Verse 18

But I said to their children in the wilderness, Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jeg sa til deres barn i ørkenen: Ikke følg forskriftene fra fedrene deres, hold ikke deres lover, og gjør dere ikke urene med deres avguder.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men jeg sa til deres barn i ørkenen: Følg ikke deres fedres forskrifter og hold ikke deres lover, gjør dere ikke urene med deres avguder.

• Norsk King James

  Men jeg sa til deres barn i ørkenen: Gå ikke i fedrenes forskrifter, og følg ikke deres dommer, og forurens ikke med deres avguder.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så sa jeg til deres barn i ørkenen: Følg ikke etter deres fedres lover, hold ikke deres bestemmelser, og gjør dere ikke urene med deres avguder.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Og jeg sa til deres barn i ørkenen: Følg ikke deres fedres forskrifter, hold ikke deres lover, og gjør dere ikke urene med deres guder.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men jeg sa til deres barn i ørkenen: Vandrer ikke etter deres fedres forskrifter, og ta ikke vare på deres lover, og gjør dere ikke urene med deres avguder.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Da sa jeg til deres barn i ødemarken: Følg ikke deres fedres lover, hold ikke fast ved deres dommer, og forurens dere ikke med deres avguder.

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

  Men jeg sa til deres barn i ørkenen: Vandrer ikke etter deres fedres forskrifter, og ta ikke vare på deres lover, og gjør dere ikke urene med deres avguder.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da sa jeg til deres barn i ørkenen: Vandrer ikke etter deres fedres forskrifter, hold ikke deres lover, og gjør dere ikke urene med deres avguder.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I said to their children in the wilderness, 'Do not follow the statutes of your fathers, do not observe their ordinances, and do not defile yourselves with their idols.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jeg sa til deres barn i ørkenen: Følg ikke deres fedres forskrifter og hold ikke deres lover, og gjør dere ikke urene med deres avguder.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og jeg sagde til deres Børn i Ørken: I skulle ikke vandre efter eders Fædres Skikke, og ikke holde deres Rette, og ikke besmitte eder paa deres (stygge) Afguder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men jeg sa til deres barn i ørkenen: Gå ikke i fedrenes lover og følg ikke deres bud, og gjør dere ikke urene med deres avguder.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg sa til deres barn i ørkenen: Følg ikke deres fedres forskrifter, hold heller ikke deres lover eller gjør dere urene med deres avguder.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og jeg sa til deres sønner i ørkenen: Dere skal ikke vandre etter deres fedres forskrifter, dere skal ikke holde deres lover, og dere skal ikke gjøres urene med deres avguder.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og jeg sa til deres barn i ørkenen: Følg ikke deres fedres forskrifter, hold ikke deres lover, og gjør dere ikke urene med deres avguder.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og jeg sa til deres barn i ødemarken: La dere ikke veilede av deres fedres påbud, hold ikke deres lover, og gjør dere ikke urene med deres avguder.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Morouer, I sayde vnto their sonnes in ye wildernesse: walke not in the statutes of yor forefathers, kepe not their ordinaunces, and defyle not youre selues with their Idols,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But I said vnto their children in the wildernes, Walke ye not in the ordinances of your fathers, neither obserue their maners, nor defile your selues with their idoles.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Moreouer, I sayde vnto their sonnes in the wildernesse, Walke not in the statutes of your fathers, kepe not their iudgementes, and defile not your selues with their idols.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I said to their children in the wilderness, Don't you walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And I say to their sons in the wilderness: In the statutes of your fathers ye walk not, And their judgments ye do not observe, And with their idols ye are not defiled.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And I said to their children in the waste land, Do not be guided by the rules of your fathers or keep their orders or make yourselves unclean with their images:

• World English Bible (2000)

  I said to their children in the wilderness, Don't walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “‘But I said to their children in the wilderness,“Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 4:3-6 : 3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD your God has destroyed them from among you. 4 But you who cleaved to the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do so in the land where you go to possess it. 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, who shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
• Ezek 20:7 : 7 Then I said to them, Cast away every man the abominations of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
• 1 Pet 1:18 : 18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,
• Num 14:32-33 : 32 But as for you, your carcasses, they shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your faithlessness, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness.
• Num 32:13-15 : 13 And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was consumed. 14 And, behold, you have risen in your fathers' place, an increase of sinful men, to add still more to the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. 15 For if you turn away from following him, he will again leave them in the wilderness, and you will have destroyed all this people.
• Zech 1:2-4 : 2 The LORD has been very displeased with your fathers. 3 Therefore say to them, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Turn to Me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will turn to you, says the LORD of hosts. 4 Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Turn now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds. But they did not hear nor listen to Me, says the LORD.
• Luke 11:47-48 : 47 Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 Truly you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.
• Acts 7:51 : 51 You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
• Ps 78:6-8 : 6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children who should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: 7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: 8 And might not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that did not set their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
• Jer 2:7 : 7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat its fruit and its goodness; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
• Jer 3:9 : 9 And it came to pass through the frivolity of her whoredom, that she polluted the land and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.