Verse 18

And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD and uncover the woman’s head, and put the grain offering of remembrance in her hands, which is the jealousy offering; and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that brings a curse:

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Deretter skal presten stille kvinnen frem for Herren, løsne håret hennes og legge sjalusiofferet, påminnelsesofferet, i hendene hennes, mens han selv holder de bitre vannene med forbannelse.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og presten skal stille kvinnen foran Herren og løsne hennes hodeplagg, og legge minningsofferet i hennes hender, det er sjaluofferet; og presten skal holde det bitre vannet som forårsaker forbannelsen.

• Norsk King James

  Presten skal sette kvinnen foran Herren, avdekke hodet hennes, og gi henne sjalusiofferet; presten skal ha i hånden det bitre vannet som forårsaker forbannelsen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Presten skal stille kvinnen for Herrens ansikt, la hennes hode være uten tildekking og gi henne minneofferet i hendene; sjalusi-offeret, mens presten holder forbannelsens bitre vann i hånden.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Så skal presten stille kvinnen framfor Herren, løse håret hennes og legge minneofferet i hennes hender, det er sjalusiens offer. Presten skal ha de bitre forbannelsenes vann i hånden.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og presten skal stille kvinnen foran Herren, og avdekke kvinnens hode, og legge minneofferet i hennes hender, som er sjalusiens offer: og presten skal ha i sin hånd det bitre vannet som fremkaller forbannelse:

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Deretter skal presten stille kvinnen foran Herren, avdekke hennes hode og legge minneofferet, som er sjalusiens offer, i hennes hender; mens presten holder i sin hånd det bitre vannet som forårsaker forbannelsen.

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

  Og presten skal stille kvinnen foran Herren, og avdekke kvinnens hode, og legge minneofferet i hennes hender, som er sjalusiens offer: og presten skal ha i sin hånd det bitre vannet som fremkaller forbannelse:

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Så skal presten stille kvinnen frem for Herrens åsyn, løsne hennes hår og legge på hennes hender grødeofferet til påminnelse, som er en sjalusiens grødeoffer, mens presten holder i sin hånd det bitre, forbannede vannet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  After the woman is made to stand before the Lord, the priest will loosen her hair, place the grain offering of remembrance, which is the grain offering for jealousy, into her hands, and hold in his hands the bitter water that brings a curse.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Presten skal la kvinnen stå framfor Herren, løsne håret hennes og legge minneofferet, sjalusiens offer, i hennes hender. Presten skal holde det bitre vannet som fremkaller forbannelse.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og Præsten skal stille Qvinden for Herrens Ansigt, og blotte Qvindens Hoved, og lægge det Ihukommelses Madoffer paa hendes Hænder, det er et Nidkjærheds Madoffer; og Præsten skal have det beske Vand, som gjør Forbandelse, i sin Haand.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Presten skal stille kvinnen foran Herren og løse henne håret, og han skal legge minneofferet i hennes hender, det er sjalusiens offer. Selv skal presten holde bittervannet som bringer forbannelsen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Presten skal stille kvinnen framfor Herren, og løse opp håret på hennes hode, og legge minneofferet i hendene hennes, som er misunnelsens matoffer. Presten skal ha i sin hånd den bitre vannet som fører forbannelse.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Presten skal stille kvinnen for Herren, avdekke hennes hode og legge i hennes hender sjalusiofferet, minneofferet, og i prestens hånd skal være de bitre forbannelsesvannene.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og presten skal sette kvinnen foran Herren, og løse håret på hennes hode, og legge minneofferet i hennes hender, som er sjalusiofferet, og presten skal ha i sin hånd det bitre vannet som bringer forbannelsen.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og han skal la kvinnen stå frem for Herren med løst hår, og legge minneofferet, det bitre åndsofferet, i hennes hender; og presten skal holde i sin hånd det bitre vannet som påfører forbannelsen;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the preast shall set the wyfe before the Lorde and vncouer hir heed and put the memoryall of the offerynge in hyr handes whiche is the gelousye offerynge and ye preast shall haue bytter and cursynge water in his hande and he shall coniure her and shall saye vnto her.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And he shal set the wife before ye LORDE, and vncouer hir heade, and the offeringe of remembraunce which is an offeringe of gelousy, shall he laye vpon hir handes. And the prest shal haue in his hande bytter cursinge water, and shal coniure the wife, & saye vnto her:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  After, the Priest shal set the woman before the Lord, and vncouer the womans head, and put the offring of the memorial in her hands: it is the ielousie offering, and the Priest shall haue bitter and cursed water in his hand,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And let the priest set the woman before the Lorde, and vncouer the womans head, and put the offering of memoriall in her handes, which is the gelousie offeryng: and the priest shall haue bytter and cursed water in his hande.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which [is] the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The priest shall set the woman before Yahweh, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal offering of jealousy. The priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings a curse.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and the priest hath caused the woman to stand before Jehovah, and hath uncovered the woman's head, and hath given into her hands the present of the memorial, it `is' a present of jealousy, and in the hand of the priest are the bitter waters which cause the curse.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the priest shall set the woman before Jehovah, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy: and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that causeth the curse.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he will make the woman come before the Lord with her hair loose, and will put the meal offering, the offering of a bitter spirit, in her hands; and the priest will take in his hand the bitter water causing the curse;

• World English Bible (2000)

  The priest shall set the woman before Yahweh, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal offering of jealousy. The priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings a curse.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then the priest will have the woman stand before the LORD, uncover the woman’s head, and put the grain offering for remembering in her hands, which is the grain offering of suspicion. The priest will hold in his hand the bitter water that brings a curse.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 13:45 : 45 And the leper who has the plague, his clothes shall be torn and his head bare, he shall cover his upper lip and cry, 'Unclean, unclean.'
• Num 5:15 : 15 Then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
• Num 5:17 : 17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water:
• Num 5:22 : 22 And this water that brings a curse shall go into your bowels, to make your belly swell and your thigh waste away. And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
• Num 5:24-26 : 24 And he shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse; and the water that brings a curse shall enter into her and become bitter. 25 Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it on the altar: 26 And the priest shall take a handful of the offering, as its memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water.
• Deut 29:18 : 18 Lest there should be among you a man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears bitter poison and wormwood;
• 1 Sam 15:32 : 32 Then said Samuel, Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came to him delicately, and Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
• Prov 5:4 : 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
• Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are chains. He who pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be trapped by her.
• Isa 38:17 : 17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but in love for my soul, You have delivered it from the pit of corruption: for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
• Jer 2:19 : 19 Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you, says the Lord GOD of hosts.
• 1 Cor 11:6 : 6 For if a woman is not covered, let her be shorn; but if it is a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaved, let her be covered.
• Heb 4:12-13 : 12 For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
• Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.
• Rev 2:19-23 : 19 I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first. 20 Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you allow that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce my servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. 22 Indeed I will cast her into a bed of suffering, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.
• Rev 10:9-9 : 9 And I went to the angel and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me, Take it and eat it up; it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth. 10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it up, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach was bitter.
• 1 Cor 11:15 : 15 But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given to her as a covering.