Verse 2

For they have taken some of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has mingled with the peoples of those lands. Indeed, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For de har tatt sine døtre til ekte for sine sønner, og blandet den hellige ætt med disse folkene. Og lederne og de fremste i folket har vært de første til å begå dette sviket.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For de har tatt av deres døtre til seg selv og sine sønner, slik at den hellige slekten har blandet seg med landenes folk. Til og med høvdingenes og ledernes hånd har vært den første i dette lovbruddet.

• Norsk King James

  For de har tatt døtre fra dem til sine sønner, og slik har det hellige folk blandet seg med folkene i disse landene; ja, prinsene og lederne har vært de mest ansvarlige for denne synden.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For de har tatt døtrene deres til koner for seg selv og sine sønner, og den hellige slekt har blandet seg med landets folk. Lederne og styresmaktene har vært de første til å begå denne krenkelsen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For de har tatt noen av deres døtre som koner for seg selv og sine sønner, og dermed har det hellige avkommet blandet seg med folkene i landene. Og først og fremst har fyrstene og lederne vært innblandet i denne troløsheten."

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For de har tatt døtrene deres som hustruer til seg selv og for sine sønner, så den hellige ætt har blandet seg med folkene i de landene. Og lederne og styresmennene har vært de første til å begå denne overtredelsen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For de har tatt deres døtre med seg og gitt sine sønner i ekteskap med dem, slik at den hellige ætt har blitt blandet med folkeslagene i disse landene; ja, de ledende herskerne og embetsmennene har vært hovedaktørene i denne overtredelsen.

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

  For de har tatt døtrene deres som hustruer til seg selv og for sine sønner, så den hellige ætt har blandet seg med folkene i de landene. Og lederne og styresmennene har vært de første til å begå denne overtredelsen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For de har tatt av deres døtre til seg selv og sine sønner, slik at den hellige ætten har blandet seg med landenes folkeslag. Og lederne og høvdingene har vært de første til å begå denne overtredelsen.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, and they have mingled the holy seed with the peoples of the lands. Furthermore, the leaders and officials have been foremost in this unfaithfulness.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For de har tatt deres døtre til koner for seg selv og sine sønner, og den hellige ætten har blandet seg med folkene i landene omkring. Lederne og myndighetspersonene har vært de første til å begå denne overtredelsen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi de have taget af deres Døttre for sig og for deres Sønner, og den hellige Sæd haver blandet sig med Folkene i Landene, og de Øverstes og Forstandernes Haand har været i denne Forgribelse den første.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For de har tatt døtre fra disse folkene til seg selv og til sønnene sine, slik at den hellige ætten har blitt blandet med folkene i disse landene. Ja, fyrstene og lederne har vært de fremste i denne overtredelsen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De har tatt deres døtre til koner for seg selv og for sine sønner, så den hellige ætt har blandet seg med folkene i landene. Lederne og høvdingene har vært de første i denne overtredelsen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For de har tatt deres døtre til ekte for seg og sønnene sine, og den hellige ætt har vært blandet med landets folk, og det første til å gjøre slik var lederne og de fremtredende.'

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For de har tatt deres døtre til koner for seg selv og sine sønner, slik at det hellige ætter er blandet med landenes folk; ja, lederne og høvdingene har vært de første i denne overtredelsen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For de har tatt deres døtre til koner for seg selv og sine sønner, slik at det hellige ættet har blitt blandet med landenes folk; og faktisk har lederne og høvdingene vært de første til å gjøre dette onde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For they haue taken the doughters of the same, & their sonnes, and haue myxte the holy sede with ye nacions in the londes: and the hande of the rulers and lordes of councell hath bene principall in this trespace.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For they haue taken their daughters to theselues, and to their sonnes, and they haue mixed the holy seede with the people of the landes, and the hande of the princes and rulers hath bene chiefe in this trespasse.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For they haue taken the daughters of the same to them selues and to their sonnes, and the holy seede is mixed with the nations of the landes, & the hand of the princes and rulers hath ben principall in the trespasse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of [those] lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mixed themselves with the peoples of the lands: yes, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for they have taken of their daughters to them, and to their sons, and the holy seed have mingled themselves among the peoples of the lands, and the hand of the heads and of the seconds have been first in this trespass.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the peoples of the lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the peoples of the lands; and in fact the captains and rulers have been the first to do this evil.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mixed themselves with the peoples of the lands. Yes, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this unfaithfulness!”

Referenced Verses

• Exod 34:16 : 16 And you take their daughters for your sons, and their daughters go whoring after their gods, and make your sons go whoring after their gods.
• Neh 13:23-24 : 23 In those days I also saw Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab; 24 and their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and could not speak the language of Judah, but spoke according to the language of each people.
• 2 Cor 6:14 : 14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?
• Exod 19:6 : 6 And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.
• Exod 22:31 : 31 And you shall be holy men to me; neither shall you eat any meat torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.
• Deut 7:6 : 6 For you are a holy people unto the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
• Deut 14:2 : 2 For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
• Ezra 10:18-44 : 18 Among the sons of the priests who had taken foreign wives were found among the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. 19 They gave their promise that they would put away their wives. Being guilty, they presented a ram of the flock for their guilt offering. 20 Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah. 21 Of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah. 22 Of the sons of Pashur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. 23 Also of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (also called Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. 24 Of the singers: Eliashib. Of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri. 25 Of Israel: of the sons of Parosh, Ramiah, Jeziah, Malchiah, Miamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah. 26 Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Eliah. 27 Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza. 28 Of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. 29 Of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Ramoth. 30 Of the sons of Pahath-Moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh. 31 Of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, and Shimeon. 32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. 33 Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. 34 Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel. 35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh. 36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib. 37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau. 38 And Bani, Binnui, and Shimei. 39 Shelemiah, Nathan, and Adaiah. 40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai. 41 Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah. 42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. 43 Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah. 44 All these had taken foreign wives, and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
• Ezra 10:2 : 2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have sinned against our God and have taken foreign wives from the peoples of the land, yet now there is hope for Israel in this matter.
• Deut 7:1-4 : 1 When the LORD your God shall bring you into the land where you are going to possess it, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you; 2 And when the LORD your God shall deliver them before you; you shall strike them, and utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them: 3 Neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor his daughter shall you take for your son. 4 For they will turn your son away from following me, that they may serve other gods: so the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and destroy you suddenly.
• Isa 6:13 : 13 But yet a tenth will be in it, and it will return, and be consumed; as a terebinth tree or as an oak, whose stump remains when it is cut down. So the holy seed shall be its stump.
• Mal 2:11 : 11 Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
• Mal 2:15 : 15 And did he not make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
• 1 Cor 7:14 : 14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
• Gen 6:2 : 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves from all whom they chose.
• Neh 13:28 : 28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite; therefore, I drove him from me.
• Neh 13:3-4 : 3 So it happened, when they heard the law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel. 4 Before this, Eliashib the priest, who was in charge of the chambers of the house of our God, was allied with Tobiah;
• Neh 13:17 : 17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?