Verse 41

And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Og de laget en gullkalv i de dager, og ofret til avguden, og gledet seg over verkene av sine egne hender.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Og de laget en kalv i de dager, og ofret et offer til avguden, og gledet seg over de gjerningene de hadde gjort med sine hender.

• Norsk King James

  Og de laget en kalv på de dagene, og ofret til avguden, og gledet seg over verkene av sine egne hender.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De laget seg en kalv i de dagene, ofret den og gledet seg over de bildene de hadde laget.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Og de laget en kalv i de dager og bar fram offer til avguden og gledet seg over sine henders verk.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Så laget de en kalv i disse dager, bragte ofre til avguden og gleder seg i verkene av sine egne hender.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og de laget en kalv de dagene og ofret slaktoffer til figuren og gledet seg over sine egne henders verk.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  I de dager laget de en kalv, ofret til avguden og frydet seg over alt det de hadde skapt med sine egne hender.

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

  Og de laget en kalv de dagene og ofret slaktoffer til figuren og gledet seg over sine egne henders verk.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Så laget de en kalv i de dagene, ofret slakt til avguden og gledet seg over det deres hender hadde laget.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  At that time, they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Acts.7.41", "source": "Καὶ ἐμοσχοποίησαν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις, καὶ ἀνήγαγον θυσίαν τῷ εἰδώλῳ, καὶ εὐφραίνοντο ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν.", "text": "And they *emoschopoiēsan* in the *hēmerais* those, and *anēgagon* *thysian* to-the *eidōlō*, and *euphrainonto* in the *ergois* of-the *cheirōn* of-them.", "grammar": { "*emoschopoiēsan*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - made a calf", "*hēmerais*": "dative, feminine, plural - days", "*anēgagon*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd plural - brought up/offered up", "*thysian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - sacrifice", "*eidōlō*": "dative, neuter, singular - idol", "*euphrainonto*": "imperfect middle/passive indicative, 3rd plural - were rejoicing", "*ergois*": "dative, neuter, plural - works", "*cheirōn*": "genitive, feminine, plural - hands" }, "variants": { "*emoschopoiēsan*": "made a calf-idol/fashioned a young bull", "*anēgagon*": "brought up/offered up/led up", "*thysian*": "sacrifice/offering", "*eidōlō*": "idol/image", "*euphrainonto*": "rejoiced/celebrated/made merry" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Og de laget en kalv i de dager, ofret slaktoffer til avguden og gledet seg over sine henders verk.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og de gjorde en Kalv i de samme Dage, og fremførte Offer for Afguden, og vare lystige over deres Hænders Gjerninger.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they made a calf in those days, and offered srifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og de laget en kalv i de dagene, og ofret et offer til avguden, og gledet seg over sine henders verk.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De lagde en kalv i de dager, brakte et offer til avguden, og gledet seg over det de hadde laget med sine hender.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De laget en kalv i de dager, ofret til dette avgudsbilde og gledet seg over sine egne henders verk.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De laget en kalv i de dager, ofret et offer til avguden og gledet seg over det deres hender hadde gjort.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og i de dager lagde de en kalv, og bar frem offer til avguden og gledet seg over det som deres hender hadde laget.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And they made a calfe in those dayes and offered sacrifice vnto the ymage and reioysed in the workes of their awne hondes.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And they made a calfe at the same tyme, and offred sacrifice vnto the ymage, and reioysed in the workes of their awne handes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And they made a calfe in those dayes, and offered sacrifice vnto the idole, and reioyced in the workes of their owne handes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they made a Calfe in those dayes, and offred sacrifice vnto the idoll, and reioyced ouer the workes of their owne handes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And they made the image of a young ox in those days, and made an offering to it, and had joy in the work of their hands.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  At that time they made an idol in the form of a calf, brought a sacrifice to the idol, and began rejoicing in the works of their hands.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 32:2-8 : 2 Aaron said to them, "Break off the golden earrings that are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me." 3 So all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. 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." 5 When Aaron saw it, he built an altar in front of it, and proclaimed, "Tomorrow is a feast to the LORD." 6 They rose up early the next day, offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 7 The LORD said to Moses, "Go down at once; for your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves. 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.'"
• Exod 32:17-20 : 17 When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is a noise of war in the camp." 18 But he said, "It is not the voice of those who shout for victory, nor is it the voice of those who cry out in defeat; but it is the sound of singing I hear." 19 As soon as he came near the camp, he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses' anger burned hot, and he threw the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. 20 He took the calf which they had made, burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder, scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.
• Deut 9:12-18 : 12 And the LORD said to me, Arise, go down quickly from here; for your people which you have brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they have quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten image. 13 Furthermore the LORD spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people, and, look, it is a stiff-necked people: 14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they. 15 So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire: and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands. 16 And I looked, and, behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made for yourselves a molten calf: you had quickly turned aside out of the way which the LORD had commanded you. 17 And I took the two tablets, and threw them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes. 18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread nor drink water, because of all your sins which you sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
• Neh 9:18 : 18 Even when they made a molten calf for themselves, and said, 'This is your God that brought you up out of Egypt,' and committed great provocations,
• Ps 106:19-21 : 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. 21 They forgot God their savior, who had done great things in Egypt;
• Isa 2:8-9 : 8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, what their own fingers have made. 9 And the average man bows down, and the great man humbles himself; therefore do not forgive them.
• 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?
• Hos 9:1 : 1 Do not rejoice, O Israel, like other peoples, for you have gone astray from your God; you have loved a reward upon every threshing floor.
• Hos 9:10 : 10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at its first season; but they went to Baal Peor, and separated themselves to that shame, and their abominations were according to their loves.
• Hab 2:18-20 : 18 What profit is the carved image that its maker has carved it; the molded image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusts in it, to make mute idols? 19 Woe to him who says to the wood, Awake; to the mute stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in its midst. 20 But the LORD is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him.
• Rev 9:20 : 20 But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.