Verse 8

But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the wooden idol is a doctrine of vanities.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Men alle er verdiløse og dårer; deres arbeid er ingenting, for det er bare treverk.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men de er alle uforstandige og dåraktige; de lærer tomhet av tre.

• Norsk King James

  Men de er alle dumme og tåpelige: stammen er en lære om tomhet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men de er alle ufornuftige og oppfører seg tåpelig; det er en meningsløs lærdom å lære et tre.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Å, i ett og alt er de dumme og dåraktige; deres formaning er treets tomhet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men de er alle sammen brutale og dåraktige: deres trestokk er en lære om meningsløshet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men de er totalt brutale og tåpelige: avgudens lære er en lære av tomhet.

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

  Men de er alle sammen brutale og dåraktige: deres trestokk er en lære om meningsløshet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De er alle like dumme og vettløse; deres idoler er til tre å være.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They are all senseless and foolish; their instruction comes from worthless idols.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De er alle uten kunnskap og forstand; avguders undervisning kommer fra tre.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og de ere tilsammen ufornuftige og handle daarligen; saadant et Træ er en forfængelig Underviisning.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men de er alle uforstandige og dåraktige; trestokken er en tom læresetning.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men de er alle sammen dumme og uforstandige; lærdommen av avguder! Den er bare en stokk.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De er alle brutale og tåpelige; treet er selv en lære om tomhet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men de er alle sammen brutale og dumme: læren om avguder er bare treverk.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men de er alle som dyr og uten forstand: læren om falske guder er treverk.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  They are all together vnlerned and vnwise, All their connynge is but vanite:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But, altogether they dote, and are foolish: for the stocke is a doctrine of vanitie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  They are altogether brutishe and vnwise in this one thing: wood is the teaching of vanitie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities `is' the tree itself.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!

Referenced Verses

• Isa 41:29 : 29 Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
• Jer 10:14 : 14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is humiliated by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
• Hab 2:18 : 18 What profit is the carved image that its maker has carved it; the molded image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusts in it, to make mute idols?
• Zech 10:2 : 2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie and told false dreams; they comfort in vain. Therefore they went their way as a flock; they were troubled because there was no shepherd.
• Rom 1:21-22 : 21 Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,
• Jer 51:17-18 : 17 Every man is senseless by his knowledge; every craftsman is put to shame by the graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 18 They are vanity, the work of errors; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
• Hos 4:12 : 12 My people ask counsel from their wooden idols, and their staff declares to them, for the spirit of harlotry has caused them to err, and they have gone astray under their God.
• Ps 115:8 : 8 Those who make them are like them; so is everyone who trusts in them.
• Ps 135:18 : 18 Those who make them are like them: so is everyone that trusts in them.
• Isa 44:19 : 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?
• Jer 2:27 : 27 Saying to a tree, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought me forth: for they have turned their back to me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
• Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are senseless children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.