Verse 1

Thus says the LORD, Where is the certificate of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you have sold yourselves, and for your transgressions your mother is put away.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er dokumentet om skilsmisse til deres mor, som jeg har sendt bort? Hvem har jeg solgt dere til blant mine kreditorer? Se, på grunn av deres synder ble dere solgt, og på grunn av deres overtredelser ble deres mor sendt bort.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet til deres mor som jeg har sendt bort? Eller hvem av mine kreditorer har jeg solgt dere til? Se, for deres synder har dere solgt dere selv, og for deres overtredelser er deres mor sendt bort.

• Norsk King James

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet for din mor, som jeg har sendt bort? Hvem av mine kreditorer er det som jeg har solgt dere til? Se, for deres misgjerninger har dere solgt dere selv, og for deres overtredelser er moren deres sendt bort.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet til deres mor, som jeg sendte henne bort med? Eller hvem av mine långivere solgte jeg dere til? Se, dere ble solgt på grunn av deres synder, og deres mor ble sendt bort på grunn av deres overtredelser.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet til din mor, som jeg sendte bort, eller hvem er min kreditor som jeg har solgt dere til? Se, dere ble solgt på grunn av deres misgjerninger, og deres mor ble sendt bort på grunn av deres overtredelser.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet til din mor, som jeg har sendt bort? Eller hvem av mine kreditorer har jeg solgt dere til? Se, for deres synder har dere solgt dere selv, og for deres overtredelser er deres mor sendt bort.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Slik sier Herren: Hvor er beviset på din mors skilsmisse, den hun ble forkastet med, som jeg slet henne bort? Eller til hvilken av mine kreditorer har jeg solgt deg? Se, av deres overtredelser har dere solgt dere selv, og på grunn av deres synder har din mor blitt forkastet.

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

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet til din mor, som jeg har sendt bort? Eller hvem av mine kreditorer har jeg solgt dere til? Se, for deres synder har dere solgt dere selv, og for deres overtredelser er deres mor sendt bort.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet på din mor, som jeg sendte bort? Eller hvem av mine kreditorer har jeg solgt dere til? Se, for deres misgjerninger ble dere solgt, og på grunn av deres overtredelser ble deres mor sendt bort.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  This is what the LORD says: Where is the certificate of divorce for your mother, whom I sent away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Behold, because of your sins, you were sold, and because of your transgressions, your mother was sent away.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er det skilsmissebrevet til deres mor, som jeg sendte bort, eller hvem av mine långivere er det som jeg har solgt dere til? Se, på grunn av deres ugjerninger ble dere solgt, og på grunn av deres overtredelser ble deres mor sendt bort.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (Saa) sagde Herren: Hvor er eders Moders Skilsmissebrev, med hvilket jeg forskjød hende? eller hvo er den af mine Aagerkarle, til hvem jeg solgte eder? see, I ere solgte for eders Misgjerninger, og eders Moder er førskudt for eders Overtrædelser.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet til din mor, som jeg har sendt bort? Eller hvem av mine kreditorer har jeg solgt dere til? Se, på grunn av deres synd har dere solgt dere selv, og deres mor er sendt bort for deres overtredelser.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet til din mor, som viser at jeg har sendt henne bort? Eller hvem av mine kreditører har jeg solgt dere til? Se, det var for deres synder at dere ble solgt, og for deres overtredelser ble deres mor sendt bort.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet til deres mor, som jeg sendte bort? Eller til hvilken av mine kreditorer har jeg solgt dere? Se, for deres synder ble dere solgt, og for deres overtredelser ble deres mor sendt bort.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så sier Herren: Hvor er skilsmissebrevet til deres mor, som jeg sendte henne bort med? Eller hvem av mine kreditorer har jeg solgt dere til? Se, på grunn av deres misgjerninger ble dere solgt, og på grunn av deres overtredelser ble deres mor sendt bort.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dette er Herrens ord: Hvor er dokumentet jeg ga din mor da jeg sendte henne bort? Til hvilken av mine kreditorer ga jeg deg som betaling? Det var på grunn av deres synder at dere ble gitt i andres hender, og for deres ondskap ble deres mor sendt bort.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thus saieth the LORDE: Where is the bill of yor mothers deuorcemet, that I sent vnto her? or who is the vsurer, to who I solde you? Beholde, for youre owne offeces are ye solde: & because of youre transgression, is youre mother forsake.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thus sayeth the Lorde, Where is that bill of your mothers diuorcement, whome I haue cast off? or who is the creditour to whome I solde you? Beholde, for your iniquities are yee solde, and because of your transgressions is your mother forsaken.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thus saith the Lorde: Where is the byll of your mothers deuorcement whom I sent away? or who is the vsurer to whom I solde you? Beholde, for your offences are ye solde, and because of your transgression is your mother forsaken.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Thus saith the LORD, Where [is] the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors [is it] to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Thus says Yahweh, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thus said Jehovah: `Where `is' this -- the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thus saith Jehovah, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, wherewith I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were ye sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  This is the word of the Lord: Where is the statement which I gave your mother when I put her away? or to which of my creditors have I given you for money? It was for your sins that you were given into the hands of others, and for your evil-doing was your mother put away.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Thus says Yahweh, "Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, with which I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were you sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  This is what the LORD says:“Where is your mother’s divorce certificate by which I divorced her? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold because of your sins; because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:30 : 30 How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had delivered them up?
• Jer 3:8 : 8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also.
• Matt 18:25 : 25 But as he was not able to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.
• 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant feared the LORD: and the creditor has come to take my two sons to be slaves.
• Neh 5:5 : 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and indeed, we bring into bondage our sons and daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are already in bondage; nor is it in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.
• Isa 52:3 : 3 For thus says the LORD, You have sold yourselves for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money.
• Deut 24:1-4 : 1 When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it comes to pass that she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a certificate of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 2 And when she has departed from his house, she may go and be another man's wife. 3 And if the latter husband dislikes her, and writes her a certificate of divorce, and gives it in her hand, and sends her out of his house; or if the latter husband dies, who took her to be his wife; 4 Her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she is defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD: and you shall not cause the land to sin, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance.
• Exod 21:7 : 7 And if a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
• 1 Kgs 21:25 : 25 But there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
• Esth 7:4 : 4 For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to perish. But if we had been sold as slaves, I would have remained silent, although the enemy could not compensate for the king's loss.
• Ps 44:12 : 12 You sell Your people for nothing and do not increase Your wealth by their price.
• 2 Kgs 17:17 : 17 They caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire, practiced divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
• Isa 59:1-2 : 1 Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; nor his ear dull, that it cannot hear: 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
• Jer 3:1 : 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.
• Mark 10:4-9 : 4 And they said, Moses allowed to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her. 5 And Jesus answered and said to them, Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. 6 But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. 7 For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8 And the two shall become one flesh: so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. 10 And in the house his disciples asked him again about the same matter. 11 And he said to them, Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. 12 And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.
• Hos 2:2-4 : 2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; 3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst. 4 And I will not have mercy on her children; for they are the children of whoredoms.
• Jer 4:18 : 18 Your way and your deeds have procured these things for you; this is your wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reaches to your heart.