Verse 3

Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Have you come to inquire of me? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Menneskesønn, tal til Israels eldste og si til dem: 'Så sier Herren Gud: Har dere virkelig kommet for å søke meg? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, dere vil ikke få lov til å søke meg.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Menneskesønn, tal til Israels eldste og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Kommer dere for å rådspørre meg? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke bli rådspurt av dere.

• Norsk King James

  Menneskesønn, tal til Israels eldste, og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Kommer dere for å spørre meg? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, vil jeg ikke svare dere.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Menneskesønn, tal til Israels eldste og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Er dere kommet for å søke råd fra meg? Så sant jeg lever, vil jeg ikke la meg spørre av dere, sier Herren Gud.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Menneskesønn, tal til Israels eldste og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Er det for å søke meg dere kommer? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, vil jeg ikke la dere søke meg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Menneskesønn, tal til Israels eldste og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Er dere kommet for å spørre meg? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la dere spørre meg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Menneskesønn, tal til Israels eldste og si til dem: Slik sier Herren Gud: Har dere kommet for å søke meg? Så levende jeg er, sier Herren Gud, vil jeg ikke bli spurt av dere.

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

  Menneskesønn, tal til Israels eldste og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Er dere kommet for å spørre meg? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la dere spørre meg.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Menneskesønn, tal til Israels eldste og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Kommer dere for å søke meg? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud: Jeg lar meg ikke søke av dere.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Are you coming to inquire of me? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will not let you inquire of me.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Menneskesønn, tal til Israels eldste og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Kommer dere for å søke råd fra meg? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la dere søke råd fra meg.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du Menneskesøn! tal til Israels Ældste, og du skal sige til dem: Saa sagde den Herre Herre: Monne I ere komne til at adspørge mig? (saa vist) jeg lever, jeg vil ikke være adspurgt af eder, siger den Herre Herre.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to inquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Menneskesønn, tal til de eldste av Israel og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Er det for å spørre meg dere er kommet? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, vil jeg ikke la meg spørre av dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Menneskesønn, tal til Israels eldste og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Er det for å spørre meg dere har kommet? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke bli spurt av dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Menneskesønn, tal til Israels eldste og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Er det for å søke meg at dere kommer? Så sant jeg lever, jeg lar meg ikke søke av dere, sier Herren Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Menneskesønn, tal til de eldste i Israel og si til dem: Så sier Herren Gud: Er det for å rådspørre meg dere har kommet? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke bli rådspurt av dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Menneskesønn, si til de ansvarlige mennene i Israel: Dette sier Herren: Har dere kommet for å søke råd fra meg? Ved mitt liv, sier Herren, dere skal ikke få råd fra meg.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou sonne of man: Speake to the elders of Israel, and saye vnto them: Thus saieth the LORDE God: Are ye come hither to axe eny thinge at me? As truly as I lyue (saieth the LORDE,)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Sonne of man, speake vnto the Elders of Israel, and say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God, Are ye come to enquire of me? As I liue, sayth the Lord God, when I am asked, I wil not answer you.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou sonne of man, speake vnto the elders of Israel, and say vnto them, thus saith the Lorde God, Are ye come to enquire of me? As truely as I liue I wyll not be sought of you, saith the Lorde God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Is it to inquire of me that you have come? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Son of man, speak with the elders of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: To seek Me are ye coming in? I live -- I am not sought by you -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Is it to inquire of me that ye are come? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Son of man, say to the responsible men of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: Have you come to get directions from me? By my life, says the Lord, you will get no directions from me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Is it to inquire of me that you have come? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them:‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Are you coming to seek me? As surely as I live, I will not allow you to seek me, declares the Sovereign LORD.’

Referenced Verses

• Mic 3:7 : 7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God.
• Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
• Matt 15:8-9 : 8 This people draws near to me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. 9 But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
• Luke 3:7 : 7 Then he said to the multitude that came forth to be baptized by him, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
• John 4:24 : 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
• 1 Sam 28:6 : 6 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
• Ps 50:15-21 : 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. 19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit. 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. 21 These things you have done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether like you: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes.
• Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with an evil intent?
• Prov 28:9 : 9 He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
• Isa 1:12 : 12 When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
• Isa 1:15 : 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.
• Ezek 14:3-4 : 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces: should I be inquired of at all by them? 4 Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Every man of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him who comes according to the multitude of his idols;
• Ezek 14:7-8 : 7 For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger who sojourns in Israel, who separates himself from me and sets up his idols in his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: 8 And I will set my face against that man and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am the LORD.
• Ezek 20:31 : 31 For when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, you pollute yourselves with all your idols, even to this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.