Verse 18

And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Ja, Herre, Assyrias konger har vunnet over folkene og ødelagt deres land,

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De har kastet deres guder i ilden, for de var ikke guder, men menneskehenders verk, av tre og stein. Derfor ødela de dem.

• Norsk King James

  Og de har kastet sine guder i ilden; for de var ingen guder, men menneskeskapte verk, av tre og stein; derfor er de blitt ødelagt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De har kastet gudene deres i ild, for de var ikke guder, men menneskers henders verk, tre og stein. Slik ødela de dem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  «De har kastet deres guder i ilden, for de var ikke guder, men verk av menneskehender, tre og stein, og de ødela dem.»

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  «De har kastet deres guder på ilden, for de var ikke guder, men menneskers verk av tre og stein; derfor kunne de ødelegge dem.»

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  og kastet folkenes guder ut i ilden, for de var ikke guder, men kun menneskehånds verk, av tre og stein; derfor har de ødelagt dem.

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

  «De har kastet deres guder på ilden, for de var ikke guder, men menneskers verk av tre og stein; derfor kunne de ødelegge dem.»

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De har kastet deres guder i ilden, for de var ikke guder, men menneskehenders verk—tre og stein—derfor har de blitt ødelagt.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but merely the work of human hands—wood and stone.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "2 Kings.19.18", "source": "וְנָתְנ֥וּ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם בָּאֵ֑שׁ כִּי֩ לֹ֨א אֱלֹהִ֜ים הֵ֗מָּה כִּ֣י אִם־מַעֲשֵׂ֧ה יְדֵֽי־אָדָ֛ם עֵ֥ץ וָאֶ֖בֶן וַֽיְאַבְּדֽוּם׃", "text": "And-*nātᵊnû* *'et*-*'ĕlōhêhem* in-the-*'ēš*, because not *'ĕlōhîm* *hēmmâ* but rather-*ma'ăśēh* *yᵊdê*-*'ādām* *'ēṣ* and-*'eḇen* and-*yᵊ'abbᵊdûm*.", "grammar": { "*nātᵊnû*": "Qal perfect 3rd common plural - they gave/put", "*'et*": "direct object marker", "*'ĕlōhêhem*": "noun masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their gods", "*'ēš*": "noun feminine singular - fire", "*'ĕlōhîm*": "noun masculine plural - God/gods", "*hēmmâ*": "3rd person masculine plural pronoun - they/them", "*ma'ăśēh*": "noun masculine singular construct - work/deed of", "*yᵊdê*": "noun feminine dual construct - hands of", "*'ādām*": "noun masculine singular - man/mankind/human", "*'ēṣ*": "noun masculine singular - wood/tree", "*'eḇen*": "noun feminine singular - stone", "*yᵊ'abbᵊdûm*": "Piel imperfect 3rd masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix with waw consecutive - and they destroyed them" }, "variants": { "*nātᵊnû*": "gave/put/placed/set", "*'ĕlōhîm*": "God/gods/divine being", "*ma'ăśēh*": "work/deed/action/product", "*'ādām*": "man/mankind/human/Adam", "*'ēṣ*": "wood/tree/timber", "*'eḇen*": "stone/rock", "*yᵊ'abbᵊdûm*": "destroyed them/made them perish/caused them to be lost" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De har kastet deres guder i ilden, for de var ikke guder, men verk av menneskers hender, tre og stein. Derfor kunne de ødelegge dem.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  og de have overgivet deres Guder til Ilden, fordi de vare ikke Guder, men Menneskens Hænders Gjerning, Træ og Steen, og de fordærvede dem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De har kastet deres guder i ilden for de var ikke guder, men verk av menneskers hender laget av tre og stein; derfor ødela de dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  og kastet deres guder i ilden; for de var ikke guder, men et verk av menneskehender, av tre og stein; derfor har de ødelagt dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  'De har kastet deres guder i ilden, for de var ingen guder, men verk av menneskehender, tre og stein, og derfor ødela de dem.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og har kastet deres guder i ilden; for de var ikke guder, men menneskehenders verk, tre og stein; derfor har de ødelagt dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  og kastet deres guder i ilden; for de var ikke guder, men menneskehender av tre og stein, derfor kunne de ødelegge dem.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and haue cast their goddes in the fyre: for they were not Goddes, but ye worke of mes hondes, wodd and stone, therfore haue they destroyed them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And haue set fire on their gods: for they were no gods, but the worke of mans hands, euen wood and stone: therefore they destroyed them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And haue set fire on their gods: For they were no gods, but the worke of the handes of man, euen of wood and stone: and they destroyed them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And have cast their gods into the fire: for they [were] no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and have put their gods into fire, for they `are' no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and destroy them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And have given their gods to the fire; for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.

Referenced Verses

• Acts 17:29 : 29 Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and man's design.
• Jer 10:3-9 : 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They decorate it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it does not move. 5 They stand upright like a palm tree, but do not speak: they must be carried, because they cannot go. Do not be afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good. 6 There is none like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might. 7 Who would not fear you, O King of nations? for it belongs to you: among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like you. 8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the wooden idol is a doctrine of vanities. 9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple are their clothing: they are all the work of skilled men.
• 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? 11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. 12 The smith with the tongs both works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails: he drinks no water, and is faint. 13 The carpenter stretches out his rule; he marks it out with a line; he fits it with planes, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. 14 He cuts down cedars, and takes the cypress and the oak, which he strengthens for himself among the trees of the forest: he plants an ash, and the rain nourishes it. 15 Then it shall be for a man to burn: for he will take of it, and warm himself; yes, he kindles it, and bakes bread; yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it a carved image, and falls down to it. 16 He burns part of it in the fire; with part of it he eats flesh; he roasts a roast, and is satisfied: yes, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: 17 And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his carved image: he falls down to it, and worships it, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me, for you are my god. 18 They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? shall I fall down to the stump of a tree? 20 He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
• Isa 46:1-2 : 1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols are upon the beasts and upon the cattle; your carriages are heavily loaded; they are a burden to the weary animal. 2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but they themselves have gone into captivity.
• 2 Sam 5:21 : 21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
• Ps 115:4-8 : 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. 5 They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes they have, but they do not see; 6 They have ears, but they do not hear; noses they have, but they do not smell; 7 They have hands, but they do not handle; feet they have, but they do not walk; nor do they speak through their throat. 8 Those who make them are like them; so is everyone who trusts in them.
• Isa 37:18-19 : 18 Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their countries, 19 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
• Jer 10:14-16 : 14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is humiliated by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation, they shall perish. 16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the Maker of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.