Verse 20

For you dissembled in your hearts, when you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us to the LORD our God; and according to all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For dere har forført dere selv når dere sendte meg til Herren, deres Gud, og sa: Be til Herren vår Gud for oss. Alt Herren, vår Gud, har sagt, skal vi gjøre.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For dere handlet forræderisk i hjertene deres da dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud og sa: «Be for oss til Herren vår Gud; alt som Herren vår Gud skal si, det skal du fortelle oss, og vi vil gjøre det.»

• Norsk King James

  For dere har lurt dere selv i hjertene deres når dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud, og sa: Be for oss til Herren vår Gud; og hva enn Herren vår Gud sier, må dere gjøre.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dere har virkelig villedet dere selv da dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud, og sa: Be for oss til Herren vår Gud, og gi oss beskjed om alt hva Herren vår Gud sier, så vi kan gjøre det.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For dere har bedratt dere selv, dere har sendt meg til Herren deres Gud og sagt: 'Be for oss til Herren vår Gud, og alt Herren vår Gud sier til oss, det skal vi gjøre.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For dere var falske i hjertene deres da dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud, og sa: Be for oss til Herren vår Gud; og slik Herren vår Gud sier, slik skal vi gjøre.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «For dere var troløse i deres hjerter da dere sendte meg til Herren, deres Gud, og sa: 'Be for oss til Herren, vår Gud, og la oss få høre alt Herren, vår Gud, måtte si, så vi kan handle etter det.'»

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

  For dere var falske i hjertene deres da dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud, og sa: Be for oss til Herren vår Gud; og slik Herren vår Gud sier, slik skal vi gjøre.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For dere har bedratt deres egne sjeler når dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud, og sa: 'Be for oss til Herren vår Gud, og alt som Herren vår Gud sier, fortell oss, så vil vi gjøre det.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For you have deceived yourselves when you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, 'Pray to the LORD our God for us, and whatever the LORD our God says, tell us and we will do it.'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Dere har selv forført dere, for dere sendte meg til Herren, deres Gud, og sa: 'Be for oss til Herren, vår Gud, og alt det Herren, vår Gud, sier, så vil vi gjøre det.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Visseligen have I faret vild i eders Sjæle, thi I sendte mig til Herren vor Gud, sigende: Bed for os til Herren vor Gud, og giv os saa tilkjende efter alt det, som Herren vor Gud siger, saa ville vi gjøre det.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For dere har bedratt deres egne hjerter, da dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud og sa: 'Be for oss til Herren vår Gud, og kunngjør for oss alt som Herren vår Gud sier, og vi vil gjøre det.'

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For dere har handlet bedragersk mot deres egne sjeler; for dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud, og sa: Be for oss til Herren vår Gud; og alt hva Herren vår Gud sier, forkynn det for oss, så skal vi gjøre det:

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  for dere har vist dere fordervet i deres sjeler, for dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud, og sa: Be for oss til Herren vår Gud, og hva enn Herren vår Gud sier, det skal du fortelle oss, og vi vil gjøre det.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For dere har bedratt deres egne sjeler; for dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud, og sa: Be for oss til Herren vår Gud; og alt det Herren vår Gud sier, så kunngjør det for oss, og vi vil gjøre det:

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For dere har handlet falskt i deres hjerter; for dere sendte meg til Herren deres Gud og sa: Be for oss til Herren vår Gud, og gi oss ord om alt han måtte si, og vi vil gjøre det.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  ls shal ye begyle youre selues. For ye sent me vnto the LORDE youre God, and sayde: O praye thou the LORDE oure God for vs: and loke what answere the LORDE oure God geueth the, that bringe vs agayne, ad we shall do thereafter.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Surely ye dissembled in your hearts When ye sent me vnto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for vs vnto the Lorde our God, and declare vnto vs euen according vnto al that the Lord our God shall say, and we will doe it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For ye haue dissembled with me: for ye sent me vnto the Lorde your God, and sayde, O pray thou the Lorde our God for vs, and loke what aunswere the Lorde our God geueth thee, that bryng vs agayne, and we shall do therafter:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do [it].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for ye have shewed yourselves perverse in your souls, for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God, and according to all that Jehovah our God saith, so declare to us, and we have done `it';

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God; and according unto all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For you have been acting with deceit in your hearts; for you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, Make prayer for us to the Lord our God, and give us word of everything he may say, and we will do it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You are making a fatal mistake. For you sent me to the LORD your God and asked me,‘Pray to the LORD our God for us. Tell us what the LORD our God says and we will do it.’

Referenced Verses

• Num 16:38 : 38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.
• Ps 18:44 : 44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves to me.
• Ps 65:3 : 3 Iniquities prevail against me; as for our transgressions, You shall purge them away.
• Jer 3:10 : 10 And yet for all this, her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to me with her whole heart, but in pretension, says the LORD.
• Jer 17:10 : 10 I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.
• Jer 42:2 : 2 And said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech you, our supplication be accepted before you, and pray for us to the LORD your God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few out of many, as your eyes do see us:)
• Ezek 14:3-4 : 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces: should I be inquired of at all by them? 4 Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Every man of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him who comes according to the multitude of his idols;
• Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness.
• Matt 22:15-18 : 15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle him in his talk. 16 And they sent out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, nor do you care about anyone, for you do not regard the person of men. 17 Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
• Matt 22:35 : 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him, and saying,
• Gal 6:7 : 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap.
• Jas 1:22 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.