Verse 19

And lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has divided to all nations under the whole heaven.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Se opp mot himmelen, så du ikke løfter dine øyne opp til himmelen og ser solen, månen og stjernene, hele himmelens hær, og blir ledet til å tilbe dem og tjene dem, ting som Herren din Gud har tildelt alle andre folk under himmelen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og løft ikke dine øyne opp mot himmelen for å se solen, månen og stjernene, hele himmelens hærskarer, og bli dratt til å tilbe dem og tjene dem, som Herren din Gud har fordelt til alle folk under hele himmelen.

• Norsk King James

  Og vær forsiktige så dere ikke løfter opp blikket mot himmelen; og når dere ser solen, månen og stjernene, og hele himmelens hær, må dere ikke bli drevet til å tilbe dem og tjene dem, som Herren din Gud har fordelt til alle nasjoner under hele himmelen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  og heller ikke løfter blikket mot himmelen, ser solen, månen og stjernene, hele himmelens hær, og blir dratt med til å tilbe og tjene dem, hvilke Herren din Gud har gitt til alle folkene under hele himmelen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hvis du løfter blikket mot himmelen og ser solen, månen og stjernene, himmelens hele hær, og blir drevet til å tilbe dem og tjene dem, som Herren din Gud har tildelt alle folk under himmelen,

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og verken løft dine øyne mot himmelen, og når du ser solen, månen og stjernene, hele himmelens hær, bli fristet til å tilbe dem og tjene dem, som Herren din Gud har delt ut til alle folk under hele himmelen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og løft ikke øynene mot himmelen, for når du ser solen, månen, stjernene og hele himmelens skare, kan du bli fristet til å tilbe dem og tjene dem, slik den gud du tjener ikke kan gjøre annet enn å tildele dem til alle folkeslag under hele himmelen.

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

  Og verken løft dine øyne mot himmelen, og når du ser solen, månen og stjernene, hele himmelens hær, bli fristet til å tilbe dem og tjene dem, som Herren din Gud har delt ut til alle folk under hele himmelen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og pass nøye på, så du ikke løfter øynene dine opp til himmelen og ser solen, månen og stjernene, hele himmelens hær, og lar deg fristes til å tilbe og tjene dem, ting som Herren din Gud har gitt til alle folk under himmelen.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  And be careful not to lift your eyes toward the heavens and see the sun, the moon, and the stars—all the host of heaven—and be led astray to bow down to them and worship them, things the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Deuteronomy.4.19", "source": "וּפֶן־תִּשָּׂ֨א עֵינֶ֜יךָ הַשָּׁמַ֗יְמָה וְֽ֠רָאִיתָ אֶת־הַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ וְאֶת־הַיָּרֵ֜חַ וְאֶת־הַכּֽוֹכָבִ֗ים כֹּ֚ל צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְנִדַּחְתָּ֛ וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִ֥יתָ לָהֶ֖ם וַעֲבַדְתָּ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר חָלַ֜ק יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ אֹתָ֔ם לְכֹל֙ הָֽעַמִּ֔ים תַּ֖חַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃", "text": "*û-pen-tiśśāʾ ʿênêkā ha-šāmaymāh wə-rāʾîtā ʾet-ha-ššemeš wə-ʾet-ha-yyārēaḥ wə-ʾet-ha-kkôkābîm kōl ṣəbāʾ ha-šāmayim wə-niddaḥtā wə-hištaḥăwîtā lāhem wa-ʿăbadtām ʾăšer ḥālaq YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā ʾōtām lə-kōl hā-ʿammîm taḥat kol-ha-šāmāyim*.", "grammar": { "*û-pen*": "conjunction + conjunction - and lest", "*tiśśāʾ*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you lift up", "*ʿênêkā*": "common dual noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your eyes", "*ha-šāmaymāh*": "definite article + noun + directional suffix - to the heavens", "*wə-rāʾîtā*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and see", "*ʾet-ha-ššemeš*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun - the sun", "*wə-ʾet-ha-yyārēaḥ*": "conjunction + direct object marker + definite article + noun - and the moon", "*wə-ʾet-ha-kkôkābîm*": "conjunction + direct object marker + definite article + noun - and the stars", "*kōl*": "noun - all", "*ṣəbāʾ*": "masculine singular construct noun - host of", "*ha-šāmayim*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the heavens", "*wə-niddaḥtā*": "conjunction + Niphal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and be drawn away", "*wə-hištaḥăwîtā*": "conjunction + Hishtaphel perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and bow down", "*lāhem*": "preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them", "*wa-ʿăbadtām*": "conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and serve them", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which", "*ḥālaq*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - allotted", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - LORD/Yahweh", "*ʾĕlōhêkā*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God", "*ʾōtām*": "direct object marker with 3rd masculine plural suffix - them", "*lə-kōl*": "preposition + noun - to all", "*hā-ʿammîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the peoples", "*taḥat*": "preposition - under", "*kol-ha-šāmāyim*": "construct chain: noun + definite article + masculine plural noun - all the heavens" }, "variants": { "*pen*": "lest/that not/beware that not", "*tiśśāʾ*": "lift up/raise/look up", "*ʿênêkā*": "your eyes/your sight", "*šāmaymāh*": "heavenward/toward the sky", "*rāʾîtā*": "see/observe/behold", "*šemeš*": "sun/solar body", "*yārēaḥ*": "moon/lunar body", "*kôkābîm*": "stars/celestial bodies", "*ṣəbāʾ*": "host/army/multitude", "*niddaḥtā*": "be drawn away/be impelled/be led astray", "*hištaḥăwîtā*": "bow down/prostrate yourself/worship", "*ʿăbadtām*": "serve them/worship them", "*ḥālaq*": "allotted/apportioned/assigned", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/gods/divine beings", "*ʿammîm*": "peoples/nations", "*taḥat*": "under/beneath" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Og løft ikke øynene til himmelen, og når du ser solen og månen og stjernene, hele himlens hær, bli ikke forledet til å tilbe dem eller tjene dem, for Herren deres Gud har delt disse ut til alle folk under hele himmelen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  og at du ikke skulde opløfte dine Øine til Himmelen, og du skulde see Solen og Maanen og Stjernerne, den ganske Himmelens Hær, og du skulde tilskyndes at tilbede dem og tjene dem, hvilke Herren din Gud haver uddeelt til alle Folkene under den ganske Himmel.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shoulst be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divid unto all nations unr the whole heaven.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  La heller ikke dine øyne løftes mot himmelen, så du, når du ser solen, månen og stjernene, hele himmelens hær, lar deg drive til å tilbe dem og tjene dem, ting som Herren din Gud har delt ut til alle folk under hele himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Pass deg så du ikke løfter øynene mot himmelen, og når du ser solen og månen og stjernene, hele himmelens hær, blir du forført så du tilber dem og tjener dem, som Herren din Gud har gitt til alle folkene under hele himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og når du løfter øynene mot himmelen og ser solen, månen og stjernene, hele himmelens hær, så la deg ikke drive til å tilbede dem og tjene dem, noe Herren din Gud har gitt til alle folkene under hele himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og for at du ikke skal løfte blikket mot himmelen og når du ser solen, månen og stjernene, hele himmelens hær, bli drevet til å tilbe dem og tjene dem, som Herren din Gud har tildelt til alle folk under hele himmelen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Når du løfter øynene dine mot himmelen, og ser solen og månen og stjernene, hele himmelens hær, la deg ikke drive til å gi dem tilbedelse, eller bli tjener for det som Herren har gitt alle folk under himmelen like mye.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Ye and leste thou lyfte vpp thyne eyes vnto heuen, and when thou seyst the sonne and the mone and the starres and what soeuer is contayned in heauen, shuldest be disceaued and shuldest bow thi selfe vnto them ad serue the thinges which the Lorde thy God hath distributed vnto all nacions that are vnder al quarters of heauen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  yt thou lifte not vp thine eyes towarde heauen, and se the Sonne and the Moone & the starres, and the whole hoost of heaue, and be disceaused, and worsh ppe, and serue them: which the LORDE yi God hath made to serue all nacios vnder ye whole heaue.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And lest thou lift vp thine eyes vnto heauen, and when thou seest the sunne & the moone and the starres with all the host of heauen, shouldest bee driuen to worship them and serue them, which the Lord thy God hath distributed to all people vnder the whole heauen.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Yea, and lest thou lift vp thyne eyes vnto heauen, and when thou seest the sunne, the moone, and the starres, with all the hoast of heauen, shouldest be driuen to worship them, & serue them, and shouldest worship and serue the thynges, which the Lorde thy God hath made to serue all nations vnder the whole heauen.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, [even] all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And lest thou lift up thine eyes towards the heavens, and hast seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and thou hast been forced, and hast bowed thyself to them, and served them, which Jehovah thy God hath apportioned to all the peoples under the whole heavens.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when your eyes are lifted up to heaven, and you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the army of heaven, do not let yourselves be moved to give them worship, or become the servants of what the Lord has given equally to all peoples under heaven.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When you look up to the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars– the whole heavenly creation– you must not be seduced to worship and serve them, for the LORD your God has assigned them to all the people of the world.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 17:16 : 16 They left all the commandments of the LORD their God, made for themselves cast images, even two calves, made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
• 2 Kgs 21:3 : 3 For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal, and made an Asherah pole, as Ahab king of Israel had done; and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.
• Deut 17:3 : 3 and has gone and served other gods and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,
• Gen 2:1 : 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their host.
• Rom 1:25 : 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
• Gen 1:16-18 : 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; He made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.
• Josh 10:12-13 : 12 Then Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and Moon, in the Valley of Aijalon. 13 So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.
• 2 Kgs 23:4-5 : 4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. 5 And he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the areas around Jerusalem, those also that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
• 2 Kgs 23:11 : 11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the officer, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
• Neh 9:6 : 6 You alone are the LORD; You have made the heavens, the heaven of heavens, with all their hosts, the earth and everything on it, the seas and all that is in them, and You preserve them all; the host of heaven worships You.
• Job 31:26-28 : 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 27 And my heart was secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand: 28 This also would be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied the God above.
• Ps 74:16-17 : 16 The day is Yours, the night also is Yours: You have prepared the light and the sun. 17 You have set all the borders of the earth: You have made summer and winter.
• Ps 136:7-9 : 7 To him who made great lights: for his mercy endures forever: 8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endures forever: 9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endures forever.
• Ps 148:3-5 : 3 Praise Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all you stars of light. 4 Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, and you waters above the heavens. 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He commanded and they were created.
• Jer 8:2 : 2 And they will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, whom they have served, after whom they have walked, whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped. They will not be gathered nor buried; they will be dung upon the face of the earth.
• Jer 19:13 : 13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled like the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.
• Jer 31:35 : 35 Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who divides the sea when its waves roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
• Jer 33:25 : 25 Thus says the LORD: If my covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth,
• Ezek 8:16 : 16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
• Amos 5:25-26 : 25 Did you offer to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel? 26 But you have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
• 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 5:45 : 45 That you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
• Acts 7:42 : 42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did you offer to me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?