Verse 7

Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Vil Herren være fornøyd med tusenvis av værer eller titusenvis av gaver? Skal jeg gi min førstefødte som soning for mine synder, frukten av mitt kjød for min sjels brudd?

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Vil Herren ha behag i tusener av værer eller titusener av oljebekker? Skal jeg gi min førstefødte for min overtredelse, frukten av mitt liv for min sjels synd?

• Norsk King James

  Vil Herren være fornøyd med tusen lam, eller med mengder av olje? Skal jeg gi min førstefødte for min synd, frukten av mitt legeme for min sjels tilkortkommenhet?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Vil Herren ha glede i tusen værer og titusen oljebekker? Skal jeg gi min førstefødte for min overtredelse, min livs frukt for min sjels synd?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Vil Herren ha behag i tusener av værer, i titusener av oljestrømmer? Skal jeg gi min førstefødte for min overtredelse, frukten av mitt liv for min sjels synd?

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Vil Herren være fornøyd med tusenvis av værlam, eller ti tusen elver av olje? Skal jeg gi min førstefødte for min overtredelse, frukten av min kropp for min sjels synd?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Vil HERREN bli behaget med tusener av værer, eller med titusenvis av strømmende oljer? Skal jeg ofre min førstefødte for min overtredelse, min egen kropps frukt for min sjels synd?

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

  Vil Herren være fornøyd med tusenvis av værlam, eller ti tusen elver av olje? Skal jeg gi min førstefødte for min overtredelse, frukten av min kropp for min sjels synd?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Vil Herren ha velbehag i tusenvis av værer, titusener av oljebekker? Skal jeg gi min førstefødte for min overtredelse, min livsfrukt for min sjels synd?

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand streams of oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Vil Herren ha glede i tusener av værer, i titusener av oljestrømmer? Skal jeg gi min førstefødte for min overtredelse, min livsfrukt for min sjels synd?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Mon Herren skal have Behagelighed, til tusinde Vædere, til ti tusinde Oliebække? mon jeg skal give min Førstefødte for min Overtrædelse, min Livsfrugt for min Sjæls Synd?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Vil Herren glede seg over tusener av værer eller titusener av elveolje? Skal jeg gi min førstefødte for min overtredelse, min kropps frukt for min sjels synd?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Vil Herren bli tilfreds med tusenvis av værer? Med titusenvis av elver av olje? Skal jeg gi min førstefødte for min ulydighet? Frukten av min kropp for min sjels synd?

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Blir Herren tilfreds med tusener av værer, med myriader av oljestrømmer? Skal jeg gi min førstefødte for min lovbrudd, frukten av min kropp for min sjels synd?

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Vil Herren ha behag i tusenvis av værer eller ti tusen elver av olje? Skal jeg gi min førstefødte for min synd, mitt eget kjøtts frukt for min sjels synd?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Vil Herren bli behaget med tusenvis av sauer eller ti tusen elver av olje? Skal jeg gi min førstefødte for min overtredelse, frukten av min kropp for min sjels synd?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Hath the LORDE a pleasure in many thousand rammes, or innumerable streames of oyle? Or shal I geue my firstborne for myne offences, and the frute of my body for the synne of my soule?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand riuers of oyle? shall I giue my first borne for my transgression, euen the fruite of my bodie, for the sinne of my soule?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Hath the Lorde a pleasure in many thousandes of Rammes, or innumerabic streames of oyle? shall I geue my first borne for myne offences, and the fruite of my body for the sinne of my soule?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn [for] my transgression, the fruit of my body [for] the sin of my soul?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Is Jehovah pleased with thousands of rams? With myriads of streams of oil? Do I give my first-born `for' my transgression? The fruit of my body `for' the sin of my soul?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of sheep or with ten thousand rivers of oil? am I to give my first child for my wrongdoing, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

• World English Bible (2000)

  Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Will the LORD accept a thousand rams, or ten thousand streams of olive oil? Should I give him my firstborn child as payment for my rebellion, my offspring– my own flesh and blood– for my sin?

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 16:3 : 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out from before the children of Israel.
• 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 And Samuel said, Does the LORD have as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
• Ps 50:9 : 9 I will take no bull from your house, nor goats from your folds.
• Isa 40:16 : 16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering.
• Ps 51:16 : 16 For you do not desire sacrifice, or I would give it; you do not delight in burnt offering.
• Jer 7:31 : 31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I did not command, nor did it enter into my heart.
• 2 Kgs 3:27 : 27 Then he took his eldest son, who was to reign in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their own land.
• Lev 18:21 : 21 And you shall not let any of your seed pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
• 2 Kgs 21:6 : 6 And he made his son pass through the fire, practiced divination, sought omens, and dealt with mediums and spiritists: he did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger.
• 2 Kgs 23:10 : 10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Molech.
• Job 29:6 : 6 When I washed my steps with cream, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil;
• Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He sits in the lurking places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent; his eyes are secretly set against the poor. 9 He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net. 10 He crouches and humbles himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. 11 He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will never see it. 12 Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Your hand; do not forget the humble. 13 Why does the wicked despise God? He has said in his heart, You will not require it.
• Judg 11:31 : 31 Then it shall be, that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
• Judg 11:39 : 39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
• Jer 19:5 : 5 They have also built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I commanded not, nor spoke it, nor did it come into my mind:
• Ezek 16:20-21 : 20 Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and these have you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Is this of your whoredoms a small matter, 21 That you have slain my children and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?
• Ezek 23:37 : 37 That they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass through the fire, to devour them.
• Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
• Amos 5:22 : 22 Though you offer me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; nor will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
• Phlm 1:12 : 12 I am sending him back to you. Therefore, receive him, that is, my own heart:
• Isa 1:11-15 : 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? says the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals; and I delight not in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of goats. 12 When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts? 13 Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates: they are a trouble to me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: indeed, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Jer 7:21-22 : 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat meat. 22 For I did not speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: