Verse 8

And might not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that did not set their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De burde ikke være som sine fedre, en trassig og opprørsk slekt, en slekt som ikke hadde gjort hjertet stødig og ikke var trofast mot Gud med sin ånd.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og ikke være som deres fedre, en vrang og opprørsk generasjon, en generasjon som ikke satte sitt hjerte til rette, og hvis ånd ikke var trofast mot Gud.

• Norsk King James

  Slik at de kunne sette sin lit til Gud, ikke glemme Guds gjerninger, men holde fast ved hans bud, og være oppriktige i sitt hjerte.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  og ikke være som deres fedre, en vrang og trassig slekt, en slekt som ikke gjorde sitt hjerte rede, og hvis ånd ikke var trofast mot Gud.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  At de ikke skulle bli som sine fedre, en gjenstridig og egenrådig generasjon, en generasjon som ikke gjorde sitt hjerte stødig, og hvis ånd ikke var trofast mot Gud.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og ikke være som sine fedre, en sta og opprørsk generasjon; en generasjon som ikke satte sitt hjerte rett, og hvis ånd ikke var tro mot Gud.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og de skal ikke være som deres fedre, et stædig og opprørsk folk – en generasjon som ikke rettet sitt hjerte og hvis ånd ikke var trofast mot Gud.

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

  Og ikke være som sine fedre, en sta og opprørsk generasjon; en generasjon som ikke satte sitt hjerte rett, og hvis ånd ikke var tro mot Gud.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De skulle ikke bli som deres fedre – en gjenstridig og opprørsk generasjon, en generasjon med et ustadig hjerte, med ånder som ikke var tro mot Gud.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  They would not be like their ancestors—a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal, whose spirits were not faithful to God.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Og ikke være som deres fedre, en opprørsk og trassig generasjon, en generasjon som ikke gjorde sine hjerter faste, og hvis ånd ikke var trofast mot Gud.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  og at de ikke skulde vorde som deres Fædre, en modvillig og gjenstridig Slægt, en Slægt, som ikke beredte sit Hjerte, og hvis Aand ikke var trofast med Gud.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og ikke bli som deres fedre, en sta og opprørsk generasjon; en generasjon som ikke satte sitt hjerte rett, og hvis ånd ikke var trofast mot Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Og ikke være som deres fedre, en trassig og gjenstridig generasjon, en generasjon som ikke gjorde sitt hjerte trofast, hvis ånd ikke var trofast mot Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Så de ikke blir som sine fedre, en frafallen og opprørsk generasjon, en generasjon som ikke forberedte sitt hjerte, og hvis ånd ikke var trofast mot Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og ikke være som deres fedre, en gjenstridig og opprørsk generasjon, en generasjon som ikke satte sitt hjerte rett, og hvor ånden ikke var trofast mot Gud.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  og ikke være som sine fedre, et trassig og gjenstridig slektledd, et slektledd som ikke hadde et fast hjerte, og hvis ånd ikke var trofast mot Gud.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  That they also might put their trust in God, & not to forget what he had done, but to kepe his comaundementes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And not to bee as their fathers, a disobedient & rebellious generation: a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirite was not faithfull vnto God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And that they be not as their forefathers were a rebellious and a mutable generation: a generation that directed not their heart aright, and whose spirite cleaued not stedfastly vnto God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that didn't make their hearts loyal, Whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they are not like their fathers, A generation apostate and rebellious, A generation! it hath not prepared its heart, Nor stedfast with God `is' its spirit.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn't make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 78:37 : 37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant.
• Exod 32:9 : 9 The LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people.
• 2 Kgs 17:14 : 14 Nevertheless they would not listen, but stiffened their necks, like their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God.
• Ezek 20:18 : 18 But I said to their children in the wilderness, Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers, nor observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
• Deut 31:27 : 27 For I know your rebellion, and your stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, you have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
• 2 Chr 30:7 : 7 And do not be like your fathers, and like your brethren, who trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as you see.
• Exod 33:3 : 3 To a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in your midst; for you are a stiff-necked people: lest I consume you on the way.
• Exod 33:5 : 5 For the LORD had said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people: I will come up into your midst in a moment and consume you: therefore now take off your ornaments from you, that I may know what to do with you.'
• Exod 34:9 : 9 And he said, "If now I have found grace in your sight, O Lord, forgive our iniquity and our sin, and accept us as your inheritance."
• Deut 4:4 : 4 But you who cleaved to the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
• Deut 9:6-7 : 6 Understand therefore, that the LORD your God does not give you this good land to possess it because of your righteousness; for you are a stiff-necked people. 7 Remember, and do not forget, how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that you departed out of the land of Egypt, until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD.
• Deut 9:13 : 13 Furthermore the LORD spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people, and, look, it is a stiff-necked people:
• Deut 9:24 : 24 You have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
• 2 Chr 30:19 : 19 That prepares his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
• Job 11:13 : 13 If you prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward Him;
• Ps 68:6 : 6 God sets the solitary in families; he brings out those who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
• 2 Chr 12:14 : 14 And he did evil because he did not prepare his heart to seek the LORD.
• 2 Chr 19:3 : 3 Nevertheless, there are good things found in you, in that you have removed the groves out of the land and have prepared your heart to seek God.
• 2 Chr 20:33 : 33 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, for as yet the people had not directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.
• Josh 14:8-9 : 8 Nevertheless, my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I wholly followed the LORD my God. 9 And Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land where your feet have trodden shall be your inheritance, and your children's forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.
• Matt 23:31-33 : 31 Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' guilt. 33 Serpents, brood of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell?
• Acts 7:51 : 51 You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
• Acts 11:23 : 23 Who, when he came and had seen the grace of God, was glad and encouraged them all, that with purpose of heart, they would remain faithful to the Lord.
• 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.
• Isa 30:9 : 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children who will not hear the law of the LORD:
• Ezek 2:3-8 : 3 And he said to me, Son of man, I send you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even to this very day. 4 For they are impudent children and hardhearted. I do send you to them; and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD. 5 And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse, (for they are a rebellious house,) will yet know that there has been a prophet among them. 6 And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you dwell among scorpions: do not be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house. 7 And you shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will refuse: for they are most rebellious. 8 But you, son of man, hear what I say to you; Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat what I give you.
• Ezek 20:8 : 8 But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me: they did not cast away every man the abominations of their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.