Verse 12

In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase, and you have greedily gained from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me, says the Lord GOD.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hos deg har de tatt imot bestikkelser for å utgyte blod; du har tatt renter og åger, utnyttet din neste og presset ham. Meg har du glemt, sier Herren Gud.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  I deg har de tatt bestikkelser for å utøse blod. Du har tatt rente og overmål, og du har utnyttet din neste ved utpressing. Og du har glemt meg, sier Herren Gud.

• Norsk King James

  I deg har de tatt imot gaver for blodutgytelser; du har tatt renter og overpriser, du har grådig tjent på naboene dine ved utpressing, og du har glemt meg, sier Herren Gud.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De tok bestikkelser i deg for å utøse blod; du tok renter og avkastning, utnyttet din nabo med vold, og glemte meg, sier Herren Gud.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Bestikkelser har de tatt hos deg for å utøse blod. Du har tatt renter og høy fortjeneste, og du har voldt dine venner skade ved å utnytte dem. Meg har du glemt, sier Herren Gud.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  I deg har de tatt bestikkelser for å utøse blod; du har tatt renter og økt ditt utbytte, og du har med grådighet utpresset dine naboer og glemt meg, sier Herren Gud.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  I deg har de tatt imot bestikkelser for å utgyte blod; du har tatt opp åk og profitt med grådighet, du har utnyttet dine naboer ved utpressing – og du har glemt meg, sier Herren Gud.

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

  I deg har de tatt bestikkelser for å utøse blod; du har tatt renter og økt ditt utbytte, og du har med grådighet utpresset dine naboer og glemt meg, sier Herren Gud.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  I deg har de tatt imot bestikkelser for å utøses blod. Du har tatt ågerrente og rente på rente og tjent penger på å utnytte din neste med makt. Meg har du glemt, sier Herren Gud.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  In you, they accept bribes to shed blood; they take interest and increase unlawfully. You have gained profit in extorting your neighbors, and you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De har tatt bestikkelser hos deg for å utøse blod. Du har tatt rente og urettmessig fortjeneste og i griskhet utbyttet dine naboer. Meg har du glemt, sier Herren Gud.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  De toge Skjenk i dig for at udøse Blod; du tog Aager og Overgivt, og forfordelede din Næste med Vold, og glemte mig, siger den Herre Herre.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  I deg har de tatt imot gaver for å utøse blod; du har tatt rente og ågerrente, og har grådig vunnet av dine naboer ved utpressing, og har glemt meg, sier Herren Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hos deg har de tatt bestikkelser for å utgyte blod; du har tatt renter og øket fortjenesten, og du har grådige vunnet av dine naboer ved undertrykkelse, og har glemt meg, sier Herren Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Bestikkelser har de tatt i deg for å utøse blod. Rente og økning har du tatt, og gjennom å undertrykke har du presset din nabo, og Meg har du glemt, sier Herren Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hos deg har de tatt bestikkelser for å utgyte blod; du har tatt renter og økning, og du har grådig vunnet fra dine naboer ved undertrykkelse, og har glemt meg, sier Herren Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hos deg har de tatt gaver som betaling for blod; du har tatt renter og store overskudd, og du har tatt dine naboers eiendeler med makt, og har ikke hatt meg i tankene, sier Herren.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yee giftes haue bene receaued in the, to shed bloude. Thou hast taken vsury & encreace, thou hast oppressed thy neghbours by extorcion, and forgotten me, saieth the LORDE God.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  In thee haue they taken giftes to shed blood: thou hast taken vsurie and the encrease, and thou hast defrauded thy neighbours by extortion, & hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Yea giftes haue ben receaued in thee to shed blood, thou hast taken vsurie and encrease, thou hast oppressed thy neighbours by extortion, and forgotten me, saith the Lorde God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!

• American Standard Version (1901)

  In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 27:25 : 25 Cursed be he who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
• Ezek 23:35 : 35 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Because you have forgotten me, and cast me behind your back, therefore you shall also bear your lewdness and your harlotries.
• Mic 7:2-3 : 2 The good man has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt each his brother with a net. 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
• Lev 25:35-36 : 35 And if your brother becomes poor, and falls into decay with you; then you shall relieve him: yes, though he is a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you. 36 Take no usury from him, or increase; but fear your God; that your brother may live with you.
• Deut 16:19 : 19 You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe: for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
• Deut 23:19 : 19 You shall not lend with interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent with interest:
• Ps 15:5 : 5 He who does not put out his money at usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
• Ps 106:21 : 21 They forgot God their savior, who had done great things in Egypt;
• Jer 2:32 : 32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
• Ezek 18:8 : 8 He that has not given out loans with interest, nor taken any increase, that has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true judgment between man and man,
• Ezek 18:13 : 13 Has given out loans with interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
• Jer 3:21 : 21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
• Prov 1:19 : 19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.
• Isa 1:23 : 23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they do not judge the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.
• Isa 56:11 : 11 Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his territory.
• Exod 22:25-26 : 25 If you lend money to any of my people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest. 26 If you take your neighbor's garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down,
• Exod 23:7-8 : 7 Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked. 8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.
• Lev 19:13 : 13 You shall not defraud your neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
• Deut 32:18 : 18 Of the Rock that begot you, you are unmindful, and have forgotten God who formed you.
• Neh 5:1 : 1 And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
• Neh 5:7 : 7 Then I consulted with myself and rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, You are charging interest, each one from his brother. And I called a great assembly against them.
• Zeph 3:3-4 : 3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not gnaw the bones until the morning. 4 Her prophets are light and treacherous people: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
• Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
• Matt 23:25 : 25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and excess.
• Luke 3:13 : 13 And he said to them, Collect no more than what is appointed to you.
• Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
• Luke 19:8 : 8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore it fourfold.
• 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone who is called a brother if he is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.
• 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
• 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 Not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy for dishonest gain; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
• 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil: which while some coveted after, they have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
• Jas 5:1-4 : 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded; and their corrosion shall be a witness against you, and shall consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure for the last days. 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
• Jude 1:11 : 11 Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.