Verse 27

And Gideon made an ephod and put it in his city, in Ophrah: and all Israel went there to worship it: which became a snare to Gideon and to his house.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Gideon lagde en efod av dette og stilte den opp i byen sin, Ofra. Hele Israel begynte å dyrke avguden der, og det ble en snare for Gideon og hans familie.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og Gideon laget en efod av dette og satte den i sin by, Ofra. Hele Israel drev hor etter det, og det ble en snare for Gideon og hans hus.

• Norsk King James

  Og Gideon laget en efod av dette og satte den i sin by, i Ofra; og hele Israel gikk dit for å tilbe den; dette ble en snare for Gideon og hans hus.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Gideon laget en efod og plasserte den i sin by, Ofra. Hele Israel utførte avgudsdyrkelse der, og det ble en snare for Gideon og hans hus.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Gideon laget en efod av det og satte det i sin by i Ofra, og hele Israel drev avgudsdyrkelse med det der. Det ble en snare for Gideon og hans hus.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Gideon laget en efod av det og satte den i sin by, selv i Ofra. Og hele Israel gikk dit og drev avgudsdyrkelse med den, og det ble en snare for Gideon og hans hus.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Gideon laget et efod av disse og satte det opp i byen sin, i Ophra; og hele Israel begyndte å prostituere seg til det, noe som ble en fellensnare for både Gideon og hans hus.

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

  Gideon laget en efod av det og satte den i sin by, selv i Ofra. Og hele Israel gikk dit og drev avgudsdyrkelse med den, og det ble en snare for Gideon og hans hus.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Gideon laget en efod av det og satte den i sin by, i Ofra. Hele Israel spilte utroskap med den der, og den ble en felle for Gideon og hans hus.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Gideon made the gold into an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. All Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Gideon laget en efod av det og satte den opp i Ofra, hans by. Hele Israel begynte å drive avgudsdyrkelse etter den der, og det ble en snare for Gideon og hans slekt.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Gideon gjorde det til en Livkjortel, og satte den i sin Stad, i Ophra, og al Israel bedrev Hor der efter den; og det blev Gideon og hans Huus til en Snare.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Gideon laget et efod av det og satte det opp i sin by, Ofra: Hele Israel spilte hore der, og det ble en snare for Gideon og hans hus.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Gideon laget en efod av det og satte den i sin by, Ofra; og hele Israel drev avgudsdyrkelse etter den der. Den ble en snare for Gideon og hans hus.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Gideon laget en efod av det, og satte det opp i sin by, Ofra, og hele Israel drev avgudsdyrkelse der, og det ble en snare for Gideon og hans hus.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og Gideon lagde en efod av dem og satte den i sin by, i Ofra; og hele Israel horerte etter den der, og det ble en snare for Gideon og hans hus.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Gideon laget en efod av dem og satte den opp i sin by Ofra; og hele Israel fulgte den der og var troløse mot Herren; og det ble en fallgruve for Gideon og hans hus.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Gideon made a cote armoure therof, and set it in his cite at Aphra. And all Israel wente there a whoringe after it, and it turned to an occasion of fallinge vnto Gedeon and his house.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Gideon made an Ephod thereof, & put it in Ophrah his citie: and all Israel went a whoring there after it, which was the destruction of Gideon and his house.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Gedeon made an Ephod therof, and put it in his citie Ephrah: And all Israel went a whoryng after it in the same place, which thing became a ruyne vnto Gedeon and to his house.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, [even] in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the prostitute after it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and Gideon maketh it into an ephod, and setteth it up in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel go a-whoring after it there, and it is to Gideon and to his house for a snare.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the harlot after it there; and it became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the prostitute after it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Gideon used all this to make an ephod, which he put in his hometown of Ophrah. All the Israelites prostituted themselves to it by worshiping it there. It became a snare to Gideon and his family.

Referenced Verses

• Judg 17:5 : 5 And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
• Judg 18:14 : 14 Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish said to their brethren, Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and teraphim and a carved image and a molten image? Now, therefore, consider what you should do.
• Judg 18:17 : 17 And the five men who went to spy out the land went up and entered there and took the carved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
• Deut 7:16 : 16 And you shall consume all the people which the LORD your God shall deliver to you; your eye shall have no pity on them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you.
• Ps 106:39 : 39 Thus they were defiled with their own works, and played the harlot with their own inventions.
• Judg 6:24 : 24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
• Exod 23:33 : 33 They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.
• Exod 28:6-9 : 6 and they shall make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine woven linen, skillfully worked. 7 It shall have two shoulder straps attached to its two edges, and so it shall be joined together. 8 And the intricately woven waistband of the ephod, which is on it, shall be of the same workmanship, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen. 9 And you shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel: 10 six of their names on one stone, and the other six names on the other stone, according to their birth. 11 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. You shall set them in settings of gold. 12 And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod as memorial stones for the children of Israel, and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders as a memorial. 13 And you shall make settings of gold 14 and two chains of pure gold, like braided cords, and fasten the braided chains to the settings. 15 And you shall make the breastplate of judgment with skillful work. According to the design of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and fine woven linen, you shall make it. 16 It shall be square and doubled; a span shall be its length, and a span shall be its width. 17 And you shall put settings of stones in it, four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and an emerald; 18 the second row shall be a turquoise, a sapphire, and a diamond; 19 the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; 20 and the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They shall be set in gold settings. 21 And the stones shall have the names of the children of Israel, twelve according to their names, like the engravings of a signet. Each one with its own name, they shall be according to the twelve tribes. 22 And you shall make chains for the breastplate at its ends, of braided work of pure gold. 23 And you shall make two rings of gold for the breastplate, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 24 And you shall put the two braided chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. 25 And the other two ends of the two braided chains you shall fasten to the two settings, and put them on the shoulder straps of the ephod at the front. 26 And you shall make two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the edge of it, which is on the inner side of the ephod. 27 And two other rings of gold you shall make, and put them on the two shoulder straps, beneath the ephod toward its front, close to the seam above the intricately woven band of the ephod. 28 They shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod using a blue cord, so that it is above the intricately woven band of the ephod, and so that the breastplate does not come loose from the ephod. 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel on the breastplate of judgment over his heart when he goes into the holy place, as a memorial before the LORD continually. 30 And you shall put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastplate of judgment, and they shall be over Aaron’s heart when he goes in before the LORD. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel over his heart before the LORD continually. 31 And you shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 32 There shall be an opening for his head in the middle of it; it shall have a woven binding all around its opening, like the opening of a coat of mail, so that it does not tear. 33 And upon its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, all around its hem, and bells of gold between them all around: 34 a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe all around. 35 It shall be upon Aaron when he ministers, and its sound shall be heard when he goes into the holy place before the LORD and when he comes out, that he may not die.
• Deut 12:5 : 5 But you shall seek the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His habitation you shall come:
• Judg 6:11 : 11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
• 1 Sam 23:9-9 : 9 And David knew that Saul secretly planned mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod. 10 Then David said, O LORD God of Israel, your servant has certainly heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
• Ps 73:27 : 27 For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.
• Judg 8:32-33 : 32 And Gideon the son of Joash died at a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. 33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
• Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
• Hos 2:2 : 2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
• Hos 4:12-14 : 12 My people ask counsel from their wooden idols, and their staff declares to them, for the spirit of harlotry has caused them to err, and they have gone astray under their God. 13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shade thereof is good. Therefore your daughters shall commit harlotry, and your spouses shall commit adultery. 14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, nor your spouses when they commit adultery, for the men themselves are separated with harlots, and they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. Therefore, the people who do not understand shall fall.