Verse 17

They refused to obey, and were not mindful of Your wonders that You did among them. But they hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a leader to return to their bondage. But You are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, and did not forsake them.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De nektet å lytte og husket ikke de undergjerningene du hadde gjort for dem. De gjorde sine nakker stive og i sitt opprør utpekte de en leder som skulle føre dem tilbake til deres trelldom. Men du er en Gud som tilgir, nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og rik på godhet, og du forlot dem ikke.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De nektet å lyde, og glemte dine under som du hadde gjort blant dem. De gjorde nakkene stive, og i deres opprør tok de seg en fører for å vende tilbake til slaveriet, men du er en Gud som er klar til å tilgi, nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og av stor godhet, og du overga dem ikke.

• Norsk King James

  De nektet å adlyde, og var ikke oppriktige mot de underverkene du gjorde blant dem. De ble stive i nakken, og i sitt opprør utnevnte de en leder for å returnere til sitt slaveri. Men du er en Gud som er klar til å tilgi, nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og full av stor godhet, og forlot dem ikke.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De ville ikke lytte, husket ikke de undrene du gjorde for dem, men gjorde nakken stiv og satte opp en leder for å vende tilbake til slaveriet sitt i trass. Men du er en Gud som tilgir, nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og rik på miskunn, og du forlot dem ikke.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  De nektet å høre og husket ikke dine underverk som du hadde gjort blant dem, men ble trassige og utnevnte en leder for å vende tilbake til deres slaveri i sin oppsetsighet. Men du er en Gud som tilgir, nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og rik på kjærlighet, og likevel forlot du dem ikke.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De nektet å adlyde, og de glemte de under du hadde gjort blant dem. De gjorde nakken stiv og bestemte seg for å vende tilbake til sitt slaveri, men du er en Gud som er villig til å tilgi, nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og full av stor godhet, og du forlot dem ikke.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De nektet å adlyde og husket ikke de underverker du hadde gjort blant dem; de stivnet halsen og, i opprøret, utpekte en leder som førte dem tilbake til trellskap – men du er en Gud som er villig til å tilgi, nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og med stor godhet, og du forlot dem ikke.

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

  De nektet å adlyde, og de glemte de under du hadde gjort blant dem. De gjorde nakken stiv og bestemte seg for å vende tilbake til sitt slaveri, men du er en Gud som er villig til å tilgi, nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og full av stor godhet, og du forlot dem ikke.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De nektet å høre etter og glemte de undrene du hadde gjort blant dem. De ble stivnakkede og utnevnte en leder for å vende tilbake til sitt slaveri i Egypt. Men du, Gud, er full av tilgivelse, barmhjertig og nådig, sen til vrede og rik på miskunn. Derfor forlot du dem ikke.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They refused to listen and did not remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abundant in faithful love, and You did not abandon them.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  De nektet å høre og glemte de undergjerninger som du hadde gjort for dem. De ble stivnakkede og bestemte seg for å vende tilbake til sin trelldom i opprør. Men du er en Gud som tilgir, nådig og barmhjertig, langmodig og rik på miskunn. Du forlot dem ikke.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ja de vægrede sig for at høre dem og kom ikke dine underlige Ting ihu, som du gjorde med dem, men forhærdede deres Nakke og satte en Høvedsmand for at vende tilbage til deres Trældomstjeneste i deres Gjenstridighed; men du er Forladelsers Gud, naadig og barmhjertig, langmodig og af megen Miskundhed, og forlod dem ikke;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And refused to obey, ither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but harded their cks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindss, and forsookest them not.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  De nektet å lyde, og glemte dine underverker som du hadde gjort blant dem; de gjorde sine nakker stive, og i sitt opprør utnevnte de en leder for å vende tilbake til sitt slaveri. Men du er en Gud som er klar til å tilgi, nådig og barmhjertig, sen til vrede og rik på miskunn, og du forlot dem ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De nektet å adlyde, og glemte de undere du gjorde blant dem. I sin trass valgte de en leder for å vende tilbake til slaveriet. Men du er en nådig og barmhjertig Gud, sen til vrede og rik på kjærlighet; du forlot dem ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  De nektet å høre, og de glemte de under Du hadde gjort for dem i deres opprør, og de gjorde seg et hode for å vende tilbake til trelldommen. Men Du er en Gud som tilgir, nådig og barmhjertig, langmodig og rik på troskap, og Du forlot dem ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De nektet å adlyde, og de husket ikke de undrene du gjorde blant dem. De gjorde seg harde i nakken og utpekte en leder for å vende tilbake til trelldommen. Men du er en Gud som er klar til å tilgi, nådig og barmhjertig, sent til vrede og rik på kjærlighet, og forlot dem ikke.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De nektet å adlyde og minnes ikke dine undre blant dem, men gjorde nakken stiv og satte en leder over seg for å vende tilbake til fangenskapet i Egypt: men du er en Gud som tilgir, full av nåde og medfølelse, tregerdig til vrede og rik på miskunn, og du forlot dem ikke.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and refused to heare, and were not myndefull of the wonders yt thou dyddest for them: but became obstynate and heady, in so moch that they turned back to their bondage in their dishobedience. But thou my God forgauest, and wast gracious, mercifull, pacient, and of greate goodnesse, and forsokest them not.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But refused to obey, & would not remember thy marueilous works that thou haddest done for them, but hardened their neckes, and had in their heads to returne to their bondage by their rebellion: but thou, O God of mercies, gratious and full of compassion, of long suffring and of great mercie, yet forsookest them not.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And woulde not obey, neither were mindeful of the wonders that thou diddest for the: but hardened their neckes, and had in their heades to returne to their bondage by their rebellion: But thou O God of mercies, gracious, and full of compassion, of long suffering, and of great mercie, yet forsookest them not.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou [art] a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and refused to obey, neither were mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn't forsake them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  yea, they refuse to hearken, and have not remembered Thy wonders that Thou hast done with them, and harden their neck and appoint a head, to turn back to their service, in their rebellion; and Thou `art' a God of pardons, gracious, and merciful, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and hast not forsaken them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn't forsake them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. You did not abandon them,

Referenced Verses

• Ps 78:11 : 11 And forgot his works, and his wonders that he had shown them.
• Ps 86:5 : 5 For You, Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon You.
• Ps 86:15 : 15 But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plentiful in mercy and truth.
• Ps 78:42-43 : 42 They did not remember his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. 43 How he had worked his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
• Num 14:3-4 : 3 Why has the LORD brought us to this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be prey? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt? 4 And they said to one another, Let us choose a captain, and let us return to Egypt.
• Joel 2:13 : 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and he repents of the evil.
• Mic 7:18-19 : 18 Who is a God like you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in mercy. 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
• Matt 16:9-9 : 9 Do you not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? 10 Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up? 11 How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread, but to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees?
• Acts 7:39 : 39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but rejected him, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,
• Rom 9:15 : 15 For He says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
• Eph 1:6-7 : 6 To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved. 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace;
• Heb 12:25 : 25 See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from him who speaks from heaven:
• 2 Pet 1:12-15 : 12 Therefore I will not be negligent to always remind you of these things, though you know them and are established in the present truth. 13 Yes, I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you; 14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me. 15 Moreover, I will make every effort that you may always remember these things after my departure.
• Num 14:11 : 11 And the LORD said to Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be before they believe me, for all the signs which I have shown among them?
• Num 14:18-19 : 18 The LORD is longsuffering and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation. 19 Pardon, I beseech you, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your mercy, and as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
• Num 14:41 : 41 And Moses said, Why now do you transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
• Num 16:14 : 14 Moreover, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.
• 1 Kgs 6:13 : 13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
• 1 Kgs 8:57 : 57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us or forsake us:
• Exod 34:6-7 : 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth," 7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
• Ps 78:38 : 38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them: yes, many a time he turned away his anger, and did not stir up all his wrath.
• Ps 103:8-9 : 8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and rich in mercy. 9 He will not always rebuke: nor will He keep His anger forever. 10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. 13 As a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear Him. 14 For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust. 15 As for man, his days are like grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. 16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place remembers it no more. 17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children's children; 18 To those who keep His covenant, and to those who remember His commandments to do them.
• Ps 106:7 : 7 Our ancestors did not understand your wonders in Egypt; they did not remember the multitude of your mercies, but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
• Ps 106:13 : 13 They soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.
• Ps 106:24-25 : 24 Yes, they despised the pleasant land, they did not believe his word. 25 But murmured in their tents, and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.
• Ps 106:43-46 : 43 Many times he delivered them, but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless, he regarded their affliction when he heard their cry. 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and relented according to the multitude of his mercies. 46 He made those who carried them captives to pity them.
• Ps 130:4 : 4 But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared.
• Ps 145:8-9 : 8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. 9 The LORD is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works.
• Prov 1:24 : 24 Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand, yet no one paid attention;
• Isa 55:7-9 : 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.