Verse 1

Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Ikke vær rask med å snakke, og la ikke hjertet ditt haste med å si ord foran Gud, for Gud er i himmelen, mens du er på jorden. Derfor bør ordene dine være få.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Når du går til Guds hus, vær på vakt med din fot. Det er bedre å lytte enn å bære fram dårers offer, for de forstår ikke at de gjør ondt.

• Norsk King James

  Vær oppmerksom på hvor du setter foten når du går til Guds hus, og vær mer beredt til å lytte enn til å gi dårers offer, for de forstår ikke at de gjør ondt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ikke vær rask med munnen din, og la ikke hjertet ditt skynde seg å si noe for Guds ansikt. For Gud er i himmelen, og du er på jorden, derfor bør ordene dine være få.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Vokt deg for hva du sier, og la hjertet ditt ikke være raskt til å tale ord for Gud. For Gud er i himmelen, og du er på jorden. Derfor bør dine ord være få.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Vær forsiktig når du går til Guds hus, og vær mer klar til å lytte enn til å gi offer som dårer gir, for de skjønner ikke at de gjør ondt.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Vær varsom når du går til Guds hus, og vær mer ivrig etter å lytte enn å bringe tåpelige ofre; for de innser ikke at de gjør ondt.

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

  Vær forsiktig når du går til Guds hus, og vær mer klar til å lytte enn til å gi offer som dårer gir, for de skjønner ikke at de gjør ondt.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Vær ikke for rask med munnen, og la ikke hjertet ditt skynde seg med å ytre noe ord overfor Gud, for Gud er i himmelen og du på jorden. Derfor skal ordene dine være få.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do not be hasty with your mouth, and do not let your heart rush to speak anything before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore, let your words be few.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Ikke skynd deg med munnen din, og hjertet ditt skal ikke være raskt til å uttale noe foran Gud. For Gud er i himmelen, og du er på jorden, derfor skal dine ord være få.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vær ikke snar med din Mund, og lad dit Hjerte ikke haste at tale Noget for Guds Ansigt; thi Gud er i Himmelen, og du paa Jorden, derfor lad dine Ord være faa.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Vær forsiktig når du går til Guds hus, og vær mer rede til å lytte enn til å gi tåpelig offer; for de tenker ikke over at de gjør ondt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Vokt dine skritt når du går til Guds hus; for å nærme seg for å lytte er bedre enn å bringe dårers offer, for de vet ikke at de gjør ondt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Vær forsiktig når du går til Guds hus, og lytt mer enn å gi dumme ofre, for de vet ikke at de gjør ondt.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Pass godt på hva du gjør når du går til Guds hus; det er bedre å lytte enn å gi dårers offer, for de skjønner ikke at de gjør ondt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Vær ikke ubetenksom med ordene dine, og la ikke hjertet ditt forhaste seg med å si noe for Gud, for Gud er i himmelen og du er på jorden—så la ikke ordene dine bli mange.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whan thou commest in to the house of God, kepe thy fote, and drawe nye, that thou mayest heare: that is better then the offeringes of fooles, for they knowe not what euell they do.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (4:17) Take heede to thy foote when thou entrest into the House of God, and be more neere to heare then to giue the sacrifice of fooles: for they knowe not that they doe euil.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  When thou commest into the house of God, kepe thy foote and drawe nye, that God which is at hande may heare that thou geue not the offerynges of fooles: for they knowe naught but to do euyll.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God; for to draw nigh to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Rash Vows(4:17) Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God; draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice like fools, for they do not realize that they are doing wrong.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Exod 3:5 : 5 And he said, Do not draw near here; take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
• Josh 5:15 : 15 And the captain of the LORD's army said to Joshua, Take your shoe off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy. And Joshua did so.
• Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with an evil intent?
• Isa 1:12-20 : 12 When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts? 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. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates: they are a trouble to me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: indeed, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18 Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 19 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land: 20 But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.
• Isa 66:3 : 3 He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb, as if he broke a dog's neck; he that offers an offering, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burns incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.
• Jer 7:21-23 : 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat meat. 22 For I did not speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: 23 But this thing I commanded them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people: and walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.
• Hos 6:6-7 : 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 7 But like men they have transgressed the covenant: there they have dealt treacherously against me.
• Heb 12:28-29 : 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
• Jas 1:19 : 19 Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger:
• 1 Pet 2:1-2 : 1 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, 2 As newborn babies, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
• Ps 89:7 : 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be held in reverence by all those around Him.
• Mal 1:10-11 : 10 Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nothing? Neither do you kindle fire on my altar for nothing. I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, nor will I accept an offering from your hand. 11 For from the rising of the sun even to its going down my name shall be great among the nations; and in every place incense shall be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, says the LORD of hosts.
• Acts 10:33 : 33 Immediately therefore I sent to you; and you have done well that you have come. Now therefore we are all present before God, to hear all things commanded you by God.
• 1 Cor 11:22 : 22 What? Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.
• Heb 10:26 : 26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,
• 1 Sam 15:21-22 : 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal. 22 And Samuel said, Does the LORD have as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
• 2 Chr 26:16 : 16 But when he became strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction. He transgressed against the LORD his God by entering the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
• Ps 50:8-9 : 8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, which are ever before Me. 9 I will take no bull from your house, nor goats from your folds. 10 For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. 11 I know all the birds of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are Mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you: for the world is Mine, and all its fullness. 13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? 14 Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay your vows to the Most High: 15 And call upon Me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me. 16 But to the wicked God says, What right do you have to declare My statutes, or to take My covenant in your mouth? 17 Seeing you hate instruction, and cast My words behind you. 18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers.
• Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord spoke, saying, 'I will be sanctified in those who come near Me, and before all the people I will be glorified.' And Aaron remained silent.
• Gen 4:3-5 : 3 And in the process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the LORD. 4 And Abel also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect for Abel and his offering: 5 But for Cain and his offering he did not have respect. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
• Gen 28:16-17 : 16 And Jacob awoke from his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I did not know it. 17 And he was afraid, and said, How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
• 1 Sam 13:12-13 : 12 Therefore I said, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD; I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering. 13 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which he commanded you: for now the LORD would have established your kingdom upon Israel forever.