Verse 8

The priests did not say, Where is the LORD? and those who handle the law did not know me: the shepherds also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Prestene spurte ikke: "Hvor er Herren?" De som forvalter Loven, kjente meg ikke; vokterne sviktet meg, profetene spådde i Baals navn og fulgte dem som ikke kan hjelpe.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Prestene sa ikke: Hvor er Herren? De som holdt loven, kjente meg ikke; hyrdene falt fra meg, og profetene profeterte ved Baal og fulgte det som ikke kan gagne.

  • Norsk King James

    Prester spurte ikke: Hvor er Herren? og de som forkynte loven kjente meg ikke; hyrdene handlet også mot meg, og profetene profeterte ved Baal og fulgte etter ting som ikke ga deg noe.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Prestene spurte ikke: Hvor er Herren? De som håndterte loven, kjente meg ikke, lederne syndet mot meg, og profetene profeterte ved Baal og fulgte de som ikke kunne hjelpe.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Prestene spurte ikke: Hvor er Herren? De som holdt på loven, kjente meg ikke, lederne brøt med meg, profetene profeterte ved Baal og fulgte det som ikke gavner.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Prestene spurte ikke: Hvor er Herren? Og de som forvaltet loven kjente meg ikke; lederne var også troløse mot meg, og profetene profeterte ved Baal og fulgte det som ikke hjelper.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Prestene sa ikke: 'Hvor er Herren?', og de som forvaltet loven kjente meg ikke. Hyrdene syndet mot meg, og profetene talte i Baals navn og fulgte etter ting som ikke gir noe utbytte.

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

    Prestene spurte ikke: Hvor er Herren? Og de som forvaltet loven kjente meg ikke; lederne var også troløse mot meg, og profetene profeterte ved Baal og fulgte det som ikke hjelper.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Prestene spurte ikke: Hvor er Herrens orden? De som hånderte loven, kjente meg ikke. Hyrdene forgrep seg på meg, og profetene profeterte ved Ba'al og gikk etter det som ikke kunne gagne.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ Those who handle the law did not know me; the shepherds rebelled against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal and followed worthless things.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Prestene sa ikke: Hvor er Herren? Og lovens voktere kjente meg ikke. Hyrdene falt fra meg, profetene profeterte ved Baal og fulgte det som ikke hjelper.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Præsterne sagde ikke: Hvor er Herren? og de, som omgikkes med Loven, kjendte mig ikke, og Hyrderne gjorde Overtrædelse imod mig, og Propheterne spaaede ved Baal og vandrede efter dem, der ikke kunde gavne.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Prestene spurte ikke: Hvor er Herren? og de som håndterte loven kjente meg ikke; også lederne syndet mot meg, og profetene profeterte ved Baal og fulgte det som ikke gavner.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Prestene spurte ikke: Hvor er Yahweh? De som håndterte loven kjente meg ikke: lederne syndet også mot meg, og profetene profeterte ved Baal, og fulgte etter det som ikke gagner.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Prestene sa ikke: Hvor er Herren? Og de som håndterte loven kjente meg ikke. Hyrdene overtrådte imot meg, og profetene profeterte ved Baal, og gikk etter dem som ikke gagner.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Prestene spurte ikke: Hvor er Herren? Og de som håndterer loven kjente meg ikke; lederne falt også fra meg, og profetene profeterte ved Baal, og fulgte det som ikke gagner.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Prestene spurte ikke: Hvor er Herren? de lovkyndige kjente meg ikke: herskerne syndet mot meg, og profetene profeterte ved Baal, og fulgte det som er verdiløst.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The prestes the selues saide not once: where is ye LORDE? They yt haue the lawe in their hondes, knowe me not: The shepherdes offende agaynst me. The prophetes do seruyce vnto Baal, & folowe soch thinges as shall bringe them no profit.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The priests said not, Where is the Lorde? And they that should minister the Lawe, knewe me not: the pastours also offended against me, and the Prophets prophesied in Baal, and went after things that did not profite.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The priestes them selues sayde not, Where is the Lord? They that had the lawe in their handes knewe me not, the sheepheardes offended agaynst me, the prophetes did prophecie in Baal, and folowed such thinges as shal bryng them no profite.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    The priests said not, Where [is] the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after [things that] do not profit.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The priests didn't say, Where is Yahweh? and those who handle the law didn't know me: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    The priests have not said, `Where `is' Jehovah?' And those handling the law have not known Me. And the shepherds transgressed against Me, And the prophets have prophesied by Baal, And after those who profit not have gone.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handle the law knew me not: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The priests did not say, Where is the Lord? and those who were expert in the law had no knowledge of me: and the rulers did evil against me, and the prophets became prophets of the Baal, going after things without value.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The priests didn't say, 'Where is Yahweh?' and those who handle the law didn't know me. The rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Your priests did not ask,‘Where is the LORD?’ Those responsible for teaching my law did not really know me. Your rulers rebelled against me. Your prophets prophesied in the name of the god Baal. They all worshiped idols that could not help them.

Referenced Verses

  • 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?
  • Jer 10:21 : 21 For the pastors have become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?
  • John 16:3 : 3 And they will do these things to you because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  • Rom 2:17-24 : 17 Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast of God, 18 And know His will, and approve the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; 19 And are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, 20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, who have the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21 You therefore who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that a man should not steal, do you steal? 22 You who say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege? 23 You who make your boast of the law, through breaking the law do you dishonor God? 24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, as it is written.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 But have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
  • Jer 7:8 : 8 Behold, you trust in deceptive words that cannot profit.
  • Jer 8:8-9 : 8 How do you say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Behold, certainly in vain he made it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? 10 Therefore, I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall inherit them: for everyone from the least to the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely. 11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
  • Jer 12:10 : 10 Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard, they have trampled My portion underfoot; they have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
  • Jer 16:19 : 19 O LORD, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to you from the ends of the earth and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things in which there is no profit.
  • Jer 23:1-2 : 1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD. 2 Therefore, thus says the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds who feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, says the LORD.
  • Jer 23:9-9 : 9 My heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, and like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness. 10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their power is not right. 11 For both prophet and priest are profane. Yes, in my house I have found their wickedness, says the LORD. 12 Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall in it; for I will bring disaster upon them, the year of their punishment, says the LORD. 13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal and caused my people Israel to err. 14 I have also seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They also strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none returns from his wickedness. They are all to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah. 15 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem profaneness has gone forth into all the land.
  • Hos 4:6 : 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.
  • Mal 2:6-9 : 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found on his lips; he walked with me in peace and equity and turned many away from iniquity. 7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. 8 But you have turned out of the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts. 9 Therefore, I have also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as you have not kept my ways but have been partial in the law.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
  • Luke 11:52 : 52 Woe to you, lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.
  • John 8:55 : 55 Yet you have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I do not know him, I shall be a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word.
  • Deut 33:10 : 10 They shall teach Jacob your judgments, and Israel your law: they shall put incense before you, and whole burnt sacrifice upon your altar.
  • 1 Sam 2:12 : 12 Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they did not know the LORD.
  • 1 Sam 12:21 : 21 And do not turn aside: for then you should go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
  • 1 Kgs 18:22 : 22 Then said Elijah to the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
  • 1 Kgs 18:29 : 29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any who regarded.
  • 1 Kgs 18:40 : 40 And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
  • Isa 28:7 : 7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up by wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
  • Isa 29:10 : 10 For the LORD has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers has He covered.
  • Isa 30:5 : 5 They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
  • Isa 56:9-9 : 9 All you beasts of the field, come to devour, yes, all you beasts in the forest. 10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. 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. 12 Come, they say, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
  • Jer 2:6 : 6 Neither did they say, Where is the LORD who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no one lived?
  • Jer 2:11 : 11 Has a nation changed their gods, which are not gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.
  • 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.