Verse 7

They shall not take a wife who is a whore, or profane; nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband: for he is holy to his God.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  En prest skal ikke ta til ekte en prostituert kvinne eller en som er vanæret, og heller ikke en kvinne som er skilt fra sin mann. For presten er hellig for sin Gud.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De skal ikke ta seg en hustru som er skjøge eller vanhelliget; heller ikke skal de ta en kvinne som er skilt fra sin mann, for presten er hellig for sin Gud.

• Norsk King James

  De skal ikke ta en kvinne som er uærlig, eller en kvinne som er skilt fra sin mann; for han er hellig for sin Gud.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De skal ikke ta en kvinne som har vært prostituert eller er vanæret, og en kvinne som er skilt fra sin mann skal de ikke ta; for presten er hellig for sin Gud.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De skal ikke gifte seg med en kvinne som er prostituert, vanhelliget, eller en kvinne som er skilt fra mannen sin, for presten er hellig for sin Gud.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De skal ikke ta til ekte en prostituert kvinne eller en vanhelliget kvinne, heller ikke skal de ta en kvinne som er skilt fra sin mann; for han er hellig for sin Gud.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De skal ikke gifte seg med en hore eller en umoralsk kvinne, ei heller med en kvinne som er skilt fra sin ektemann, for han er hellig for sin Gud.

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

  De skal ikke ta til ekte en prostituert kvinne eller en vanhelliget kvinne, heller ikke skal de ta en kvinne som er skilt fra sin mann; for han er hellig for sin Gud.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De skal ikke ta til hustru en kvinne som er prostituert eller vanæret, heller ikke en kvinne som er skilt fra sin mann, for presten er hellig for sin Gud.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They must not marry a woman who is a prostitute or has been profaned, nor may they marry a divorced woman, because priests are holy to their God.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Leviticus.21.7", "source": "אִשָּׁ֨ה זֹנָ֤ה וַחֲלָלָה֙ לֹ֣א יִקָּ֔חוּ וְאִשָּׁ֛ה גְּרוּשָׁ֥ה מֵאִישָׁ֖הּ לֹ֣א יִקָּ֑חוּ כִּֽי־קָדֹ֥שׁ ה֖וּא לֵאלֹהָֽיו׃", "text": "*ʾIššāh* *zōnāh* and-*ḥălālāh* not *yiqqāḥû* and-*ʾiššāh* *gərûšāh* from-*ʾîšāh* not *yiqqāḥû* *kî*-*qādōš* he to-*ʾĕlōhāyw*.", "grammar": { "*ʾIššāh*": "feminine singular noun - woman/wife", "*zōnāh*": "qal participle feminine singular - prostituting/harlot", "*ḥălālāh*": "feminine singular noun - profaned woman", "*yiqqāḥû*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they shall take", "*gərûšāh*": "passive participle feminine singular - divorced woman", "*ʾîšāh*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her husband", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*qādōš*": "masculine singular adjective - holy", "*ʾĕlōhāyw*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his God" }, "variants": { "*zōnāh*": "harlot/prostitute/immoral woman", "*ḥălālāh*": "profaned woman/defiled woman", "*gərûšāh*": "divorced woman/driven out woman" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Ingen prest skal ta en kvinne som er prostituert eller vanæret, heller ikke en kvinne som er skilt fra sin mann, for han er hellig for sin Gud.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  De skulle ikke tage nogen Horekone eller en, som er krænket; og den Qvinde, som er uddreven fra sin Mand, skulle de ikke tage; thi han (Præsten) er hellig for sin Gud.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De skal ikke ta en kvinne som er en prostituert eller vanhelliget, og de skal ikke ta en kvinne som er skilt fra sin mann; for han er hellig for sin Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De skal ikke gifte seg med en kvinne som er prostituert eller vanhellig; ikke gifte seg med en kvinne som er skilt fra sin mann, for presten er hellig for sin Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  En kvinne som er en skjøge eller er uren, skal de ikke ta, og heller ikke en kvinne som er forstøtt av mannen sin, for han er hellig for sin Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De skal ikke ta en kvinne som er prostituert eller vanhellig, heller ikke en kvinne som er skilt fra sin mann, for han er hellig for sin Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De skal ikke ta til ekte en kvinne av lav moralsk stand eller en som er skilt fra sin mann; for presten er hellig for sin Gud.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Thei shall take no wife that is an whoore, or poluted, or put fro hir husbonde: for a preast is holy vnto his God.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  They shal take no whore, ner one that is defyled, or yt is put awaye from hir husbande, for he is holy vnto his God:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They shall not take to wife an whore, or one polluted, neither shall they marrie a woman diuorced from her husband: for such one is holy vnto his God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Let them not take a wyfe that is an whore, or polluted, nor put from her husband: for such a one is holy vnto his god.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  They shall not take a wife [that is] a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he [is] holy unto his God.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "'They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband: for he is holy to his God.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he `is' holy to his God;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "'They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband: for he is holy to his God.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution, nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 21:13-14 : 13 And he shall take a wife in her virginity. 14 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or a harlot, these he shall not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people as a wife.
• Ezek 44:22 : 22 Neither shall they marry widows, nor her who is divorced; but they shall take virgins of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow who had a priest before.
• Deut 24:1-4 : 1 When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it comes to pass that she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a certificate of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 2 And when she has departed from his house, she may go and be another man's wife. 3 And if the latter husband dislikes her, and writes her a certificate of divorce, and gives it in her hand, and sends her out of his house; or if the latter husband dies, who took her to be his wife; 4 Her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she is defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD: and you shall not cause the land to sin, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance.
• Lev 21:8 : 8 You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.
• Isa 50:1 : 1 Thus says the LORD, Where is the certificate of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you have sold yourselves, and for your transgressions your mother is put away.
• 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 In the same way, their wives must be dignified, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.