Verse 5

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the balances with deceit?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Dere sier: 'Når er nymånedagen over, så vi kan selge korn? Og sabbaten, så vi kan åpne lageret? Vi skal redusere målene, heve prisene og lure med falske vekter.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Dere sier: "Når vil det nye månen være over, så vi kan selge korn? Og sabbaten, så vi kan tilby hvete?" Dere gjør efamålet liten, siklen stor, og bedrar med falske vekter.

• Norsk King James

  som sier: Når vil den nye månen gå over, så vi kan selge korn? og sabbaten, så vi kan legge frem hvete, ved å gjøre efan mindre og shekel større, og ved å forfalske vektene?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  de som sier: Når vil nymånen være over, så vi kan selge korn, og sabbaten, så vi kan åpne kornmarkedet, gjøre efaen liten og skekelen stor, og tukle med falske vektsystemer?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  og sier: «Når er nymånen over, så vi kan selge kornet? Når slutter sabbaten, så vi kan åpne for kornekorn, for å gjøre målebegrene små og prisen høy, og for å bedra med falske vektskåler?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Dere som sier: Når skal nymånen være over, så vi kan selge korn? Og sabbaten, så vi kan tilby hvete, gjøre efaen liten og sekelen stor, og forfalske vektene ved svik?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  som sier: «Når er nymånen over, så vi kan selge korn? Og sabbaten over, så vi kan rulle ut hvete, ved å gjøre ephahen liten og shekelen stor, og forfalske vektskålene med bedrag?»

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

  Dere som sier: Når skal nymånen være over, så vi kan selge korn? Og sabbaten, så vi kan tilby hvete, gjøre efaen liten og sekelen stor, og forfalske vektene ved svik?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Dere sier: «Når er nymånen over, så vi kan selge korn? Og når er sabbaten forbi, så vi kan åpne for salg av hvete, gjøre mål mindre og vekten tyngre, og bedra med falske vekter?»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  saying, 'When will the new moon be over, so we may sell grain, and the Sabbath end, so we may market wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel large, and falsifying the scales with deceit?

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Amos.8.5", "source": "לֵאמֹ֗ר מָתַ֞י יַעֲבֹ֤ר הַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ וְנַשְׁבִּ֣ירָה שֶּׁ֔בֶר וְהַשַּׁבָּ֖ת וְנִפְתְּחָה־בָּ֑ר לְהַקְטִ֤ין אֵיפָה֙ וּלְהַגְדִּ֣יל שֶׁ֔קֶל וּלְעַוֵּ֖ת מֹאזְנֵ֥י מִרְמָֽה׃", "text": "*lēʾmōr* when *yaʿăbōr* the *ḥōdeš* and *wənašbîrāh* *šeber* and the *šabbāt* and *wəniptəḥāh* *bār* to *ləhaqṭîn* *ʾêpāh* and to *ûləhagdîl* *šeqel* and to *ûləʿawwēt* *mōʾznê* *mirmâ*", "grammar": { "*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying", "*mātay*": "interrogative adverb - when", "*yaʿăbōr*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will pass", "*haḥōdeš*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the new moon/month", "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*našbîrāh*": "hiphil cohortative, 1st plural - let us sell", "*šeber*": "noun, masculine singular - grain", "*wəhaššabbāt*": "conjunction + definite article + noun, feminine singular - and the sabbath", "*wəniptəḥāh*": "conjunction + qal cohortative, 1st plural - let us open", "*bār*": "noun, masculine singular - grain", "*ləhaqṭîn*": "preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to make small", "*ʾêpāh*": "noun, feminine singular - ephah (a dry measure)", "*ûləhagdîl*": "conjunction + preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - and to make great", "*šeqel*": "noun, masculine singular - shekel (unit of weight/currency)", "*ûləʿawwēt*": "conjunction + preposition + piel infinitive construct - and to falsify/pervert", "*mōʾznê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - scales/balances of", "*mirmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - deceit/fraud" }, "variants": { "*yaʿăbōr*": "will pass/will be over", "*ḥōdeš*": "new moon/month/festival at new moon", "*našbîrāh*": "let us sell grain/let us market", "*šeber*": "grain/corn/food", "*niptəḥāh*": "let us open/let us begin selling", "*bār*": "grain/corn", "*ləhaqṭîn*": "to make small/to diminish", "*ʾêpāh*": "ephah (measurement of volume)", "*ləhagdîl*": "to make great/to increase", "*šeqel*": "shekel (unit of weight/currency)", "*ləʿawwēt*": "to falsify/to pervert/to distort", "*mōʾznê*": "scales/balances", "*mirmâ*": "deceit/fraud/dishonesty" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dere sier: Når er nymånen over, så vi kan selge korn, og sabbaten, så vi kan åpne butikklagrene? Vi vil gjøre målene mindre og prisene større, og jukse med falske vekter.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  sigende: Naar vil Nymaanen gaae forbi, at vi maae sælge Kornvarer, og Sabbaten, at vi maae lade op for Korn, at gjøre Epha liden, og at gjøre Sekelen stor, og at forvende Vægtskaalerne med Svig?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  og sier: Når vil nymånen gå bort, så vi kan selge korn? Og sabbaten, så vi kan sette fram hvete, gjøre efaen liten og shekelen stor, og falske vekten med bedrageri?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Som sier: 'Når vil nymånen være over, så vi kan selge korn? Og sabbaten, så vi kan tilby hvete, Forminske efaen og øke sekelen, Og jukse med falske vekter;

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  og sier: Når er nymånen over, så vi kan selge korn? Og sabbaten, så vi kan tilby korn? Vi gjør efaen liten og vekten stor og jukser med falske vekter.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  som sier: Når skal nymånen ta slutt, så vi kan selge korn? og sabbaten, så vi kan tilby hvete, gjøre efaen liten og sekelen stor, og jukse med falske vekter;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Som sier, Når vil nymånen være over, så vi kan handle med korn? og sabbaten, så vi kan sette vår avling ut på markedet? Som gjør målet lite og prisen stor, og handler urettferdig med falske vekter;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whan will the new moneth be gone, that we maye sell vytale, and ye Sabbath, that we maye haue scarcenesse of corne: to make the bu?shel lesse, and the Sycle greater?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Saying, When will the newe moneth bee gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheate, and make the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifie the weights by deceit?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Saying, When will the new moneth be gone, that we may sell corne? & the Sabbath, that we may set foorth wheate, and make the Epha small, & the sicle great, & falsifie the wayghtes by deceite?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Saying, 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, Making the ephah small, and the shekel large, And dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Saying, 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You say,“When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We’re eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales!

Referenced Verses

• Hos 12:7 : 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress.
• Mic 6:10-11 : 10 Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is abominable? 11 Shall I count them pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?
• 2 Kgs 4:23 : 23 And he said, Why will you go to him today? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
• Neh 13:15-21 : 15 In those days I saw people in Judah treading wine presses on the Sabbath, bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys, as well as bringing in wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I warned them on the day they sold provisions. 16 Men of Tyre also lived there, who brought in fish and all kinds of goods, and sold them on the Sabbath to the children of Judah and in Jerusalem. 17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day? 18 Did not your fathers do this, and did not our God bring all this disaster on us and on this city? Yet you bring added wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath. 19 So it was, at the gates of Jerusalem as it began to be dark before the Sabbath, that I commanded the gates to be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath. Then I stationed some of my servants at the gates, so that no burdens would be brought in on the Sabbath day. 20 Now the merchants and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice. 21 Then I warned them, and said to them, Why do you spend the night around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time on they came no more on the Sabbath.
• Num 28:11-15 : 11 And at the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt offering to the LORD; two young bulls, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish; 12 And three tenth deals of flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, for one bull; and two tenth deals of flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, for one ram; 13 And a separate tenth deal of flour mixed with oil for a grain offering for one lamb; for a burnt offering of a pleasing aroma, a sacrifice made by fire to the LORD. 14 And their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, and the third part of a hin for a ram, and a fourth part of a hin for a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year. 15 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering to the LORD shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and its drink offering.
• Deut 25:13-16 : 13 You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small. 14 You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. 15 But you shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall you have, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you. 16 For all who do such things, and all who act unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.
• Ezek 45:10-12 : 10 You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 11 The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, so that the bath may contain a tenth part of a homer, and the ephah a tenth part of a homer: their measure shall be according to the homer. 12 And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
• Exod 20:8-9 : 8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor the stranger who is within your gates.
• Lev 19:36 : 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, you shall have: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
• Num 10:10 : 10 Also on the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be a memorial for you before your God: I am the LORD your God.
• Mal 1:13 : 13 You said also, Behold, what a weariness it is! and you have sneered at it, says the LORD of hosts; and you brought what was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus you brought an offering: should I accept this from your hand? says the LORD.
• Rom 8:6-7 : 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
• Col 2:16 : 16 Let no one therefore judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days;
• Ps 81:3-4 : 3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the appointed time, on our solemn feast day. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
• Prov 11:1 : 1 A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
• Prov 16:11 : 11 A just weight and balance are the LORD's; all the weights in the bag are His work.
• Prov 20:23 : 23 Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and a false balance is not good.
• Isa 1:13 : 13 Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
• Isa 58:13 : 13 If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy day of the LORD, honorable; and shall honor him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words: