Verse 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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Når dere ofrer deres gaver, når dere ofrer deres barn iilden, gjør dere dere urene med deres avguder frem til i dag. Skal jeg la meg søke av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la dere søke meg.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For når dere ofrer deres gaver, når dere lar deres sønner gå gjennom ild, blir dere urene med alle deres avguder, helt til denne dag. Og skal jeg bli rådspurt av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke bli rådspurt av dere.

• Norsk King James

  For når dere fremfører deres gaver, når dere lar deres sønner gå gjennom ilden, forurenset dere med alle deres avguder, helt til denne dag: og skal jeg be om råd fra dere, O Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier den Herre Gud, jeg vil ikke be om råd fra dere.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jo, dere gjør dere urene med alle deres avguder, ved å ofre deres gaver og la deres barn gå gjennom ilden helt til denne dag. Skal jeg da la meg spørre av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la meg spørre av dere.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Når dere ofrer gaver og lar deres barn gå gjennom ilden, gjør dere dere urene med alle deres guder den dag i dag. Skal jeg la dere søke meg, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, vil jeg ikke la dere søke meg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For når dere ofrer deres gaver, når dere lar deres sønner gå gjennom ilden, forurenser dere dere med alle deres avguder, helt til denne dag: og skal jeg la meg spørre av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la meg spørre av dere.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For når dere ofrer deres gaver, når dere lar deres sønner gå gjennom ilden, forurenser dere dere med alle deres avguder, selv til denne dag. Skal jeg da bli spurt av dere, Israels hus? Så levende jeg er, sier Herren Gud, vil jeg ikke la meg bli spurt av dere.

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

  For når dere ofrer deres gaver, når dere lar deres sønner gå gjennom ilden, forurenser dere dere med alle deres avguder, helt til denne dag: og skal jeg la meg spørre av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la meg spørre av dere.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ved å bære fram deres offergaver og føre deres sønner gjennom ilden, gjør dere dere urene med alle deres avguder til denne dag. Skal jeg la meg søke av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la meg søke av dere.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When you offer your gifts and make your children pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Shall I let you inquire of me, house of Israel? 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

  For når dere bærer frem deres gaver og lar deres sønner gå gjennom ilden, gjør dere dere urene ved alle deres avguder til denne dag. Skulle jeg da la dere rådspørre meg, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la dere rådspørre meg.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ja, I ere besmittede med alle eders (stygge) Afguder, idet I opløfte eders Gaver (og) lade eders Børn gaae igjennem Ilden indtil denne Dag; og jeg, skulde jeg adspørges af eder, Israels Huus? (saa vist) jeg lever, siger den Herre Herre, jeg vil ikke være adspurgt af eder.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For når dere bærer fram deres gaver, når dere lar deres sønner gå gjennom ilden, forurenser dere dere med alle deres avguder, selv til denne dag: skal jeg la meg spørre av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, vil jeg ikke la meg spørre av dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  og når dere frembærer deres gaver, når dere lar deres sønner gå gjennom ilden, forurenser dere dere med alle deres avguder til denne dag? og skal jeg bli spurt av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke bli spurt av dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Ved å frambringe deres gaver og ved å la deres sønner gå gjennom ilden, gjør dere dere urene ved alle deres avguder fram til denne dag. Skal jeg la meg søke av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la meg søke av dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Når dere bærer frem deres gaver, når dere lar deres sønner gå gjennom ilden, gjør dere dere da urene med alle deres avguder til denne dag? Og skal jeg la meg rådspørre av dere, Israels hus? Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke la meg rådspørre av dere.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og når dere gir deres offergaver og lar deres sønner gå gjennom ild, gjør dere dere urene med alle deres avguder til denne dag; og kommer dere til meg for å få råd, Israels barn? Ved mitt liv, sier Herren, dere skal ikke få råd fra meg.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  In all youre Idols, where vnto ye bringe youre oblacios, & to whose honoure ye burne youre children: ye defyle youre selues, euen vnto this daye: how darre ye the come, and axe eny question at me? O ye housholde of Israel? As truly as I lyue (saieth the LORDE God) ye get no answere of me:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For when you offer your giftes, and make your sonnes to passe through the fire, you pollute your selues with all your idoles vnto this day: shal I answere you when I am asked, O house of Israel? As I liue, saith the Lord God, I wil not answere you when I am asked.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For when ye offer your giftes, & make your sonnes to passe through the fire, you are polluted with all your idols vnto this day: shall I aunswere you when I am asked, O house of Israel? As I liue saith the Lorde God, I wyll not be sought of you.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And in the offering of your gifts, In causing your sons to pass through fire, Ye are defiled by all your idols to this day, And I am sought by you, O house of Israel! I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I am not sought by you.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, do ye pollute yourselves with all your idols unto this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when you give your offerings, causing your sons to go through the fire, you make yourselves unclean with all your images to this day; and will you come to me for directions, O children of Israel? By my life, says the Lord, you will get no direction from me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will not be inquired of by you;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When you present your sacrifices– when you make your sons pass through the fire– you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will not allow you to seek me!

Referenced Verses

• Ps 106:37-39 : 37 Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons, 38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood. 39 Thus they were defiled with their own works, and played the harlot with their own inventions.
• Jer 7:31 : 31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I did not command, nor did it enter into my heart.
• Ezek 20:26 : 26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that opens the womb, that I might make them desolate, so that they might know that I am the LORD.
• Zech 7:13 : 13 Therefore it has come to pass, that just as He called and they would not hear, so they called, and I would not hear, says the LORD of hosts:
• Matt 25:11-12 : 11 Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.
• Jas 4:1-3 : 1 From where do wars and fights among you come? Do they not come from your desires that war within your members? 2 You desire and do not have; you kill, and covet, and cannot obtain. You fight and war, yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, that you may spend it on your desires.
• Jer 14:12 : 12 When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
• Jer 19:5 : 5 They have also built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I commanded not, nor spoke it, nor did it come into my mind:
• 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 16:20 : 20 Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and these have you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Is this of your whoredoms a small matter,
• Ezek 20:3 : 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.
• Prov 1:27-28 : 27 When your fear comes like desolation, and your destruction comes like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you. 28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;
• Prov 28:9 : 9 He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
• 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.
• Deut 18:10-12 : 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who uses divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 12 For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you.
• 1 Sam 28:5-6 : 5 When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. 6 And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
• 2 Kgs 3:13-14 : 13 And Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother." And the king of Israel said to him, "No, for the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab." 14 And Elisha said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look at you, nor see you."
• Job 27:8 : 8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul?
• Job 27:10 : 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call upon God?
• Ps 66:18 : 18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: