Verse 2

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place for travelers; that I might leave my people and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De bøyer sine tunger som buer for å lyve; de undertrykker folk i landet uten rettferdighet, og de kjenner meg ikke, sier Herren.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Å, om jeg hadde et husly i ørkenen for vandringsmenn, slik at jeg kunne forlate mitt folk og dra bort fra dem! For de er alle utro, en forsamling av svikefulle mennesker.

• Norsk King James

  Åh, at jeg hadde et herberge for reisende i ødemarken, så jeg kunne forlate mitt folk og dra bort fra dem! For de er alle utro, en samling av svikefulle menn.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Å, om jeg bare hadde et vertshus i ørkenen for reisende, så ville jeg forlate mitt folk og dra bort fra dem! For de er alle utroskapens folk, som bryter deres løfter selv på de mest hellige dager.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Deres tunge er som en pil for løgn, de taler falskhet. De styrker seg ikke i troen på jorden, de går fra onde til onde, og meg kjenner de ikke, sier Herren.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Å, om jeg hadde et hvilested i villmarken for veifarende, så jeg kunne forlate mitt folk og dra fra dem! For de er alle utro, en forsamling av svikefulle mennesker.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Å, om jeg i ørkenen hadde et hvilested for reisende, så jeg kunne forlate mitt folk og dra vekk fra dem! For de er alle utro, en forsamling av bedragerske menn.

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

  Å, om jeg hadde et hvilested i villmarken for veifarende, så jeg kunne forlate mitt folk og dra fra dem! For de er alle utro, en forsamling av svikefulle mennesker.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De vender tungen sin som en løgnaktig bue, og de er ikke trofaste i landet. Fra ondskap til ondskap går de fram, for de kjenner ikke meg, sier Herren.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They bend their tongues like a bow to shoot lies, not for truth do they grow strong in the land; they go from one evil to another, and they do not know me, declares the Lord.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De bøyer sine tunger som buer for løgn. De styrker seg ikke i sannhet her på jorden. Fra det ene onde til det andre fortsetter de, og meg kjenner de ikke, sier Herren.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Gid jeg havde i Ørken et Herberge (som for) de Veifarende! da vilde jeg forlade mit Folk og gaae fra dem; thi de ere allesammen Horkarle, som handle troløst, (endog) paa Forbudsdagen.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Å, om jeg hadde et herberge for reisende i ødemarken, så jeg kunne forlate mitt folk og gå bort fra dem! For de er alle utro, en forsamling av svikefulle mennesker.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Å, om jeg hadde et hvilested i ødemarken for reisende, så jeg kunne forlate mitt folk og dra fra dem! For de er alle utro, et forbund av svikefulle mennesker.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hvem vil gi meg losji i ørkenen, et sted for reisende? Så jeg kan forlate mitt folk og dra bort fra dem, for de er alle ekteskapsbrytere, en forsamling av svik.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Å, om jeg hadde et losji i ødemarken for vandringsmenn, så jeg kunne forlate mitt folk og dra bort fra dem! For de er alle utro, en flokk av falske menn.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Om bare jeg hadde et hvilested i villmarken for reisende, så jeg kunne dra bort, langt fra mitt folk! For de er alle falske, en bande av svikefulle menn.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wolde God that I had a cotage some where farre from folke, that I might leaue my people, and go from the: for they be all aduoutrers and a shrenckinge sorte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Oh, that I had in the wildernes a cottage of wayfaring men, that I might leaue my people, and go from them: for they be all adulterers & an assembly of rebels,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Woulde God that I had a cottage somewhere farre from folke, that I might leaue my people and go from them, for they be all adulterers and a shrinking sort.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they [be] all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Who doth give me in a wilderness A lodging-place of travellers? And I leave my people, and go from them, For all of them `are' adulterers, An assembly of treacherous ones.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far from my people! for they are all untrue, a band of false men.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  (9:1) I wish I had a lodging place in the wilderness where I could spend some time like a weary traveler. Then I would desert my people and walk away from them because they are all unfaithful to God, a congregation of people that has been disloyal to him.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 5:7-8 : 7 How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. 8 They were like well-fed horses in the morning: everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife.
• Jer 23:10 : 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.
• Hos 4:2 : 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
• Jer 12:1 : 1 Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal very treacherously?
• Jer 12:6 : 6 For even your brothers, the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; yes, they have called a multitude after you. Do not believe them, even though they speak kind words to you.
• Hos 7:4 : 4 They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker, who ceases from stirring after he has kneaded the dough, until it is leavened.
• Mic 7:1-7 : 1 Woe is me! For I am like when they have gathered the summer fruits, like the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desired the first ripe fruit. 2 The good man has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt each his brother with a net. 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. 4 The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of your watchmen and your visitation comes; now shall be their perplexity. 5 Do not trust in a friend, put no confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom. 6 For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. 7 Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
• Zeph 3:4 : 4 Her prophets are light and treacherous people: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
• Mal 2:11 : 11 Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
• Jas 4:4 : 4 You adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wants to be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
• Ps 55:6-8 : 6 And I said, Oh, that I had wings like a dove! For then I would fly away and be at rest. 7 Indeed, I would wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. 8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
• Ps 120:5-7 : 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! 6 My soul has long dwelt with him who hates peace. 7 I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war.
• Hos 5:7 : 7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now a month shall devour them with their portions.
• Hos 6:7 : 7 But like men they have transgressed the covenant: there they have dealt treacherously against me.
• Ezek 22:10-11 : 10 In you they have uncovered their fathers' nakedness: in you they have humbled her who was set apart for impurity. 11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.