Verse 41

These nations feared the LORD, yet served their carved images. Their children and their children's children have continued doing as their fathers did, to this day.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så disse folkeslagene fryktet Herren, og tjente samtidig sine utskårne bilder. Deres barn og barnebarn etterligner det deres fedre gjorde, til denne dag.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Så disse folkeslagene fryktet Herren, men tjente også sine utskårne bilder; både deres barn og barnebarn: slik gjorde deres fedre, slik gjør de til denne dag.

• Norsk King James

  Så fryktet disse nasjoner Herren og tjente sine utskårne bilder, både sine barn og sine barnebarn; som deres fedre, slik gjør de inntil i dag.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så fryktet disse hedningene Herren, men tjente sine utskårne bilder; deres barn og barnebarn gjør fortsatt som deres fedre til denne dag.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Så disse folkeslagene fryktet Herren, men de tilbad også sine utskårne bilder. Deres barn og barnebarn gjør også slik som deres fedre gjorde, til denne dag.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Så disse nasjonene fryktet Herren, men tjente sine utskårne bilder, både deres barn og deres barnebarn gjorde som fedrene hadde gjort, helt til denne dag.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Derfor fryktet disse folkeslagene HERREN og tilbad sine utskårne avgudsbilder, både deres barn og barnebarn, slik deres fedre gjorde, og slik gjør de den dag i dag.

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

  Så disse nasjonene fryktet Herren, men tjente sine utskårne bilder, både deres barn og deres barnebarn gjorde som fedrene hadde gjort, helt til denne dag.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Slik fryktet disse folkene Herren, men de tjente også sine egne gudebilder. Deres barn og barnebarn gjør som deres fedre har gjort, inntil denne dag.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So these nations feared the Lord, but they also served their carved images. Their children and grandchildren continued to do as their fathers did, even to this day.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Således fryktet disse folkene Herren, men tilbad også sine utskårne bilder. Og deres barn og barnebarn fortsetter å gjøre som deres fedre gjorde til denne dag.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Saa frygtede disse Hedninger Herren og tjente deres udskaarne Billeder; ogsaa deres Børn og deres Børnebørn, eftersom deres Fædre gjorde, saa gjorde de indtil denne Dag.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Så disse nasjonene fryktet Herren, og tjente sine utskårne bilder, både deres barn og barnebarn, akkurat som deres fedre, gjør de slik til denne dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så disse folkeslagene fryktet Herren, og tjente sine utskårne bilder; deres barn og barnebarn gjør som deres fedre, helt til denne dagen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Så disse folkeslagene fryktet Herren, men de tjente også sine utskårne bilder; både deres sønner og sønners sønner fortsetter å gjøre som deres fedre gjorde, til denne dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så disse nasjonene fryktet Herren, men tjente sine utskårne bilder; deres barn og barnebarn gjorde som fedrene, så de gjør den dag i dag.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Så disse nasjonene, selv om de tilbad Herren, tjente fortsatt de avgudene de hadde laget; deres barn og barnebarn gjorde det samme, akkurat som deres fedre gjorde, gjør de til denne dag.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thus these Heythen feared the LORDE, and serued their Idols also, and so dyd their children and childers childre likewyse. Eue as their fathers haue done before them, so do they vnto this daye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So these nations feared the Lord, and serued their images also: so did their children, and their childrens children: as did their fathers, so do they vnto this day.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And so these nations feared the Lord, and serued their images also, like as did their children and their childrens children: Euen as dyd their fathers, so do they vnto this day.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  So these nations feared Yahweh, and served their engraved images; their children likewise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do they to this day.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and these nations are fearing Jehovah, and their graven images they have served, both their sons and their sons' sons; as their fathers did, they are doing unto this day.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So these nations feared Jehovah, and served their graven images; their children likewise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So these nations, worshipping the Lord, still were servants to the images they had made; their children and their children's children did the same; as their fathers did, so do they, to this day.

• World English Bible (2000)

  So these nations feared Yahweh, and served their engraved images. Their children likewise, and their children's children, as their fathers did, so they do to this day.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  These nations are worshiping the LORD and at the same time serving their idols; their sons and grandsons do just as their fathers have done, to this very day.

Referenced Verses

• Zeph 1:5 : 5 And those that worship the host of heaven on the rooftops; and those that worship and that swear by the LORD, and also swear by Milcom;
• Matt 6:24 : 24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
• 1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
• 2 Kgs 17:32-33 : 32 They feared the LORD and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places. 33 They feared the LORD, yet served their own gods, in accordance with the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
• Ezra 4:1-3 : 1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building the temple to the LORD God of Israel, 2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said to them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as you do; and we have sacrificed to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here. 3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said to them, You have nothing to do with us to build a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.
• Rev 3:15-16 : 15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot: I wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spit you out of my mouth.
• Josh 24:14-20 : 14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river, and in Egypt; and serve the LORD. 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. 16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; 17 For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: 18 And the LORD drove out from before us all the people, even the Amorites who lived in the land: therefore we will also serve the LORD; for he is our God. 19 And Joshua said to the people, You cannot serve the LORD: for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins. 20 If you forsake the LORD, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm, and consume you, after he has done you good.