Verse 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."

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han tok imot gullet fra dem, formet det med en meisel og laget en støpt kalv. Da sa de: 'Dette er gudene deres, Israel, som har ført deg opp fra landet Egypt.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han tok imot dem fra deres hender, formet det med et gravverktøy og laget en støpt kalv. Da sa de: Dette er din gud, Israel, som førte deg opp fra landet Egypt.

• Norsk King James

  Han tok imot dem fra deres hånd og laget en smeltet kalv med et verktøy. Og de sa: "Dette er din gud, Israel, som førte deg ut av Egypt."

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han tok imot gullets og formet det med et redskap og laget en støpt kalv. De sa: "Dette er dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egypt."

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han tok dem imot fra deres hender, formet dem med en gravverktøy, og laget en støpt kalv. Da sa de: 'Dette er din gud, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egypt.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han tok imot dem og formet dem med et gravverktøy, etter at han hadde støpt en kalv av dem. De sa: "Dette er dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egypt."

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Aaron tok imot dem, formet dem med et graveredskap og smidde dem til en utsmelt kalv. Deretter sa de: «Dette er dine guder, Israel, som førte dere ut av Egypt.»

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

  Han tok imot dem og formet dem med et gravverktøy, etter at han hadde støpt en kalv av dem. De sa: "Dette er dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egypt."

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han tok imot gullet fra dem, formet det med et graveringsverktøy og laget en støpt kalv. Folket ropte: «Dette er din gud, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egypt!»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He took the gold from their hands, fashioned it with a tool, and made it into a molten calf. Then they said, "These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han tok imot dem og formet gullet med en graveringsverktøy, og lagde en støpt kalv. Da sa de: «Dette er guden din, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egypt.»

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han tog det af deres Haand, og dannede det med en Stiil, og gjorde en støbt Kalv deraf; og de sagde: Disse ere dine Guder, Israel, som førte dig op fra Ægypti Land.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han tok imot gullene fra deres hender, formet det med et graveredskap, og laget en støpt kalv. Da sa de: 'Dette er dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egyptens land.'

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han tok imot det de ga ham, formet det med et gravøredskapen og laget en støpt kalv; og de sa: "Dette er dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra landet Egypt."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han tok imot dem og formet dem med et verktøy, og lagde en støpt kalv. Da sa de: 'Dette er dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra landet Egypt.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han tok imot dem og formet det med et gravverktøy, og lagde en støpt kalv. Så sa de: Dette er dine guder, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egyptens land.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han tok imot gullet, smeltet det og formet det med et verktøy til et bilde av en ung okse. Da sa de: Dette er din gud, Israel, som førte deg opp fra Egypt.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And he receaued them of their handes and facyoned it with a grauer and made it a calfe of molten metall. And they sayde: This is thi god O Israel, whiche brought the out of the londe of Egipte.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he toke them of their handes, & fashioned it wt a grauer. And they made a molten calfe, and sayde: These are thy goddes (O Israel) that brought the out of the londe of Egipte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Who receiued them at their handes, and facioned it with the grauing toole, & made of it a molte calfe: then they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee out of ye lad of Egypt

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he receaued them of their handes, & fashioned it with a grauer, & made of it a calfe of molten mettel: and they said, These be thy gods O Israel, which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he received [them] at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These [be] thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He received what they handed him, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said, "These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he receiveth from their hand, and doth fashion it with a graving tool, and doth make it a molten calf, and they say, `These thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf: and they said, These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. [

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he took the gold from them and, hammering it with an instrument, he made it into the metal image of a young ox: and they said, This is your god, O Israel, who took you out of the land of Egypt.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He received what they handed him, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said, "These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He accepted the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molten calf. Then they said,“These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”

Referenced Verses

• 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,
• Deut 9:16 : 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.
• Acts 7:41 : 41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
• Exod 32:8 : 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.'"
• Judg 17:3-4 : 3 And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a carved image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it to you. 4 Yet he restored the money to his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a carved image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
• 1 Kgs 12:28 : 28 Therefore the king took counsel and made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
• 1 Kgs 12:32 : 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made, and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
• 2 Kgs 10:29 : 29 However from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu did not turn away from them, namely, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
• 2 Chr 11:15 : 15 And he ordained priests for the high places, for the devils, and for the calves which he made.
• 2 Chr 13:8 : 8 And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and with you are golden calves, which Jeroboam made for you to be gods.
• Exod 20:2 : 2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
• Exod 20:23 : 23 You shall not make anything to be with Me—gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves.
• Exod 28:9 : 9 And you shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:
• Exod 28:11 : 11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. You shall set them in settings of gold.
• Exod 32:1 : 1 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, "Arise, make us gods to go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him."
• 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 40:18-19 : 18 To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him? 19 The workman molds a graven image, the goldsmith covers it with gold and casts silver chains.
• 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?
• Isa 46:6 : 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.
• Hos 8:4-5 : 4 They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I did not acknowledge it. From their silver and their gold, they have made idols for themselves, that they may be cut off. 5 Your calf, O Samaria, has cast you off; my anger is kindled against them. How long will it be until they attain innocence?
• Hos 10:5 : 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for its people shall mourn over it, and its priests who rejoiced on it, for its glory, because it has departed from it.
• Hos 13:2 : 2 And now they sin more and more, and have made molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
• Acts 17:29 : 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.