Verse 17

Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, O LORD, and give not your heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Mellom forhallen og alteret, la prestene gråte, Herrens tjenere. La dem si: «Spare ditt folk, Herre, og gjør ikke din arv til hån, til å bli hersket over av folkene. Hvorfor skulle folkene si: Hvor er deres Gud?»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  La prestene, Herrens tjenere, gråte mellom forhallen og alteret, og la dem si: Spar ditt folk, Herre, og gi ikke din arv til vanære, så hedningene skal herske over dem. Hvorfor skulle de si blant folkene: Hvor er deres Gud?

• Norsk King James

  La prestene, Herrens tjenere, gråte mellom forgården og alteret; la dem si: Spar ditt folk, Herre, og gi ikke din arv til spott, så hedningene skal herske over dem. Hvorfor skulle de si blant folkene: Hvor er deres Gud?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Prestene, Herrens tjenere, skal gråte mellom forhallen og alteret, og de skal si: Herre, spar ditt folk, og gi ikke din arv til skjensel, slik at hedningene hersker over dem; hvorfor skulle de si blant folkene: Hvor er deres Gud?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Mellom forhallen og alteret skal prestene, Herrens tjenere, gråte og si: Skån ditt folk, Herre, og gjør ikke din arv til spott og til en bespottelse blant folkene. Hvorfor skal de si blant folkene: Hvor er deres Gud?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  La prestene, Herrens tjenere, gråte mellom forhallen og alteret, og la dem si: Spar ditt folk, Herre, og gi ikke din arv til vanære, så hedningene hersker over dem: hvorfor skal de si blant folket, Hvor er deres Gud?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  La prestene, Herrens tjenere, sørge ved inngangen til alteret, og la dem rope: «Skån ditt folk, Herre, og la ikke din arv bli til skamme, så hedninger ikke hersker over dem! Hvorfor skulle de da spørre: ‘Hvor er deres Gud?’»

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

  La prestene, Herrens tjenere, gråte mellom forhallen og alteret, og la dem si: Spar ditt folk, Herre, og gi ikke din arv til vanære, så hedningene hersker over dem: hvorfor skal de si blant folket, Hvor er deres Gud?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Mellom forhallen og alteret skal prestene, Herrens tjenere, gråte og si: ‘Spare Ditt folk, Herre, og gjør ikke Din arv til skam, så nasjonene skal herske over dem. Hvorfor skulle de si blant folkene: Hvor er deres Gud?’

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Let the priests, who minister before the LORD, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, 'Spare your people, LORD. Do not make your heritage an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, “Where is their God?”'

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Mellom forhallen og alteret skal prestene, Herrens tjenere, gråte og si: Spar folket ditt, Herre, gi ikke din arv til skjensel, så folkeslagene hersker over dem. Hvorfor skal de si blant folkene: Hvor er deres Gud?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Præsterne, Herrens Tjenere, skulle græde imellem Forhuset og Alteret, og de skulle sige: Herre! spar dit Folk, og giv ikke din Arv til Skjændsel, at Hedningerne skulle herske over dem; hvorfor skulle de sige iblandt Hedningerne: Hvor er deres Gud?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  La prestene, Herrens tjenere, gråte mellom forhallen og alteret, og la dem si: Spar ditt folk, Herre, og gi ikke din arv til hån, slik at hedningene skal herske over dem. Hvorfor skal de si blant folkene: Hvor er deres Gud?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  La prestene, Herrens tjenere, gråte mellom forhallen og alteret, og la dem si: "Skån ditt folk, Herre, og gi ikke din arv til vanære, så folkene skal herske over dem. Hvorfor skulle de si blant folkene: 'Hvor er deres Gud?'"

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Mellom forhallen og alteret skal prestene, Jehovas tjenere, gråte og si: "Vis nåde, Jehova, mot ditt folk, la ikke din arv bli til skam og til herske blant folkeslag. Hvorfor skal de si blant folkene: Hvor er deres Gud?"

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  La prestene, Jehovas tjenere, gråte mellom forhallen og alteret, og si: Spar ditt folk, Jehova, og gi ikke din arv til vanære, så folkene skal herske over dem. Hvorfor skal de si blant folkene: Hvor er deres Gud?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  La prestene, Herrens tjenere, gråte mellom forhallen og alteret, og la dem si: Hør din frelse, o Herre, gi ikke din arv opp til skam, så folkene blir deres herskere; hvorfor la dem si blant folkene: Hvor er deres Gud?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Let the prestes serue the LORDE betwixte the porch & ye aulter, wepinge & sayenge: be fauourable (o LORDE) be fauourable vnto thy people: let not thine heretage be brought to soch confucion, lest the Heithen be lordes therof. Wherfore shulde they saye amonge the Heithen: where is now their God?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Let the Priestes, the ministers of the Lord weepe betweene the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and giue not thine heritage into reproche that the heathen should rule ouer them. Wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Let the priestes the Lordes ministers weepe betwixt the porche & the aulter, and let them say, Spare thy people O Lord, and geue not ouer thine heritage to reproche, that the heathen shoulde rule ouer them: Wherfore shoulde they say amongst the heathen, Where is their God?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where [is] their God?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, "Spare your people, Yahweh, And don't give your heritage to reproach, That the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Between the porch and the altar weep let the priests, ministrants of Jehovah, And let them say: `Have pity, O Jehovah, on Thy people, And give not Thy inheritance to reproach, To the ruling over them of nations, Why do they say among peoples, Where `is' their God?'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Jehovah, and give not thy heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let the priests, the servants of the Lord, be weeping between the covered way and the altar, and let them say, Have mercy on your people, O Lord, do not give up your heritage to shame, so that the nations become their rulers: why let them say among the peoples, Where is their God?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, "Spare your people, Yahweh, and don't give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Let the priests, those who serve the LORD, weep from the vestibule all the way back to the altar. Let them say,“Have pity, O LORD, on your people; please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked, to become a proverb among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples,“Where is their God?”

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 8:16 : 16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
• Ps 79:10 : 10 Why should the heathen say, Where is their God? Let Him be known among the heathen in our sight by avenging the blood of Your servants which is shed.
• Ps 115:2 : 2 Why should the nations say, Where is now their God?
• Isa 37:20 : 20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the LORD, You alone.
• Ps 42:10 : 10 As with a sword in my bones, my enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is your God?
• Ps 74:10 : 10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?
• 1 Kgs 6:3 : 3 And the porch in front of the temple of the house was twenty cubits long, according to the width of the house, and ten cubits wide in front of the house.
• 2 Chr 8:12 : 12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
• Joel 1:9 : 9 The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn.
• Amos 7:2 : 2 And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beg you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
• Amos 7:5 : 5 Then I said, O Lord GOD, cease, I beg you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
• Mic 7:10 : 10 Then she who is my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said to me, Where is the LORD your God? My eyes shall behold her; now she shall be trampled down as the mire of the streets.
• Matt 23:35 : 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
• Matt 27:43 : 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
• Mal 1:9 : 9 And now, I pray you, plead with God that he will be gracious to us: this has been by your means: will he regard you? says the LORD of hosts.
• Joel 1:13 : 13 Gird yourselves, and lament, you priests: howl, you ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God: for the grain offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.
• Ps 89:41 : 41 All who pass by the way plunder him; he is a reproach to his neighbors.
• Ps 89:51 : 51 With which your enemies have reproached, O LORD, with which they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed.
• Ezek 20:9 : 9 But I acted for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
• Ezek 36:4-7 : 4 Therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and mockery to the rest of the nations that are all around; 5 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with spiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey. 6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because you have borne the shame of the nations: 7 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; I have lifted up my hand, Surely the nations that are about you, they shall bear their own shame.
• Dan 9:18-19 : 18 O my God, incline Your ear, and hear; open Your eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name: for we do not present our supplications before You for our righteousness, but for Your great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, listen and act; do not delay, for Your own sake, O my God: for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.
• Hos 14:2 : 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so we will offer the sacrifice of our lips.
• Neh 9:36 : 36 Here we are, servants today! And the land that You gave to our forefathers to eat its fruit and its bounty, here we are, servants in it.
• Ps 42:3 : 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is your God?
• 1 Kgs 9:7 : 7 Then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for My name, I will cast out of My sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
• 2 Chr 7:20 : 20 Then I will uproot them from My land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for My name, I will cast out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all nations.
• Exod 32:11-13 : 11 Moses entreated the LORD his God, and said, "LORD, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people, whom You have brought forth from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth'? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and relent from this evil against Your people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.'"
• Exod 34:9 : 9 And he said, "If now I have found grace in your sight, O Lord, forgive our iniquity and our sin, and accept us as your inheritance."
• Num 14:14-16 : 14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that you LORD are among this people, that you LORD are seen face to face, and that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them, by day in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 Now if you shall kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying, 16 Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.
• Deut 9:16-29 : 16 And I looked, and, behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made for yourselves a molten calf: you had quickly turned aside out of the way which the LORD had commanded you. 17 And I took the two tablets, and threw them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes. 18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread nor drink water, because of all your sins which you sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. 19 For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, with which the LORD was angry against you to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me at that time also. 20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to destroy him: and I prayed for Aaron also at that time. 21 And I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I threw the dust into the brook that came down from the mountain. 22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, you provoked the LORD to wrath. 23 Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and you did not believe him, nor listen to his voice. 24 You have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you. 25 So I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you. 26 I prayed therefore to the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, do not destroy your people and your inheritance, which you have redeemed through your greatness, which you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stubbornness of this people, nor at their wickedness, nor at their sin: 28 Lest the land from which you brought us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness. 29 Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your mighty power and by your stretched out arm.
• Deut 28:37 : 37 And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations where the LORD shall lead you.
• Deut 32:27 : 27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should misbehave themselves, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD has not done all this.
• Ps 74:18-23 : 18 Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed Your name. 19 O deliver not the soul of Your turtledove to the multitude of the wicked; forget not the congregation of Your poor forever. 20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. 21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise Your name. 22 Arise, O God, plead Your own cause: remember how the foolish man reproaches You daily. 23 Forget not the voice of Your enemies: the tumult of those who rise up against You increases continually.
• Ps 79:4 : 4 We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
• Ps 44:10-14 : 10 You make us turn back from the enemy: and those who hate us take spoil for themselves. 11 You have given us like sheep appointed for food, and have scattered us among the heathen. 12 You sell Your people for nothing and do not increase Your wealth by their price. 13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those that are around us. 14 You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
• Isa 63:17-19 : 17 O LORD, why have you made us to stray from your ways, and hardened our heart from your fear? Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance. 18 The people of your holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary. 19 We are yours: you never ruled over them; they were not called by your name.
• Isa 64:9-9 : 9 Do not be very angry, O LORD, neither remember iniquity forever: behold, see, we beseech you, we are all your people. 10 Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 11 Our holy and beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste. 12 Will you refrain yourself for these things, O LORD? Will you hold your peace, and afflict us very sore?