Verse 3

And they committed harlotry in Egypt; they committed harlotry in their youth: there their breasts were pressed, and there they bruised the nipples of their virginity.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De deltok i utukt i Egypt; i sin ungdom var de dypt involvert i avgudsdyrkelse, og deres vanære ble kjent av alle.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De drev hor i Egypt; i sin ungdom drev de hor. Der ble deres bryster klemt, og der trykket de jomfrueligheten sine bryst.

• Norsk King James

  De begikk utroskap i Egypt; i sin ungdom ble de krenket og mistet sin uskyld under press.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De drev hor i Egypt, og i ungdommen begikk de hor der; der ble deres bryster klemt, og der ble de unge jomfrulige brystene rørt.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De bedrev hor i Egypt. Deres ungdomstid var preget av utugt; der ble deres bryster klemmet, og der ble deres jomfruelighet mistet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De drev hor i Egypt; de drev hor i sin ungdom. Der ble deres bryster klemt, der mistet de sin jomfrudom.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og de utøvde horeri i Egypt; i sin ungdom utøvde de horeri – der ble deres bryster klemt, og der ble jomfruhetens tepper skadet.

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

  De drev hor i Egypt; de drev hor i sin ungdom. Der ble deres bryster klemt, der mistet de sin jomfrudom.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De drev hor i Egypt, de var løsaktige allerede i sin ungdom. Der ble deres bryster klemt, og deres jomfrubarm presset.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They committed adultery in Egypt; in their youth, they acted unfaithfully. There, their breasts were fondled, and their virginity was violated.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De drev hor i Egypt; i sin ungdom drev de hor. Der ble deres bryst eltet, der ble deres unge bryster betatt.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og de bedreve Horeri i Ægypten, i deres Ungdom bedreve de Horeri; der trykkedes deres Bryster, og der beføltes deres Jomfrudoms Vorter.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og de drev prostitusjon i Egypt; de gjorde det i sin ungdom: Der ble deres bryster berørt, og der mistet de sin jomfrudom.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  og de var prostituerte i Egypt; i ungdommen var de prostituerte; der ble deres bryster klemt, og der ble jomfrudommens barm håndtert.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og de drev hor i Egypt; i sin ungdom drev de hor. Der ble brystene deres klemt, og der ble de behandlet som de elskendes jomfruer.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De drev hor i Egypt, de drev hor i sin ungdom; der ble deres bryster trykket, og der ble deres jomfruelighet rørt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De oppførte seg som løse kvinner i Egypt; allerede da de var unge var deres oppførsel løs: der ble deres bryster foretatt, til og med tuppene på deres unge bryster ble klemt.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  These (when they were yonge) beganne to playe the harlottes in Egipte. There were their brestes brussed, and the pappes off their maydenheade destroyed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And they committed fornication in Egypt, they committed fornication in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teates of their virginitie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they committed fornication in Egypt, they played the harlottes in their youth: there were their breastes pressed, and there they bruised the teates of their virginitie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and they played the prostitute in Egypt; they played the prostitute in their youth; there were their breasts pressed, and there was handled the bosom of their virginity.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they go a-whoring in Egypt, In their youth they have gone a-whoring, There they have bruised their breasts, And there they have dealt with the loves of their virginity.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and they played the harlot in Egypt; they played the harlot in their youth; there were their breasts pressed, and there was handled the bosom of their virginity.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  They were acting like loose women in Egypt; when they were young their behaviour was loose: there their breasts were crushed, even the points of their young breasts were crushed.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and they played the prostitute in Egypt; they played the prostitute in their youth; there were their breasts pressed, and there was handled the bosom of their virginity.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They engaged in prostitution in Egypt; in their youth they engaged in prostitution. Their breasts were squeezed there; lovers fondled their virgin nipples there.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 17:7 : 7 And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to demons, after whom they have gone whoring. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations.
• Josh 24:14 : 14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river, and in Egypt; and serve the LORD.
• Ezek 16:22 : 22 And in all your abominations and your whoredoms you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, and were polluted in your blood.
• Ezek 20:8 : 8 But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me: they did not cast away every man the abominations of their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
• Ezek 23:8 : 8 She did not leave her harlotries brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their harlotry upon her.
• Ezek 23:19 : 19 Yet she multiplied her harlotries, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, when she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
• Ezek 23:21 : 21 Thus you called to remembrance the lewdness of your youth, in bruising your breasts by the Egyptians for the pleasures of your youth.
• Hos 2:15 : 15 And I will give her vineyards from there, and the Valley of Achor as a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came out of the land of Egypt.
• Deut 29:16 : 16 (For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which you passed by;