Verse 7

But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not He whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Men hvis du sier til meg: Vi stoler på Herren vår Gud; er ikke Hiskia den som har fjernet hans offerhauger og altere og sagt til Juda og Jerusalem: Dere skal tilbe foran dette alteret?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men hvis du sier til meg: Vi stoler på Herren vår Gud: er det ikke ham hvis høyder og altrer Hiskia har tatt bort, og sagt til Juda og Jerusalem: Dere skal tilbe foran dette alteret?

• Norsk King James

  Men hvis du sier til meg: Vi stoler på Herren vår Gud; er det ikke han som Hiskia har fjernet høydene og altaret fra, og sagt til Juda og Jerusalem: Dere skal tilbe foran dette alteret?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men hvis du sier til meg: Vi stoler på Herren vår Gud, er det ikke ham hvis høyder og altere Esekias har fjernet, og sagt til Juda og Jerusalem: Det er foran dette alteret dere skal tilbe?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Men hvis du sier til meg: Vi stoler på Herren vår Gud, er det ikke han hvis offerhauger og altere Hiskia har fjernet, og har sagt til Juda og Jerusalem: Dere skal tilbe foran dette alteret?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men hvis du sier til meg: 'Vi stoler på Herren vår Gud,' er det ikke ham hvis offerhauger og altere Hiskia har tatt bort, og sagt til Juda og Jerusalem, 'Dere skal tilbe foran dette alteret?'

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Men om du sier: ‘Vi stoler på Herren, vår Gud’ – er det ikke han, den som Hiskia har fjernet alle de høye stedene og altere for, og som sa til Juda og Jerusalem: ‘Dere skal tilbe ved dette alteret?’

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

  Men hvis du sier til meg: 'Vi stoler på Herren vår Gud,' er det ikke ham hvis offerhauger og altere Hiskia har tatt bort, og sagt til Juda og Jerusalem, 'Dere skal tilbe foran dette alteret?'

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og hvis du sier til meg: Vi stoler på Herren vår Gud, er det ikke han hvis offerhauger og altrene Esekias har tatt bort, og sagt til Juda og Jerusalem: For dette alteret skal dere tilbe?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t He the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, 'You must worship at this altar’?

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Men hvis du sier til meg: ‘Vi stoler på Herren vår Gud,’ - er det ikke Han hvis offerhauger og altere Hiskia har tatt bort, og han har sagt til Juda og Jerusalem: Dere skal tilbe foran dette alteret?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men om du vil sige til mig: Vi forlade os paa Herren vor Gud, er det (da) ikke ham, hvis Høie og hvis Altere Ezechias haver borttaget og sagt til Juda og til Jerusalem: For dette Alter skulle I tilbede?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men hvis du sier til meg: 'Vi stoler på Herren vår Gud,' er det ikke Han hvis høye steder og altere Hiskia har tatt bort og sagt til Juda og til Jerusalem: 'Foran dette alteret skal dere tilbe'?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men hvis du sier til meg: Vi stoler på Herren vår Gud, er det ikke han hvis offersteder og altere Hiskia har fjernet, og har sagt til Juda og Jerusalem: Dere skal tilbe ved dette alteret?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og sier du til meg: Vi stoler på Herren vår Gud? Er det ikke han hvis høye steder og altrene Hiskia har fjernet, og sa til Juda og Jerusalem: Foran dette alteret skal dere tilbe?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men hvis du sier til meg: Vi stoler på Herren vår Gud, er ikke det han hvis høyder og altere Hiskia har revet ned, og sagt til Juda og Jerusalem: Dere skal tilbe foran dette alteret?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og hvis du sier til meg: Vår håp er i Herren vår Gud; er det ikke Ham som Hiskia har fjernet de høye stedene og altrene til, og sagt til Juda og Jerusalem at tilbedelse kun kan skje ved dette alteret?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But yf thou woldest saye to me: We trust in ye LORDE oure God: A goodly god, in dede: whose hie places & aulteres Ezechias toke downe, and commaunded Iuda and Ierusalem, to worshipe only before the aulter.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But if thou say to me, We trust in the Lord our God. Is not that he, whose hie places & whose altars Hezekiah tooke downe, & said to Iudah & to Ierusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But if thou wouldest say vnto me, We trust in the Lorde our God: Is not he that God whose hygh places & aulters Hezekia toke downe, and commaunded Iuda and Hierusalem to worship only before this aulter?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: [is it] not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But if you tell me, We trust in Yahweh our God: isn't that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And dost thou say unto me, Unto Jehovah our God we have trusted? is it not He, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath turned aside, and saith to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar ye do bow yourselves?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But if thou say unto me, We trust in Jehovah our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God; is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar?

• World English Bible (2000)

  But if you tell me, 'We trust in Yahweh our God,' isn't that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before this altar?'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Perhaps you will tell me,‘We are trusting in the LORD our God.’ But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem,‘You must worship at this altar.’

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 18:4-5 : 4 He removed the high places, broke the images, cut down the groves, and broke into pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and he called it Nehushtan. 5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel, so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any before him.
• 2 Kgs 18:22 : 22 But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God, is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
• 1 Chr 5:20 : 20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them, for they cried to God in the battle, and He was entreated by them because they put their trust in Him.
• 2 Chr 16:7-9 : 7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand. 8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a large army, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because you relied on the LORD, he delivered them into your hand. 9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars.
• 2 Chr 30:14 : 14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense they took away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.
• 2 Chr 31:1 : 1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
• 2 Chr 32:7-8 : 7 Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or dismayed because of the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude with him, for there are more with us than with him: 8 With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles. And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
• 2 Chr 32:12 : 12 Has not that same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before one altar, and burn incense on it?
• Ps 22:4-5 : 4 Our fathers trusted in You; they trusted, and You delivered them. 5 They cried to You, and were delivered; they trusted in You, and were not disappointed.
• Ps 42:5 : 5 Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance.
• Ps 42:10-11 : 10 As with a sword in my bones, my enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is your God? 11 Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise Him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
• 1 Cor 2:15 : 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged by no one.
• Deut 12:2-6 : 2 You shall completely destroy all the places where the nations you are dispossessing served their gods, on the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree: 3 And you shall tear down their altars, break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and you shall cut down the carved images of their gods, and obliterate their names from that place. 4 You shall not do so unto the LORD your God. 5 But you shall seek the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His habitation you shall come: 6 And there you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contributions of your hand, your vows, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks:
• Deut 12:13-14 : 13 Take heed to yourself that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see: 14 But in the place which the LORD will choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.