messaungers to Sua ye kynge of Egipte, & payed not trybute yearly to ye kynge of ye Assirians, he beseged him & put him in preson.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the King of Asshur founde treason in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So King of Egypt, and brought no present vnto the King of Asshur, as he had done yeerely: therfore the king of Asshur shut him vp, and put him in prison.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the king of Assyria founde treason in Hosea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present vnto the king of Assyria from yere to yere: and therefore the king of Assyria shut him vp, and bounde him in the pryson house.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as [he had done] year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the king of Asshur findeth in Hoshea a conspiracy, in that he hath sent messengers unto So king of Egypt, and hath not caused a present to go up to the king of Asshur, as year by year, and the king of Asshur restraineth him, and bindeth him in a house of restraint.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But Hoshea's broken faith became clear to the king of Assyria because he had sent representatives to So, king of Egypt, and did not send his offering to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: so the king of Assyria had him shut up in prison and put in chains.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was planning a revolt. Hoshea had sent messengers to King So of Egypt and had not sent his annual tribute to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria arrested him and imprisoned him.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 18:14-15 : 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, I have done wrong; withdraw from me. Whatever you impose on me, I will bear. So the king of Assyria imposed upon Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 Hezekiah gave him all the silver found in the house of the LORD and the treasuries of the king's house.
• 2 Kgs 18:21 : 21 Now behold, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt, which if a man leans, will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
• 2 Kgs 24:1 : 1 In his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.
• 2 Kgs 24:20 : 20 For because of the anger of the LORD, it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until He had cast them out from His presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
• 2 Kgs 25:7 : 7 And they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
• 2 Chr 32:11 : 11 Does not Hezekiah persuade you to give yourselves up to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
• Ps 149:7-8 : 7 To execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples; 8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
• Isa 30:1-4 : 1 Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, that seek counsel, but not from me; and that make a covering, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin: 2 Who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore, the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. 4 For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
• Isa 31:1-3 : 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD! 2 Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both he who helps will fall, and he who is helped will fall down, and they all will fail together.
• Ezek 17:13-19 : 13 And has taken of the king's seed and made a covenant with him, and has taken an oath from him: he has also taken the mighty of the land: 14 That the kingdom might be lowly, that it might not lift itself up, but by keeping his covenant it might stand. 15 But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Shall he prosper? Shall he escape who does such things? Or shall he break the covenant and be delivered? 16 As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. 17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, by casting up mounds and building forts to cut off many persons: 18 Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand and has done all these things, he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; As I live, surely my oath that he has despised and my covenant that he has broken, I will recompense on his own head.