Verse 14

I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, nor your spouses when they commit adultery, for the men themselves are separated with harlots, and they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. Therefore, the people who do not understand shall fall.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jeg vil ikke straffe døtrene deres for utroskap, eller svigerdøtrene deres for hor; for mennene handler på samme måte med prostituerte. Dette er et folk uten forståelse, og de er på vei mot undergang.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg vil ikke straffe deres døtre når de driver hor, eller deres svigerdøtre når de begår utroskap, for mennene selv går bort med horekvinnene, og de ofrer med tempelhorekvinnene. Derfor skal folket som ikke forstår, falle.

• Norsk King James

  Jeg vil ikke straffe deres døtre når de driver hor, eller ektefellene deres når de er utro; for de har knyttet seg til prostituerte og ofrer med prostituerte; derfor skal folket som ikke forstår falle.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg vil ikke straffe deres døtre når de driver hor, eller deres bruder når de er utro; for mennene går til sidespring med horer og ofrer med tempelprostituerte; og et folk uten forståelse går til grunne.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg vil ikke straffe deres døtre når de driver hor, eller deres svigerdøtre når de begår utroskap, for de selv trekker seg bort sammen med halliker og ofrer med skamfulle, og et folk uten forstand går til grunne.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jeg vil ikke straffe deres døtre når de driver hor, eller deres hustruer når de begår ekteskapsbrudd; for mennene drar seg unna med skjøger, og de ofrer sammen med tempelhorer, derfor skal det folk som ikke forstår, falle.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jeg vil ikke straffe dine døtre når de driver utukt, eller dine koner når de begår utroskap; for de har delt seg med prostituerte og ofrer sammen med horer. Derfor vil de som ikke forstår, falle.

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

  Jeg vil ikke straffe deres døtre når de driver hor, eller deres hustruer når de begår ekteskapsbrudd; for mennene drar seg unna med skjøger, og de ofrer sammen med tempelhorer, derfor skal det folk som ikke forstår, falle.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg vil ikke straffe døtrene deres for deres utroskap eller svigerdøtrene for deres ekteskapsbrudd, for mennene selv drar til tempelhorer, og ofrer med tempelprostituertes selskap. Et folk uten forståelse vil bli ødelagt.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I will not punish your daughters when they commit fornication, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go aside with harlots and sacrifice with temple prostitutes, and a people without understanding will come to ruin.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jeg vil ikke straffe deres døtre når de driver hor, eller deres svigerdøtre når de bryter ekteskapet, for mennene selv går bort med skjøger og ofrer med tempelprostituerte. Folket uten forstand skal gå til grunne.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg vil ikke besøge eders Døttre, naar de bedrive Hor, og eders Brude, naar de blive Horkoner; thi de, de have fraskilt sig med Horerne, og offre med Skjøgerne; og Folket, som ikke forstaaer det, skal kuldkastes.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I will not punish your daughters when they commit wredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with wres, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg vil ikke straffe døtrene deres når de driver hor, eller deres hustruer når de begår ekteskapsbrudd. For mennene selv trekker seg tilbake med prostituerte og ofrer med skjøger. Derfor skal det folk som ikke forstår, falle.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg vil ikke straffe deres døtre når de driver hor, eller deres bruder når de begår utroskap; For mennene omgås prostituert, og de ofrer med tempelprostituerte; Og folket som ikke forstår, skal falle.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Derfor begår døtrene deres hor, og deres koner bryter ekteskapet. Jeg vil ikke straffe døtrene deres når de begår hor, eller konene når de bryter ekteskapet. For mennene skiller seg ut med skjøger og ofrer med tempelhorer, og et folk uten innsikt kommer til å falle.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg vil ikke straffe døtrene deres når de driver hor, eller brudene deres når de begår ekteskapsbrudd; for mennene selv går avsides med horer, og de ofrer med tempelprostituerte; og folket som ikke forstår, skal bli styrtet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Jeg vil ikke straffe døtrene eller konene deres for deres onde adferd; for de adskiller seg med løse kvinner, og ofrer med dem som brukes for seksuelle formål i gudsdyrkelsen; de folket uten visdom skal bli fordømt.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I wil not punish yor doughters for beinge defyled, & yor brydes that became whores: seinge the fathers themselues haue medled with harlottes, and offered with vnthriftes: but the people that wil not vnderstonde, must be punyshed.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I will not visite your daughters when they are harlots: nor your spouses when they are whores: for they themselues are separated with harlots, and sacrifice with whores: therefore the people that doeth not vnderstand, shall fall.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I wyll not punishe your daughters for beyng defiled, and your spouses that became whoores: seeing the fathers them selues haue medled with harlots, and sacrificed with whoores: but the people that wyll not vnderstande, must be punished.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people [that] doth not understand shall fall.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, Nor your brides when they commit adultery; Because the men consort with prostitutes, And they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; And the people that does not understand will come to ruin.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Therefore commit whoredom do your daughters, And your spouses commit adultery, I do not see after your daughters when they commit whoredom, And after your spouses when they commit adultery, For they with the harlots are separated, And with the whores they do sacrifice, A people that doth not understand kicketh.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for [the men] themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that doth not understand shall be overthrown.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I will not give punishment to your daughters or your brides for their evil behaviour; for they make themselves separate with loose women, and make offerings with those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: the people who have no wisdom will be sent away.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true:“A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!”

Referenced Verses

• Hos 4:1 : 1 Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel, for the LORD has a dispute with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
• Hos 4:5-6 : 5 Therefore you shall fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with you in the night, and I will destroy your mother. 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being a priest to me; seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
• Hos 4:17 : 17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone.
• Hos 14:9 : 9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
• John 8:43 : 43 Why do you not understand my speech? Because you cannot hear my word.
• Rom 3:11 : 11 'There is none who understands, there is none who seeks after God.'
• 1 Cor 6:16 : 16 What? Do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body? For two, says He, shall be one flesh.
• Eph 4:18 : 18 Having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;
• Heb 12:8 : 8 But if you are without chastisement, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.
• Deut 23:17 : 17 There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
• 1 Kgs 14:23-24 : 23 For they also built for themselves high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. 24 And there were also male shrine prostitutes in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
• 1 Kgs 15:12 : 12 He took away the sodomites from the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
• 2 Kgs 23:7 : 7 And he broke down the houses of the prostitutes, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
• Prov 28:5 : 5 Evil people do not understand judgment, but those who seek the LORD understand all things.
• Isa 1:5 : 5 Why should you be stricken any more? you will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
• Isa 44:18-20 : 18 They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? shall I fall down to the stump of a tree? 20 He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
• Isa 56:11 : 11 Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his territory.
• Dan 12:10 : 10 Many shall be purified, made white, and refined; but the wicked shall act wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.