Verse 14

Yet you say, Why? Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously; yet she is your companion and the wife of your covenant.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Dere spør: 'Hvorfor?' Fordi Herren har vært vitne mellom deg og din ungdoms hustru, som du har vært troløs mot, selv om hun er din ledsager og pakts-hustru.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    Og dere sier: Hvorfor? Fordi Herren har vært vitne mellom deg og ungdommens kone, som du har vært troløs mot, enda hun er din følgesvenn og din pakts hustru.

  • Norsk King James

    Likevel spør dere, Hvorfor? Fordi HERREN har vært vitne mellom deg og din ungdoms kjæreste, som du har handlet svikefullt mot: hun er din ledsager, og din pakt er med henne.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Og dere spør: Hvorfor? Fordi Herren har vært vitne mellom deg og din ungdoms hustru, som du har vært utro mot, selv om hun er din ektefelle og din pakts hustru.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Og dere sier: «Hvorfor?» Fordi Herren har vært vitne mellom deg og din ungdoms hustru, som du har sveket, selv om hun er din følgesvenn og din pakts hustru.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Likevel sier dere: Hvorfor? Fordi HERREN har vært vitne mellom deg og din ungdoms hustru, som du har vært utro mot. Likevel er hun din følgesvenn og din paktshustru.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Men dere spør: Hvorfor? Det er fordi HERREN har vært vitne mellom deg og din ungdoms kone, mot hvem du har handlet forrædersk; likevel er hun din livspartner og den som inngår pakt med deg.

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

    Likevel sier dere: Hvorfor? Fordi HERREN har vært vitne mellom deg og din ungdoms hustru, som du har vært utro mot. Likevel er hun din følgesvenn og din paktshustru.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Og dere spør: Hvorfor? Fordi Herren er vitne mellom deg og din ungdoms hustru, som du har vært troløs mot, selv om hun er din ektefelle og hustru ved pakten.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Yet you ask, 'Why?' Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your companion and the wife of your covenant.

  • biblecontext

    { "verseID": "Malachi.2.14", "source": "וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם עַל־מָ֑ה עַ֡ל כִּי־יְהוָה֩ הֵעִ֨יד בֵּינְךָ֜ וּבֵ֣ין ׀ אֵ֣שֶׁת נְעוּרֶ֗יךָ אֲשֶׁ֤ר אַתָּה֙ בָּגַ֣דְתָּה בָּ֔הּ וְהִ֥יא חֲבֶרְתְּךָ֖ וְאֵ֥שֶׁת בְּרִיתֶֽךָ׃", "text": "And-*ʾămartem* upon-what? Upon that-*YHWH* *hēʿîd* between-you and-between *ʾēšet* *nəʿûreykā* *ʾăšer* you *bāgadtâ* in-her and-she *ḥăbertəkā* and-*ʾēšet* *bərîtekā*", "grammar": { "*ʾămartem*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine plural - you have said", "*YHWH*": "divine name", "*hēʿîd*": "hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he has witnessed/testified", "*ʾēšet*": "feminine singular construct - wife of", "*nəʿûreykā*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your youth", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - whom/that", "*bāgadtâ*": "qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have dealt treacherously", "*ḥăbertəkā*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your companion", "*ʾēšet*": "feminine singular construct - wife of", "*bərîtekā*": "feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your covenant" }, "variants": { "*ʾămartem*": "you have said/spoken/declared", "*hēʿîd*": "he has witnessed/testified/been a witness", "*ʾēšet* *nəʿûreykā*": "wife of your youth/young wife", "*bāgadtâ*": "you have dealt treacherously/faithlessly/deceitfully", "*ḥăbertəkā*": "your companion/partner/associate", "*ʾēšet* *bərîtekā*": "wife of your covenant/covenant wife" } }

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Og dere spør: 'Hvorfor?' Fordi Herren har vitnet mellom deg og din ungdoms hustru som du har sveket, selv om hun var din ledsager og din pakts hustru.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Og I sagde: Hvorfor? Fordi at Herren haver vidnet imellem dig og imellem din Ungdoms Hustru, som du haver handlet troløst imod, enddog hun var dig tilføiet og var din Pagtes Hustru.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Men dere sier: Hvorfor? Fordi Herren har vært vitne mellom deg og din ungdoms hustru, som du har sviktet. Likevel er hun din følgesvenn og din pakts hustru.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Likevel sier dere: 'Hvorfor?' Fordi Herren har vært vitne mellom deg og din ungdoms hustru, som du har sviktet, enda hun er din følgesvenn og din pakts hustru.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Og dere spør: 'Hvorfor?' Fordi Herren har vært vitne mellom deg og din ungdoms hustru, som du har vært troløs mot, enda hun er din ledsager og din paktens hustru.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Likevel sier dere, Hvorfor? Fordi Herren har vært vitne mellom deg og din ungdoms hustru, som du har handlet svikefullt mot, selv om hun er din følgesvenn og din pakts hustru.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Men dere sier, Hvorfor? Fordi Herren har vært vitne mellom deg og din ungdoms hustru, som du har vært utro mot, selv om hun er din venn og hustruen du har gitt ditt ord til.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And yet ye saye: wherfore? Euen because that where as the LORDE made a couenaut betwixte ye and the wife off thy youth, thou hast despysed her: Yet is she thyne owne copanyon and maried wife.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Yet yee say, Wherein? Because the Lorde hath beene witnesse betweene thee and the wife of thy youth, against whome thou hast transgressed: yet is shee thy companion, and the wife of thy couenant.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Yet ye say, wherin? Because the Lord hath ben witnesse betweene thee and thy wyfe of thy youth, against whom thou hast transgressed, yet is she thyne owne companion, and the wyfe of thy couenaunt.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet [is] she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Yet you say, 'Why?' Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And ye have said, `Wherefore?' Because Jehovah hath testified between thee And the wife of thy youth, That thou hast dealt treacherously against her, And she thy companion, and thy covenant-wife.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because Jehovah hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously, though she is thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But you say, For what reason? Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your early years, to whom you have been untrue, though she is your friend and the wife to whom you have given your word.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Yet you say, 'Why?' Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion, and the wife of your covenant.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Yet you ask,“Why?” The LORD is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 54:6 : 6 For the LORD has called you as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when you were refused, says your God.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who turn aside the stranger from his right, and do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Gen 2:18 : 18 And the LORD God said, It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.
  • Gen 31:50 : 50 If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and you.
  • 1 Sam 12:5 : 5 And he said to them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
  • Prov 2:17 : 17 Who forsakes the guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
  • Prov 5:18-19 : 18 Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth. 19 Let her be as the loving deer and graceful doe; let her breasts satisfy you at all times; and be ravished always with her love.
  • Prov 30:20 : 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats and wipes her mouth and says, I have done no wrong.
  • Eccl 9:9 : 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in this life and in your labor which you take under the sun.
  • Song 1:15 : 15 Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves' eyes.
  • Judg 11:10 : 10 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not do according to your words.
  • Mal 3:8 : 8 Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, 'In what way have we robbed you?' In tithes and offerings.
  • Isa 58:3 : 3 Why have we fasted, they say, and you do not see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no notice? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure and exact all your labors.
  • Jer 8:12 : 12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore, they shall fall among those that fall: when I punish them, they shall be cast down, says the LORD.
  • Jer 42:5 : 5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not act according to all the things for which the LORD your God shall send you to us.
  • Ezek 16:8 : 8 Now when I passed by you, and looked upon you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my garment over you, and covered your nakedness; yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord GOD, and you became mine.
  • Mic 1:2 : 2 Hear, all you people; listen, O earth, and all that is within it: and let the Lord GOD be a witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
  • Mal 1:6-7 : 6 A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honor? and if I be a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, that despise my name. And you say, How have we despised your name? 7 You offer defiled bread upon my altar; and you say, How have we polluted you? In that you say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
  • Mal 2:15 : 15 And did he not make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.