Verse 6

He answered and said to them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Han svarte og sa til dem: «Isaiah har profetert godt om dere hyklere, som det står skrevet: 'Dette folket ærer meg med sine lepper, men deres hjerte er langt borte fra meg.'»

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Men han svarte dem: "På en god måte profeterte Jesaja om dere hyklere, som det står skrevet: 'Dette folket ærer meg med sine lepper, men deres hjerte er langt borte fra meg.'"

• Norsk King James

  Han svarte dem: "Esaias har profetert om dere hyklere, som skrevet: 'Dette folk ærer meg med leppene, men hjertet deres er langt borte fra meg.'"

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han svarte: Jesaja profeterte rett om dere, hyklere! Som det står skrevet: Dette folket ærer meg med leppene, men hjertet deres er langt fra meg.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Han svarte og sa til dem, Vel profeterte Esaias om dere hyklere, som det er skrevet: Dette folket ærer meg med sine lepper, men deres hjerte er langt fra meg.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Han svarte dem: «Jesaja profeterte godt om dere hyklere, slik det står skrevet: Dette folket ærer meg med leppene, men hjertet deres er langt borte fra meg.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han svarte og sa til dem: Vel profeterte Esaias om dere hyklere, som det står skrevet: Dette folket ærer meg med leppene, men deres hjerte er langt borte fra meg.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han svarte dem: «Esaias profeterte om dere hyklere, slik det er skrevet: 'Dette folk ærer meg med sine lepper, men hjertet deres er langt fra meg.'»

• gpt4.5-preview

  Han svarte og sa til dem: «Rett profeterte Jesaja om dere hyklere, som det står skrevet: 'Dette folket ærer meg med leppene, men deres hjerte er langt borte fra meg.'

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

  Han svarte og sa til dem: «Rett profeterte Jesaja om dere hyklere, som det står skrevet: 'Dette folket ærer meg med leppene, men deres hjerte er langt borte fra meg.'

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han svarte: Rett har Esaias profetert om dere, hyklere, som det står skrevet: Dette folket ærer meg med leppene, men deres hjerter er langt borte fra meg.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He answered them, "Isaiah rightly prophesied about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.'

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Han svarte og sa til dem: «Jesaja profeterte rett om dere hyklere, slik det står skrevet: ‘Dette folket ærer meg med leppene, men deres hjerte er langt borte fra meg.’

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men han svarede og sagde til dem: Esaias haver spaaet ret om eder, I Øienskalke! som skrevet er: Dette Folk ærer mig med Læberne, men deres Hjerte er langt fra mig.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han svarte dem: Jesaja profeterte godt om dere hyklere, som det er skrevet: Dette folket ærer meg med leppene, men hjertet deres er langt borte fra meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han svarte dem: "Esaias profeterte godt om dere hyklere, som det står skrevet: 'Dette folket ærer meg med leppene, men deres hjerte er langt borte fra meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han svarte dem: 'Jesaja profeterte godt om dere, hyklere, som det står skrevet: Dette folket ærer meg med leppene, men deres hjerte er langt borte fra meg;

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han svarte dem: Rett profeterte Jesaja om dere hyklere, som det står skrevet: Dette folk ærer meg med leppene, men deres hjerte er langt fra meg.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han svarte dem: Jesaja hadde rett når han profeterte om dere, dere hyklere. Dette folk ærer meg med leppene, men hjertet deres er langt fra meg.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  He answered and sayde vnto them: well prophesied Esaias of you ypocrites as it is writte: This people honoreth me with their lyppes but their hert is farre from me:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But he answered & sayde vnto them: Full well hath Esay prophecied of you Ypocrytes, as it is wrytte: This people honoureth me wt their lippes, but their hert is farre fro me.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then hee answered and sayd vnto them, Surely Esay hath prophecied well of you, hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth mee with lippes, but their heart is farre away from me.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He aunswered, and sayde vnto them, that Esaias hath prophesied well of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honoreth me with their lippes, but their heart is farre from me.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  He answered and said unto them, ‹Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with› [their] ‹lips, but their heart is far from me.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He answered them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he answering said to them -- `Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honor Me, and their heart is far from Me;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He answered them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He said to them,“Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 29:13 : 13 Therefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near to me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
• Matt 15:7-9 : 7 You hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people draws near to me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. 9 But in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
• Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness.
• Titus 1:16 : 16 They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and disqualified for every good work.
• Jas 2:14-17 : 14 What does it profit, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, Depart in peace, be warmed and filled, but you do not give them the things needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
• Luke 11:39-44 : 39 And the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of greed and wickedness. 40 Fools, did not he who made the outside make the inside also? 41 But rather give alms of such things as you have; and behold, all things are clean to you. 42 But woe to you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and every kind of herb, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 43 Woe to you, Pharisees! for you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the markets. 44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.
• Matt 23:13-15 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in. 14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: therefore you shall receive greater condemnation. 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you travel land and sea to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
• 2 Tim 3:5 : 5 Having a form of godliness but denying its power. From such turn away.
• John 8:41-42 : 41 You do the deeds of your father. Then they said to him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. 42 Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love me: for I came out and came from God; neither did I come of myself, but he sent me.
• John 15:24 : 24 If I had not done among them the works which no other man did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
• Acts 28:25 : 25 And when they did not agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had said one word, The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,
• John 8:54-55 : 54 Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father who honors me; of whom you say, that he is your God: 55 Yet you have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I do not know him, I shall be a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word.
• Hos 8:2-3 : 2 Israel shall cry to me, 'My God, we know you.' 3 Israel has cast off what is good; the enemy shall pursue him.