Verse 12

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God; you have come to need milk and not solid food.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For når dere burde vært lærere, har dere igjen behov for at noen lærer dere de første prinsippene i Guds ord; og dere har blitt slike som har behov for melk, og ikke for fast føde.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  For selv om dere skulle være lærere, har dere behov for at noen lærer dere på nytt de grunnleggende prinsippene i Guds ord; dere er blitt avhengige av melk, og ikke av fast føde.

• Norsk King James

  For når tiden har kommet da dere burde være lærere, trenger dere at noen lærer dere på nytt de grunnleggende prinsippene i Guds ord; dere har blitt som barn som trenger melk, og ikke solid mat.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For selv om dere burde være lærere etter all den tid som har gått, trenger dere igjen noen som kan lære dere de første prinsippene i Guds ord, og dere er blitt slike som trenger melk og ikke fast føde.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  For selv om dere i løpet av tiden burde være lærere, trenger dere at noen lærer dere igjen fra begynnelsen de grunnleggende prinsippene i Guds ord; og dere er blitt slike som trenger melk, og ikke solid mat.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  For selv om dere etter tiden burde være lærere, trenger dere igjen noen som lærer dere de elementære prinsippene i Guds ord, og dere har blitt slike som trenger melk, ikke fast føde.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For selv om tiden nå tilsier at dere burde være lærere, har dere igjen behov for at noen lærer dere de første prinsippene i Guds ord. Dere har blitt slike som trenger melk, og ikke fast føde.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For mens dere skulle være lærere, trengte dere at noen igjen lærte dere de grunnleggende prinsippene i Guds ord; dere har blitt slike at dere trenger melk og ikke fast føde.

• gpt4.5-preview

  For selv om dere etter så lang tid burde vært lærere, trenger dere igjen at noen lærer dere de grunnleggende sannhetene i Guds ord. Dere er blitt slike som trenger melk og ikke fast føde.

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

  For selv om dere etter så lang tid burde vært lærere, trenger dere igjen at noen lærer dere de grunnleggende sannhetene i Guds ord. Dere er blitt slike som trenger melk og ikke fast føde.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For selv om dere etter tidens løp burde være lærere, trenger dere igjen noen som lærer dere de første prinsippene av Guds ord. Dere har blitt behov for melk, ikke fast føde.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  By this time you ought to be teachers, but instead you need someone to teach you again the elementary truths of God's word, and you need milk, not solid food.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For selv om dere på dette tidspunktet burde være lærere, trenger dere igjen noen til å lære dere de grunnleggende elementene i Guds ord. Dere har blitt slike som trenger melk og ikke fast føde.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi skjøndt I efter Tiden endog burde være Lærere, have I atter behov, at man skal lære eder, hvilke Begyndelsesgrundene ere i Guds Ord, og I ere blevne saadanne, som have Melk behov og ikke haard Føde.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For når dere med tiden burde ha vært lærere, trenger dere at noen igjen lærer dere de første prinsippene i Guds budskap, og har blitt slike som trenger melk, og ikke fast føde.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For selv om dere etter så lang tid burde være lærere, trenger dere igjen at noen lærer dere de grunnleggende prinsippene i Guds ord. Dere trenger melk, ikke fast føde.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  for selv om dere etter tiden burde være lærere, trenger dere igjen at noen lærer dere de første prinsippene i Guds ord, og dere har blitt som de som trenger melk, og ikke fast føde,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For etter så lang tid burde dere være lærere, men dere trenger igjen noen som lærer dere de grunnleggende prinsippene i Guds ord; dere har blitt dem som trenger melk og ikke fast føde.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og selv om det nå ville være passende for dere å være lærere, trenger dere fortsatt noen til å lære dere de grunnleggende prinsippene i Guds åpenbaring på nytt; dere har blitt som barn som trenger melk, ikke fast føde.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For when as cocerninge ye tyme ye ought to be teachers yet have ye nede agayne that we teache you the fyrst principles of the worde of god: and are become soche as have nede of mylke and not of stronge meate:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For where as concernynge the tyme ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye nede agayne, yt we teach you the first preceptes of the worde of God: and are become soch as haue nede of mylke, and not stronge meate.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For when as concerning ye time ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye neede againe that we teach you what are the first principles of the worde of God: and are become such as haue neede of milke, and not of strong meate.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For when as concernyng the tyme, ye ought to be teachers, yet haue ye nede againe that we teache you the first principles of the begynnyng of the worde of God, and are become such as haue nede of mylke, and not of strong meate.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which [be] the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For when by reason of the time you ought to be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for even owing to be teachers, because of the time, again ye have need that one teach you what `are' the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and ye have become having need of milk, and not of strong food,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food.

Referenced Verses

• Heb 6:1 : 1 Therefore, leaving the foundational teachings of Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
• 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 As newborn babies, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
• Heb 5:13 : 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.
• 1 Cor 3:1-3 : 1 And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, even as to infants in Christ. 2 I have fed you with milk, and not with solid food: for until now you were not able to bear it, neither yet now are you able. 3 For you are still carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men?
• Isa 28:9-9 : 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? those who are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
• Acts 7:38 : 38 This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received the living oracles to give to us:
• Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
• Titus 2:3-4 : 3 The older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine, teachers of good things; 4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
• 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if anyone serves, let him do so with the ability which God gives: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
• 1 Cor 14:19 : 19 Yet in the church, I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
• Phil 3:1 : 1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not bothersome for me, but for you it is safe.
• 2 Sam 16:23 : 23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
• Ezra 7:10 : 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
• Ps 34:11 : 11 Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
• Isa 55:1 : 1 Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
• Matt 17:17 : 17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him here to me.
• Mark 9:19 : 19 He answered and said to him, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to me.
• Rom 3:2 : 2 Much in every way: chiefly, because to them were entrusted the oracles of God.