Verse 7

And she shall pursue her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then she shall say, I will go and return to my first husband; for it was better with me then than now.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For deres mor har drevet hor; hun som unnfikk dem har gjort seg skam. Hun sa: 'Jeg vil følge mine elskere, de som gir meg brød og vann, ull og lin, olje og drikke.'

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hun skal følge etter sine elskere, men hun skal ikke nå dem; og hun skal søke dem, men ikke finne dem. Da skal hun si: Jeg vil gå tilbake til min første mann, for det var bedre for meg da enn nå.

• Norsk King James

  Og hun skal følge etter sine elskere, men hun skal ikke nå dem; hun skal søke dem, men hun skal ikke finne dem: Da skal hun si: Jeg vil gå tilbake til min første ektemann, for da hadde jeg det bedre enn nå.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hun skal jage etter elskerne sine, men ikke nå dem, søke etter dem, men ikke finne dem. Da skal hun si: Jeg vil vende tilbake til min første mann, for jeg hadde det bedre før enn nå.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For deres mor har drevet hor, hun som ble gravid med dem har handlet skammelig. For hun sa: 'Jeg vil gå etter mine elskere, de som gir meg mitt brød og mitt vann, min ull og mitt lin, min olje og min drikk.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hun skal følge etter sine elskere, men hun skal ikke nå dem; og hun skal søke dem, men ikke finne dem: da skal hun si, Jeg vil gå tilbake til min første mann; for da hadde jeg det bedre enn nå.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hun skal følge sine elskere, men ikke innhente dem; hun skal søke dem, men de vil unnslippe henne. Da vil hun si: 'Jeg skal vende tilbake til min første ektemann, for da hadde jeg det bedre enn nå.'

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

  Hun skal følge etter sine elskere, men hun skal ikke nå dem; og hun skal søke dem, men ikke finne dem: da skal hun si, Jeg vil gå tilbake til min første mann; for da hadde jeg det bedre enn nå.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For deres mor har vært utro, hun skammet seg over dem som fødte dem. Hun sa: 'Jeg vil gå etter mine elskere, dem som gir meg brød og vann, ull og lin, olje og drikke.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Their mother has been unfaithful; their conceiver acted shamefully. She said, 'I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread, water, wool, flax, oil, and drink.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For deres mor har drevet hor. Hun som fødte dem har gjort skam på seg, for hun sa: 'Jeg vil gå etter mine elskere som gir meg mitt brød og mitt vann, min ull og mitt lin, min olje og min drikk.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og hun skal jage efter sine Bolere og ikke gribe dem, og lede efter dem og ikke finde; da skal hun sige: Jeg vil gaae og vende tilbage til min første Mand; thi jeg havde det da bedre end nu.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hun vil følge etter sine elskere, men hun vil ikke overta dem. Hun vil søke dem, men hun vil ikke finne dem. Da vil hun si: ‘Jeg vil gå tilbake til min første mann, for jeg hadde det bedre da enn nå.’

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hun vil følge etter sine elskere, men ikke nå dem; hun vil søke dem, men ikke finne dem. Så vil hun si: 'Jeg vil gå tilbake til min første mann, for da hadde jeg det bedre enn nå.'

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hun vil jage etter sine elskere, men ikke nå dem. Hun vil lete etter dem, men ikke finne. Da skal hun si: Jeg vil dra tilbake til min første mann, for det var bedre for meg da enn nå.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hun skal jage etter sine elskere, men ikke nå dem; hun skal søke dem, men ikke finne dem. Da skal hun si: Jeg vil gå tilbake til min første mann, for da hadde jeg det bedre enn nå.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og når hun følger sine elskere, vil hun ikke innhente dem; når hun leter etter dem, vil hun ikke finne dem. Da vil hun si: Jeg vil vende tilbake til min første mann, for det var bedre for meg da enn nå.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and though she runne after hir louers, yet shall she not get them: she shal seke them, but not fynde them. Then shal she saye: well, I will go turne agayne to my first hu?bonde, for at yt tyme was I better at ease, then now:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Though shee followe after her louers, yet shall shee not come at them: though shee seeke them, yet shall shee not finde them: then shall she say, I will goe and returne to my first husbande: for at that time was I better then nowe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And though she runne after her louers, yet shall she not ouertake them: she shall seeke them, but not finde them. Then shall she say, I wyll go and returne to my first husbande: for at that tyme it was better with me then nowe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find [them]: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then [was it] better with me than now.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  She will follow after her lovers, But she won't overtake them; And she will seek them, But won't find them. Then she will say, 'I will go and return to my first husband; For then was it better with me than now.'

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And she hath pursued her lovers, And she doth not overtake them, And hath sought them, and doth not find, And she hath said: I go, and I turn back unto My first husband, For -- better to me then than now.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And if she goes after her lovers she will not overtake them; if she makes search for them she will not see them; then will she say, I will go back to my first husband, for then it was better for me than now.

• World English Bible (2000)

  She will follow after her lovers, but she won't overtake them; and she will seek them, but won't find them. Then she will say, 'I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then she will pursue her lovers, but she will not catch them; she will seek them, but she will not find them. Then she will say,“I will go back to my husband, because I was better off then than I am now.”

Referenced Verses

• Jer 2:2 : 2 Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD; I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your engagements, when you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
• Hos 5:13 : 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim went to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet he could not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
• Hos 13:6 : 6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore they have forgotten me.
• Ezek 23:4 : 4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. Thus were their names: Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.
• Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait upon You, for You have made all these things.
• Jer 30:12-15 : 12 For thus says the LORD, Your bruise is incurable, and your wound is severe. 13 There is no one to plead your cause, that you may be bound up; you have no healing medicines. 14 All your lovers have forgotten you; they do not seek you; for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of your iniquity; because your sins have increased. 15 Why do you cry over your affliction? Your sorrow is incurable because of the multitude of your iniquity: because your sins have increased, I have done these things to you.
• Jer 31:18 : 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.
• Jer 31:32 : 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband to them, says the LORD:
• Jer 50:4-5 : 4 In those days and at that time, says the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go and seek the LORD their God. 5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces toward it, saying, Come and let us join ourselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
• Lam 3:40-42 : 40 Let us search and examine our ways and turn back to the LORD. 41 Let us lift up our heart along with our hands to God in the heavens. 42 We have transgressed and rebelled; You have not pardoned.
• Ezek 16:8 : 8 Now when I passed by you, and looked upon you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my garment over you, and covered your nakedness; yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord GOD, and you became mine.
• Ezek 16:18 : 18 And took your embroidered garments, and covered them; and you have set my oil and my incense before them.
• Ezek 20:32 : 32 And what comes into your mind shall not happen, that you say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
• Deut 6:10-12 : 10 And it shall be, when the LORD your God has brought you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you great and good cities, which you did not build, 11 And houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, and wells dug, which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant; when you have eaten and are full; 12 Then beware, lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
• Deut 8:17-18 : 17 And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth. 18 But you shall remember the LORD your God: for it is he that gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
• Deut 32:13-15 : 13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; 14 Butter of cattle, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and you drank the pure blood of the grape. 15 But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked: you have grown fat, you have grown thick, you are covered with fatness; then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
• 2 Chr 28:20-22 : 20 And Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but did not strengthen him. 21 For Ahaz took a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the leaders, and gave it to the king of Assyria, but he did not help him. 22 And in the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the LORD, this is that King Ahaz.
• Neh 9:25-26 : 25 And they captured fortified cities and a fertile land, and took possession of houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat, and delighted themselves in Your great goodness. 26 Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against You, cast Your law behind their backs, and killed Your prophets who testified against them, to turn them back to You, and they performed great provocations.
• Ps 116:7 : 7 Return to your rest, O my soul; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.
• Isa 30:2-3 : 2 Who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! 3 Therefore, the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
• Isa 30:16 : 16 But you said, No; for we will flee on horses; therefore you shall flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.
• Isa 31:1-3 : 1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD! 2 Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both he who helps will fall, and he who is helped will fall down, and they all will fail together.
• Ezek 23:22 : 22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up your lovers against you, from whom your mind is alienated, and I will bring them against you on every side;
• Dan 4:17 : 17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will, and sets over it the lowest of men.
• Dan 4:25 : 25 That they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will.
• Dan 4:32 : 32 And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make you eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He will.
• Dan 5:21 : 21 Then he was driven from the sons of men; his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that He appoints over it whomever He chooses.
• Jer 2:28 : 28 But where are your gods that you have made? let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah.
• Jer 2:36-3:1 : 36 Why do you go about so much to change your way? you also shall be ashamed of Egypt, as you were ashamed of Assyria. 37 Yes, you shall go forth from him, with your hands upon your head: for the LORD has rejected your confidences, and you shall not prosper in them. 1 They say, If a man divorces his wife, and she leaves him and becomes another man's wife, shall he return to her again? Would not that land be greatly defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, says the LORD.
• Jer 3:22-25 : 22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to you; for you are the LORD our God. 23 Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from the multitude of mountains: truly, in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. 24 For shame has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. 25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covers us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.
• Hos 14:1 : 1 O Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity.
• Luke 15:17-20 : 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, 19 And am no longer worthy to be called your son: make me like one of your hired servants. 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.
• Hos 5:15-6:1 : 15 I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly. 1 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck us, and he will bind us up.