Verse 23

But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them, and you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, brass, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  'Du har reist deg mot himmelens Herre. De karene fra hans hus er brakt hit, og du og dine stormenn, dine hustruer og dine medhustruer har drukket vin av dem. Dere har lovprist guder av sølv og gull, bronse, jern, tre og stein, guder som verken ser eller hører eller forstår. Men den Gud i hvis hånd ditt liv og alle dine veier er, har du ikke æret.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  men du har opphøyet deg mot himmelens Herre. Karene fra hans hus ble hentet for deg, og du og dine fyrster, dine hustruer og medhustruer drakk vin av dem. Du lovpriste gudene av sølv og gull, kobber, jern, tre og stein, som verken ser eller hører eller vet noe. Men Gud, i hvis hånd din ånde er, og alle dine veier tilhører, har du ikke æret.

• Norsk King James

  Men du har hevet deg mot Herren i himmelen; og de har brakt karene fra hans hus foran deg, og du, og dine ledere, konene og medhustruene dine har drukket vin av dem; og du har lovprist gudene av sølv, gull, bronse, jern, tre og stein, som verken ser, hører eller vet; og Gud, i hvis hånd din pust er, og hvis alle dine veier tilhører, har du ikke æret.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men du har opphøyet deg selv mot himmelens Herre, og hans huskar ble hentet fram for deg, og du og dine mektige menn, dine koner og medhustruer drakk vin av dem. Du priste guder av sølv og gull, bronse, jern, tre og stein, som verken ser, hører eller forstår, mens Gud, i hvis hånd livet ditt er, og ham du skylder alt, har du ikke æret.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Men du har opphøyd deg mot himmelens Herre, og karene fra hans hus ble brakt foran deg, og du og dine stormenn, dine hustruer og dine medhustruer drakk vin av dem. Og du priste gudene av sølv og gull, bronse, jern, tre og stein, som hverken ser, hører eller forstår. Men Gud, som har din ånde og alle dine veier i sin hånd, har du ikke æret.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men du har opphøyet deg mot himmelens Herre, og karene fra hans hus ble brakt fram for deg, og du og dine stormenn, dine hustruer og dine medhustruer har drukket vin i dem; og du har lovpriset gudene av sølv og gull, av bronse, jern, tre og stein, som verken ser, hører eller vet; men den Gud i hvis hånd din livsånde er, og som alle dine veier tilhører, har du ikke æret.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Du har derimot gjort opprør mot himmelens Herre. Du lot de hellige kar fra hans hus bli brakt inn for deg, og du, dine herrer, dine hustruer og elskerinner, har drukket av dem, samtidig som du lovpriste gudene av sølv, gull, messing, jern, tre og stein – som verken ser, hører eller vet noe. Og den Gud i hvis hånd ditt liv er, og som har kontroll over alle dine veier, har du ikke æret.»

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

  Men du har opphøyet deg mot himmelens Herre, og karene fra hans hus ble brakt fram for deg, og du og dine stormenn, dine hustruer og dine medhustruer har drukket vin i dem; og du har lovpriset gudene av sølv og gull, av bronse, jern, tre og stein, som verken ser, hører eller vet; men den Gud i hvis hånd din livsånde er, og som alle dine veier tilhører, har du ikke æret.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Du har opphøyd deg selv mot himmelens Herre. Karene fra hans hus er blitt brakt til deg, og du og dine stormenn, dine hustruer og medhustruer drakk vin av dem. Du lovpriste gudene av sølv og gull, bronse, jern, tre og stein, som verken ser, hører eller forstår. Men den Gud som har din livsånde i sin hånd, og som styrer alle dine veier, har du ikke æret.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You had the vessels from His house brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which cannot see, hear, or understand. But the God who holds your breath in His hand and controls all your ways, you have not glorified.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Du har løftet deg opp mot himmelens Herre, og karene fra Hans hus har de brakt inn for deg, og du og dine stormenn, dine hustruer og medhustruer drikker vin av dem. Du har lovprist gudeav gull og sølv, bronse og jern, tre og stein, som verken ser eller hører eller forstår. Men den Gud i hvis hånd din ånd er, og som rår over alle dine veier, Ham har du ikke æret.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men du haver ophøiet dig over Himmelens Herre, og man frembar hans Huses Kar for dig, og du og dine Vældige, dine Hustruer og dine Medhustruer drak Viin af dem, og du prisede Guder af Sølv og Guld, Kobber, Jern, Træ og Steen, som ikke see og ei høre og ei forstaae; men den Gud, i hvis Haand din Aande er, og hos hvilken al din Vei er, haver du ikke æret.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Du har opphøyd deg mot himmelens Herre. Du har latt karene fra hans hus bli båret inn for deg, og du og dine stormenn, dine koner og dine medhustruer har drukket vin av dem. Du har lovprist guder av sølv og gull, av kobber, jern, tre og stein, som verken ser eller hører eller vet, men Gud, i hvis hånd din pust er, og i hvis hånd alle dine veier er, har du ikke æret.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  men du har løftet deg opp mot himmelens Herre; og karene fra hans hus ble brakt foran deg, og du og dine stormenn, dine hustruer og dine medhustruer har drukket vin av dem; og du har prist guder av sølv og gull, av kobber, jern, tre og stein, som verken ser, hører eller vet; men Gud, i hvis hånd din ånde er, og alle dine veier tilhører, har du ikke æret.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Du har løftet deg opp mot himmelens Herre. Du lot bringe karene fra hans hus for deg, og du, dine stormenn, dine koner og dine medhustruer drikker vin av dem. Du lovpriser guder av sølv, gull, bronse, jern, tre og stein, som verken ser, hører eller forstår. Men Gud, i hvis hånd ditt liv og alle dine veier er, har du ikke æret.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  men du har løftet deg selv mot himmelens Herre. Beholderne fra hans hus har blitt brakt foran deg, og du og dine stormenn, dine hustruer og dine medhustruer har drukket vin av dem. Du har hyllet sølv-, gull-, bronse-, jern-, tre- og steingudene, som verken ser, hører eller vet, men Gud som har din ånde i sin hånd og alle dine veier, har du ikke æret.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  «I stedet har du løftet deg selv opp mot himmelens Herre, og karene fra hans hus har de brakt fram for deg, og du og dine stormenn, hustruer og medhustruer har drukket vin av dem, mens dere har priset guder av sølv og gull, bronse, jern, tre og stein, som verken ser eller hører eller vet. Men Gud, i hvis hånd ditt liv er, og som styrer alle dine veier, har du ikke æret.»

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  but hast magnified thy selff aboue the LORDE off heauen, so that the vessels off his house were brought before the: that thou, and thy lordes, with thy quene and concubynes, might drynke wyne therout: And hast praysed the Idols of syluer and golde, copper and yron, off wodde & stone: As for the God, in whose honde consisteth thy breth ad all thy wayes: thou hast not loaued him.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But hast lift thy selfe vp against the Lorde of heauen, and they haue brought the vessels of his House before thee, and thou and thy princes, thy wiues and thy concubines haue drunke wine in them, and thou hast praysed the gods of siluer and golde, of brasse, yron, wood and stone, which neither see, neither heare, nor vnderstand: and the God in whose hand thy breath is and all thy wayes, him hast thou not glorified.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But hast lift vp thy selfe against the Lorde of heauen, so that the vessels of his house were brought before thee, that thou and thy princes, with thy wyues and concubines, might drinke wine thereout: and thou hast praysed the gods of siluer and golde, of brasse and iron, of wood and stone, which neither see, heare, nor vnderstand: As for the God in whose hande consisteth thy breath and all thy wayes, thou hast not glorified him.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath [is], and whose [are] all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don't see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and against the Lord of the heavens thou hast lifted up thyself; and the vessels of His house they have brought in before thee, and thou, and thy great men, thy wives, and thy concubines, are drinking wine with them, and gods of silver, and of gold, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, that are not seeing, nor hearing, nor knowing, thou hast praised: and the God in whose hand `is' thy breath, and all thy ways, Him thou hast not honoured.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But you have been lifting yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and they have put the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your women, have taken wine in them; and you have given praise to gods of silver and gold, of brass and iron and wood and stone, who are without the power of seeing or hearing, and without knowledge: and to the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not given glory;

• World English Bible (2000)

  but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don't see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone– gods that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control your very breath and all your ways!

Referenced Verses

• Job 12:10 : 10 In His hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
• Jer 10:23 : 23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
• Jer 50:29 : 29 Call together the archers against Babylon: all you that bend the bow, camp against it all around; let none of them escape: repay her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do unto her: for she has been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
• Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and His ways just; and those that walk in pride He is able to abase.
• Job 31:4 : 4 Does He not see my ways, and count all my steps?
• 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.
• Ps 139:3 : 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
• Isa 37:19 : 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.
• Isa 37:23 : 23 Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
• Prov 20:24 : 24 A man's steps are of the LORD; how then can a man understand his own way?
• Isa 2:12 : 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty, and upon everyone that is lifted up, and he shall be brought low:
• Hab 2:18-19 : 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.
• 2 Kgs 14:10 : 10 You have indeed struck Edom, and your heart has lifted you up; boast of this, and stay at home, for why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, you and Judah with you?
• Acts 17:25 : 25 Nor is He worshipped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things;
• Acts 17:28-29 : 28 For in Him we live, and move, and have our being; as also some of your own poets have said, For we are His offspring. 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.
• Rom 1:21-23 : 21 Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and to birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things.
• 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 Therefore, concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
• 1 Tim 3:6 : 6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
• Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
• Rev 13:5-6 : 5 And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given to him to continue for forty-two months. 6 And he opened his mouth to blaspheme against God, to blaspheme His name, and His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven.
• Isa 33:10 : 10 Now I will arise, says the LORD; now I will be exalted, now I will lift myself up.
• Dan 5:2-4 : 2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink from them. 3 Then they brought the gold vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank from them. 4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, of brass, iron, wood, and stone.
• Hab 2:4 : 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him, but the just shall live by his faith.
• Ezek 28:2 : 2 Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD; Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet you are a man and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God:
• Ezek 28:5 : 5 By your great wisdom and by your trading you have increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches:
• Ezek 28:17 : 17 Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty, you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I will cast you to the ground, I will lay you before kings, that they may behold you.
• Ezek 31:10 : 10 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have lifted yourself up in height, and it has set its top among the thick boughs, and its heart is lifted up in its height;
• Isa 42:5 : 5 Thus says God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which comes out of it; he that gives breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
• Isa 46:6-7 : 6 They pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver on the scales, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god: they fall down, yes, they worship. 7 They carry him upon the shoulder, they bear him, and set him in his place, and he stands; from his place he shall not move: yes, one shall cry to him, yet he cannot answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
• Ps 146:4 : 4 His breath departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
• Ps 115:16 : 16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S, but the earth He has given to the children of men.
• Ps 135:15-17 : 15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 16 They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes have they, but they do not see; 17 They have ears, but they do not hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
• Job 34:14-15 : 14 If He sets His heart upon man, if He gathers to Himself His spirit and His breath, 15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall return again to dust.
• Ps 104:29 : 29 You hide Your face, they are troubled: You take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
• Gen 2:7 : 7 And the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
• Gen 14:19 : 19 And he blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;
• Judg 16:23 : 23 Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice. And they said, "Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand."
• 1 Sam 5:1-9 : 1 And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon. 3 And when the people of Ashdod arose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and set him back in his place. 4 And when they arose early the following morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the torso of Dagon was left to him. 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon's house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day. 6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon the people of Ashdod, and He destroyed them and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod and its territory. 7 When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is harsh upon us and Dagon our god. 8 So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried to Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel there. 9 And it was so, that after they had carried it there, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction; He struck the men of the city, both small and great, and they had tumors in their secret parts.