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Verse 11

Say to them, As I live, says the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn back, turn back from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel?

Other Translations

GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk
Si til dem: Så sant jeg lever, erklærer Herren Gud, jeg vil ikke ha den ondes død, men at den onde vender om fra sin vei og lever. Vend om, vend om fra deres onde veier! Hvorfor skulle dere dø, Israels hus?
Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst
Si til dem: Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg har ingen glede av den ugudeliges død, men at den ugudelige vender om fra sin vei og lever. Vend om, vend om fra deres onde veier. Hvorfor vil dere dø, Israels hus?
Norsk King James
Si til dem: Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg har ingen glede i den onde sin død; men at den onde vender seg fra sin vei og lever: vend dere, vend dere fra deres onde veier; hvorfor vil dere dø, o Israels hus?
Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866
Si til dem: Så sant som jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg har ingen glede i den ugudeliges død, men i at han omvender seg fra sin vei for å leve. Vend om fra deres onde veier! Hvorfor vil dere dø, Israels hus?
Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål
Si til dem: Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud: 'Jeg har ikke glede i den ondes død, men i at den onde vender om fra sin vei og lever.' Vend altså om, vend dere bort fra deres onde veier! Hvorfor vil dere dø, Israels hus?
Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611
Si til dem: Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg har ikke glede av den ugudeliges død, men at den ugudelige vender om fra sin vei og lever. Vend om, vend om fra deres onde veier! Hvorfor skulle dere dø, Israels hus?
o3-mini KJV Norsk
Si til dem: 'Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, har jeg ingen glede av den ondes død; jeg ønsker at den onde skal vende bort fra sin vei og leve. Vend om, vend om fra deres onde handlinger – for hvorfor skal dere dø, Israels hus?'
En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)
Si til dem: Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg har ikke glede av den ugudeliges død, men at den ugudelige vender om fra sin vei og lever. Vend om, vend om fra deres onde veier! Hvorfor skulle dere dø, Israels hus?
Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst
Si til dem: 'Så sant jeg lever,' sier Herren Gud, 'jeg har ikke behag i den ondes død, men i at den onde vender om fra sin vei og lever. Vend om, vend om fra deres onde veier! Hvorfor vil dere dø, Israels hus?'
Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from their ways and live. Turn back! Turn back from your evil ways! Why should you die, house of Israel?'
biblecontext
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GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024
Si til dem: ‘Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg har ikke glede i den ugudeliges død, men i at den ugudelige vender om fra sin vei og lever. Vend om, vend om fra deres onde veier. Hvorfor skulle dere dø, Israels hus?’
Original Norsk Bibel 1866
Siig til dem: (Saasandt) jeg lever, siger den Herre Herre, jeg haver ikke Behagelighed i den Ugudeliges Død, men i det, at den Ugudelige omvender sig fra sin Vei, at han maa leve; vender om, vender om fra eders de onde Veie, og hvorfor ville I døe, Israels Huus?
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
KJV 1769 norsk
Si til dem: Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg har ingen glede i den ondes død, men at den onde vender om fra sin vei og lever: Vend om, vend om fra deres onde veier; for hvorfor vil dere dø, Israels hus?
Norsk oversettelse av Webster
Si til dem: 'Så sant jeg lever,' sier Herren Gud, 'jeg har ingen glede i den ugudeliges død, men at den ugudelige vender om fra sin vei og lever. Vend om, vend om fra deres onde veier; hvorfor vil dere dø, Israels hus?'
Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation
Si til dem: Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Jehova, jeg har ikke glede i den ugudeliges død, men i at den ugudelige vender om fra sin vei og lever. Vend om, vend om fra deres onde veier. Hvorfor vil dere dø, Israels hus?
Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901
Si til dem: Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg har ingen glede av den ondes død, men at den onde vender om fra sin vei og lever. Vend om, vend om fra deres onde veier; for hvorfor vil dere dø, Israels hus?
Norsk oversettelse av BBE
Si til dem: Så sant jeg lever, sier Herren Gud, jeg har ingen glede av den ondes død, men i at den onde vender om fra sin vei og får liv; vend om, vend om fra deres onde veier; hvorfor vil dere dø, Israels barn?
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Tell them: As truly as I lyue (saieth the LORDE God) I haue no pleasure in the death off the wicked, but moch rather that the wicked turne from his waye and lyue. Turne you, turne you from yor vngodly wayes, o ye off the house off Israel. Oh, wherfore will ye dye?
Geneva Bible (1560)
Say vnto them, As I liue, sayeth the Lorde God, I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turne from his way & liue: turne you, turne you from your euill waies, for why will ye die, O ye house of Israel?
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Tell them, as truely as I liue saith the Lorde God, I haue no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but much rather that the wicked tourne from his way, and lyue: Turne you, turne you from your wicked wayes, for why wil ye dye O ye of the house of Israel?
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Say unto them, [As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Webster's Bible (1833)
Tell them, As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn you, turn you from your evil ways; for why will you die, house of Israel?
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Say unto them, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I delight not in the death of the wicked, But -- in the turning of the wicked from his way, And he hath lived, Turn back, turn back, from your evil ways, Yea, why do ye die, O house of Israel?
American Standard Version (1901)
Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Bible in Basic English (1941)
Say to them, By my life, says the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the evil-doer; it is more pleasing to me if he is turned from his way and has life: be turned, be turned from your evil ways; why are you looking for death, O children of Israel?
World English Bible (2000)
Tell them, As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn, turn from your evil ways; for why will you die, house of Israel?
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Say to them,‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! Why should you die, O house of Israel?’

Referenced Verses

Ezek 18:23 : 23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? says the Lord GOD, and not that he should return from his ways and live?
1 Tim 2:4 : 4 Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
2 Pet 3:9 : 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is patient toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Ezek 18:30-32 : 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby you have transgressed; and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord GOD: therefore turn yourselves, and live.
Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Acts 26:20 : 20 But showed first to those of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works fitting for repentance.
Isa 49:18 : 18 Lift up your eyes around, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live, says the LORD, you shall surely clothe yourself with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on you, as a bride does.
Jer 3:22 : 22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to you; for you are the LORD our God.
Num 14:21 : 21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
Ezek 5:11 : 11 Therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD; Surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things, and with all your abominations, therefore will I also diminish you; neither shall my eye spare, nor will I have any pity.
Hos 11:8 : 8 How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I deliver you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I set you like Zeboim? My heart is turned within me, my compassion is kindled together.
Hos 14:1 : 1 O Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity.
Zeph 2:9 : 9 Therefore as I live, says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even a breeding of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation: the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
Luke 15:20-32 : 20 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son. 22 But the father said to his servants, Bring out the best robe and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: 23 And bring the fatted calf here and kill it; and let us eat and be merry: 24 For this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found. And they began to be merry. 25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound. 28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore his father came out, and pleaded with him. 29 And he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years I have served you, nor have I transgressed at any time your commandment: and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends: 30 But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him. 31 And he said to him, Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. 32 It was right that we should make merry and be glad: for this your brother was dead and is alive again; and was lost and is found.
Ezek 14:6 : 6 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: Repent, and turn from your idols and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
Ezek 14:16-18 : 16 Though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they alone shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. 17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Sword, pass through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it: 18 Though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
Ezek 16:48 : 48 As I live, says the Lord GOD, neither has your sister Sodom and her daughters done anything as you have done, you and your daughters.
Num 14:28 : 28 Say to them, As truly as I live, says the LORD, as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you:
2 Sam 14:14 : 14 For we must die, and are as water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but he devises means, so that his banished are not expelled from him.
Prov 1:23 : 23 Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you.
Prov 8:36 : 36 But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate me love death.
Jer 22:24 : 24 As I live, says the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck you thence;
Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bull not accustomed to the yoke: turn me, and I shall be turned; for you are the LORD my God. 19 Surely, after I was turned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated, because I bore the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the LORD.
Jer 46:18 : 18 As I live, says the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
Lam 3:33 : 33 For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.
Rom 14:11 : 11 For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
Dan 9:13 : 13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come upon us: yet we have not made our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth.