Verse 19

And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Det er sant, Herre, at Assyrias konger har bidratt til ødeleggelse av alle disse landene og deres riker.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    og kastet deres guder i ilden; for de var ikke guder, men verk av menneskehender, av tre og stein. Derfor har de ødelagt dem.

  • Norsk King James

    Og de har kastet gudene deres i ild; for de var ikke guder, men bare menneskers verk, tre og stein; derfor ble de ødelagt.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    De har kastet deres guder på ilden, for de var ikke guder, men menneskehenders verk, tre og stein, og de har ødelagt dem.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    De har kastet deres guder i ilden, for de var ikke guder, men menneskehender, laget av tre og stein. Derfor kunne de ødelegge dem.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    «De har kastet deres guder i ilden, for de var ingen guder, men et verk av menneskehender, tre og stein; derfor har de ødelagt dem.»

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    og de har kastet deres guder i ilden, for de var ikke guder, men menneskenes verk, noe som var laget av tre og stein. Derfor har de ødelagt dem.»

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

    «De har kastet deres guder i ilden, for de var ingen guder, men et verk av menneskehender, tre og stein; derfor har de ødelagt dem.»

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    De har kastet deres guder på ilden, for de var ikke guder, men et verk av menneskehender, laget av tre og stein. Derfor kunne de ødelegge dem.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but the work of human hands—wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Isaiah.37.19", "source": "וְנָתֹ֥ן אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם בָּאֵ֑שׁ כִּי֩ לֹ֨א אֱלֹהִ֜ים הֵ֗מָּה כִּ֣י אִם־מַעֲשֵׂ֧ה יְדֵֽי־אָדָ֛ם עֵ֥ץ וָאֶ֖בֶן וַֽיְאַבְּדֽוּם׃", "text": "*wə-nātōn ʾet*-*ʾĕlōhêhem bā-ʾēš*, for no *ʾĕlōhîm* *hēmmāh*, for if-*maʿăśēh yədê*-*ʾādām*, *ʿēṣ wā-ʾeben*, *wayəʾabbədûm*.", "grammar": { "*wə-nātōn*": "conjunction + verb, qal infinitive absolute - and giving/putting", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*ʾĕlōhêhem*": "noun, masculine plural construct with 3mp suffix - their gods", "*bā-ʾēš*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the fire", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "noun, masculine plural - gods/God", "*hēmmāh*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine plural - they", "*maʿăśēh*": "noun, masculine singular construct - work/product of", "*yədê*": "noun, feminine dual construct - hands of", "*ʾādām*": "noun, masculine singular - man/humanity", "*ʿēṣ*": "noun, masculine singular - wood/tree", "*wā-ʾeben*": "conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and stone", "*wayəʾabbədûm*": "conjunction + verb, piel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with 3mp suffix - and they destroyed them" }, "variants": { "*nātōn*": "giving/putting/placing", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "gods/God/divine beings", "*maʿăśēh*": "work/product/handiwork", "*ʾādām*": "man/humanity/mankind", "*ʿēṣ*": "wood/tree/timber", "*ʾeben*": "stone/rock", "*wayəʾabbədûm*": "destroyed them/annihilated them/caused them to perish" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    De har kastet deres guder i ilden, for de var ikke guder, men verk av menneskehender, tre og stein; derfor har de ødelagt dem.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Og de have overgivet deres Guder til Ilden, fordi de vare ikke Guder, men Menneskens Hænders Gjerning, Træ og Steen, og de fordærvede dem.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    og kastet deres guder i ilden. For de var ikke guder, men verk av menneskehender, av tre og stein. Derfor har de ødelagt dem.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    De har kastet deres guder i ilden, for de var ikke guder, men menneskehenders verk, av tre og stein. Derfor kunne de ødelegge dem.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    og kastet deres guder i ilden, for de er ikke guder, men verk av menneskehender, tre og stein, og de har ødelagt dem.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    og kastet deres guder i ilden; for de var ikke guder, men menneskers henders verk, tre og stein; derfor kunne de ødelegge dem.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    og kastet deres guder i ilden, for de var ingen guder, men menneskehenders verk, tre og stein; derfor har de ødelagt dem.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    & cast their goddes in the fyre. Notwithstodinge those were no goddes but the workes of mens hondes, of wodd or stone, therfore haue they destroyed them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And haue cast their gods in ye fire: for they were no gods, but the worke of mans hands, euen wood or stone: therefore they destroyed them.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And cast their gods in the fire: for those were no gods, but the workes of mens handes, of wood or stone, therfore haue they destroyed them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And have cast their gods into the fire: for they [were] no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    so as to put their gods into fire -- for they `are' no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone -- and they destroy them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And have given their gods to the fire: for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 32:20 : 20 He took the calf which they had made, burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder, scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.
  • 2 Sam 5:21 : 21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
  • Ps 115:4-8 : 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. 5 They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes they have, but they do not see; 6 They have ears, but they do not hear; noses they have, but they do not smell; 7 They have hands, but they do not handle; feet they have, but they do not walk; nor do they speak through their throat. 8 Those who make them are like them; so is everyone who trusts in them.
  • Isa 10:9-9 : 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? 10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose carved images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria; 11 Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, also do to Jerusalem and her idols?
  • Isa 26:14 : 14 They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise; therefore, You have visited and destroyed them and made all their memory to perish.
  • Isa 36:18-20 : 18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Indeed, have they delivered Samaria from my hand? 20 Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their land from my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?
  • Isa 40:19-21 : 19 The workman molds a graven image, the goldsmith covers it with gold and casts silver chains. 20 He who is so impoverished that he has no offering chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks for himself a skillful workman to prepare a graven image that will not be moved. 21 Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
  • Isa 41:7 : 7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smooths with the hammer him that struck the anvil, saying, It is ready for the soldering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
  • Isa 41:24 : 24 Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooses you.
  • Isa 41:29 : 29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
  • Isa 44:9-9 : 9 Those who make a carved image are all of them vanity; and their delightful things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. 10 Who has formed a god, or cast a carved image that is profitable for nothing?
  • Isa 44:17 : 17 And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his carved image: he falls down to it, and worships it, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me, for you are my god.
  • Isa 46:1-2 : 1 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols are upon the beasts and upon the cattle; your carriages are heavily loaded; they are a burden to the weary animal. 2 They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but they themselves have gone into captivity.
  • Jer 10:3-6 : 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They decorate it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it does not move. 5 They stand upright like a palm tree, but do not speak: they must be carried, because they cannot go. Do not be afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good. 6 There is none like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might.
  • Jer 10:11 : 11 Thus shall you say to them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
  • Hos 8:6 : 6 For it is from Israel; the workman made it, and it is not God. But the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.