Verse 20

To what purpose does incense come to me from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing to me.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hva skal jeg med røkelse fra Saba og det fine kalmus fra et fjernt land? Deres brennoffer nytter ikke, og deres slaktoffer gir meg ingen glede.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hva skal jeg med røkelse fra Saba, eller den søte stang fra et fjernt land? Deres brennoffer er ikke behagelige, og deres ofre er ikke til velbehag for meg.

• Norsk King James

  Til hva nytte er røkelsen fra Saba og de søte stengene fra et fjernt land? Deres brennoffer er ikke akseptable, heller ikke deres offer er søte for meg.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvorfor skal røkelse komme til meg fra Saba, og den gode kalmus fra et fjernt land? Deres brennoffer er ikke til behag, og deres offer gleder meg ikke.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hva er det for meg å motta røkelse fra Saba, eller den kostbare kanel fra et fjernt land? Deres brennoffer bringer ingen glede, og deres ofringer er ikke behagelige for meg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hva nytter det å bringe røkelse fra Saba og den søte rørstengelen fra et fjernt land? Deres brennoffer er ikke til behag, og deres ofre gleder meg ikke.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Hvilket formål tjener røkelse fra Seba og søtt sukkerrør fra et fjernt land for meg? Deres brente offer er ikke akseptable, og deres ofre er ikke behagelige for meg.

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

  Hva nytter det å bringe røkelse fra Saba og den søte rørstengelen fra et fjernt land? Deres brennoffer er ikke til behag, og deres ofre gleder meg ikke.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hva skal jeg med røkelse fra Saba og den gode kalamus fra et fjernt land? Dine brennoffer er ikke av behag, og dine slaktoffer finner jeg ikke lyst i.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  What use is frankincense brought from Sheba, or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices do not please me.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hva skal jeg med røkelse fra Saba eller den gode kanel fra et fjernt land? Deres brennoffer er ikke til behag for meg, og deres slaktoffer er ikke velduftende for meg.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvortil skulde mig komme Virak fra Scheba, og den gode Calmus fra et langt fraliggende Land? Eders Brændoffere ere ikke velbehagelige, og eders Offere behage mig ikke.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hva er hensikten med at røkelse kommer til meg fra Saba, og den søte stokken fra et fjernt land? deres brennoffer er ikke akseptabelt, og deres ofre er ikke behagelige for meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hva er formålet med å bringe røkelse fra Saba og det søte rør fra et fjernt land? Dine brennoffer er ikke akseptable, og dine ofre behager meg ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hva er dette for meg? Røkelse fra Saba kommer, og den søte siv fra et land langt borte, deres brennoffer er ikke til velbehag, og deres slaktoffer gleder meg ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Til hva nytte kommer røkelse fra Saba til meg, og søte stenger fra et fjernt land? deres brennoffer er ikke akseptabelt, heller ikke er deres offer til behag for meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Hva er meningen med den søte parfymen som kommer til meg fra Saba, og krydder fra et fjernt land? Dine brennoffer gir meg ingen glede, dine offer av dyr behager meg ikke.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wherfore bringe ye me incense from Saba, & swete smellinge Calamus from farre countrees? Youre burnt offeringes displease me, and I reioyse not in youre sacrifices.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  To what purpose bringest thou mee incense from Sheba, and sweete calamus from a farre countrey? Your burnt offerings are not pleasant, nor your sacrifices sweete vnto me.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Wherefore bryng ye me incense from Saba, and sweete smelling calamus from farre countreys? your burnt offeringes displease me, and I reioyce not in your sacrifices.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings [are] not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  To what purpose comes there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Why `is' this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings `are' not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing unto me.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  To what purpose does sweet perfume come to me from Sheba, and spices from a far country? your burned offerings give me no pleasure, your offerings of beasts are not pleasing to me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  To what purpose comes there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I take no delight when they offer up to me frankincense that comes from Sheba or sweet-smelling cane imported from a faraway land. I cannot accept the burnt offerings they bring me. I get no pleasure from the sacrifices they offer to me.’

Referenced Verses

• Isa 1:11 : 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? says the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals; and I delight not in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of goats.
• Ps 40:6 : 6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; my ears You have opened: burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.
• Isa 60:6 : 6 The multitude of camels shall cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all those from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and incense, and they shall proclaim the praises of the LORD.
• Amos 5:21-22 : 21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not delight in your solemn assemblies. 22 Though you offer me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; nor will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
• Mic 6:6-8 : 6 With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
• Isa 66:3 : 3 He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb, as if he broke a dog's neck; he that offers an offering, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burns incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.
• Jer 7:21-23 : 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat meat. 22 For I did not speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: 23 But this thing I commanded them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people: and walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.
• Ps 50:7-9 : 7 Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, even your God. 8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, which are ever before Me. 9 I will take no bull from your house, nor goats from your folds. 10 For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. 11 I know all the birds of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are Mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you: for the world is Mine, and all its fullness. 13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
• Isa 43:23-24 : 23 You have not brought Me the sheep of your burnt offerings; nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with incense. 24 You have not bought Me sweet cane with money, nor have you satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices: but you have burdened Me with your sins, you have wearied Me with your iniquities.
• Exod 30:23 : 23 Take also for yourself principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half as much, two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet cane two hundred and fifty shekels,
• 1 Kgs 10:1-2 : 1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions. 2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great entourage, with camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him of all that was in her heart.
• 1 Kgs 10:10 : 10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones: no more such abundance of spices came as those which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
• Ps 50:16-17 : 16 But to the wicked God says, What right do you have to declare My statutes, or to take My covenant in your mouth? 17 Seeing you hate instruction, and cast My words behind you.
• Ps 66:3 : 3 Say to God, How awesome are your works! Through the greatness of your power shall your enemies submit themselves to you.
• Ezek 20:39 : 39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord GOD; Go, serve every one his idols, and hereafter also, if you will not listen to me: but pollute my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.
• Ezek 27:22 : 22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were your merchants: they occupied in your fairs with the finest of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.