Verse 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.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Likevel har jeg noen få ting imot deg, fordi du lar kvinnen Isabel, som kaller seg selv profetisse, lære og lure mine tjenere til å praktisere hor og spise avgudsofre.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Men jeg har imot deg noen få ting, fordi du lar kvinnen Jesabel, som sier hun er profet, lære og føre mine tjenere vill til å drive hor og spise avgudsoffer.

• Norsk King James

  Likevel har jeg noen ting imot deg, fordi du lar den kvinnen Jesabel, som kaller seg profetisse, lære og føre mine tjenere til å begå usømmelighet og spise fra det som er tilbudt avgudene.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men jeg har noen få ting imot deg: Du tillater kvinnen Jesabel, som kaller seg profetinne, å lære og forføre mine tjenere til å drive hor og spise avgudsoffer.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Men jeg har noen få ting imot deg, fordi du lar den kvinnen Jesabel, som kaller seg en profetinne, lære og forføre mine tjenere til å drive hor og spise offret til avgudene.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Men jeg har noen få ting imot deg; du tillater kvinnen Jesabel, som kaller seg profetinne, å undervise og forføre mine tjenere til å drive hor og spise avgudsofferkjøtt.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men jeg har noen få ting imot deg, fordi du tillater kvinnen Jesabel, som kaller seg selv en profetinne, å undervise og forføre mine tjenere til å drive hor og spise hedenske ofre.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men jeg har noe imot deg, for du lar kvinnen Jezebel, som utgir seg for å være profet, undervise og forføre mine tjenere til å begå hor og spise ting ofret til avguder.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Men jeg har noen få ting imot deg, at du lar kvinnen Jesabel, hun som kaller seg selv profetinne, få undervise og forføre mine tjenere til å drive hor og spise avgudsoffer.

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

  Men jeg har noen få ting imot deg, at du lar kvinnen Jesabel, hun som kaller seg selv profetinne, få undervise og forføre mine tjenere til å drive hor og spise avgudsoffer.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men jeg har noen få ting imot deg: Du tillater kvinnen Jesabel, som kaller seg en profetinne, å lære og lede mine tjenere til å begå hor og spise avgudsoffer.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching, she misleads my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Men jeg har noen få ting imot deg: Du tillater kvinnen Jesabel, som kaller seg selv en profet, å lære og forføre mine tjenere til å drive hor og spise avgudsoffer.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men jeg haver nogle faa Ting imod dig, at du tilsteder den Qvinde Jesabel, som siger sig selv at være en Prophetinde, at lære og forføre mine Tjenere til at bedrive Hor og at æde Afgudsoffere.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou suffest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men jeg har noen få ting imot deg, fordi du lar kvinnen Jesabel, som kaller seg profetinne, lære og forføre mine tjenere til å drive utukt og spise mat ofret til avguder.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Men jeg har dette imot deg, at du tillater kvinnen Jesabel, hun som kaller seg profetinne, å lære og forføre mine tjenere til å begå utukt og spise av det som er ofret til avguder.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men jeg har noen få ting imot deg: Du tillater kvinnen Jesabel, som kaller seg en profet, å lære og føre mine tjenere til å drive hor og spise avgudsoffer.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men jeg har dette mot deg, at du tillater kvinnen Jesabel, hun som kaller seg en profetinne, å lære og forføre mine tjenere til å drive utukt og spise avgudsofferkjøtt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men jeg har dette mot deg, at du tillater kvinnen Jesabel, som kaller seg profet, å undervise og forføre mine tjenere til å drive hor og spise avgudsoffer.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Notwitstondinge I have a feawe thynges agaynst the that thou sofferest that woman Iesabell which called her sylfe a prophetes to teache and to deceave my servauntes to make them commyt fornicacion and to eate meates offered vppe vnto ydoles.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Not withstondinge I haue a feawe thinges agaynst the, that thou sufferest that woman Iesabell (which called her selfe a prophetisse) to teache and to deceaue my seruauntes, to make them committ fornicacion, and to eate meates offered vp vnto ydoles.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Notwithstanding, I haue a few things against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Iezabel, which calleth her selfe a prophetesse, to teache and to deceiue my seruants to make them commit fornication, and to eate meates sacrificed vnto idoles.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Notwithstandyng, I haue a fewe thynges agaynst thee, because thou sufferest that woman Iesabel, which called her selfe a prophetisse, to teache, and to deceaue my seruauntes, to make them commit fornication, and to eate meates offred vp vnto idols.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But I have this against you, that you tolerate your{TR, NU read "that" instead of "your"} woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `But I have against thee a few things: That thou dost suffer the woman Jezebel, who is calling herself a prophetess, to teach, and to lead astray, my servants to commit whoredom, and idol-sacrifices to eat;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But I have [this] against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, who calleth herself a prophetess; and she teacheth and seduceth my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But I have this against you, that you let the woman Jezebel say she is a prophet and give false teaching, making my servants go after the desires of the flesh and take food offered to false gods.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and by her teaching deceives my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

Referenced Verses

• Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.
• 1 Kgs 16:31 : 31 And as if it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshipped him.
• 2 Kgs 9:7 : 7 And you shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
• Acts 15:29 : 29 that you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.
• 1 Cor 10:18-21 : 18 Consider Israel after the flesh: are not those who eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? 19 What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything? 20 But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons: you cannot partake of the Lord's table and of the table of demons.
• 1 Cor 8:10-12 : 10 For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat things offered to idols? 11 And through your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when you sin against the brethren and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
• 1 Kgs 21:23-25 : 23 And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. 24 The one who dies of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and the one who dies in the field the birds of the air shall eat. 25 But there was none like Ahab, who sold himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
• Acts 15:20 : 20 But that we write to them to abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and from blood.
• Exod 34:15 : 15 Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice to their gods, and one of them invites you, and you eat his sacrifice.
• 2 Kgs 9:30-37 : 30 And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out at a window. 31 And as Jehu entered at the gate, she said, Is it peace, you Zimri, who slew his master? 32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? Who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. 33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trampled her underfoot. 34 And when he had come in, he ate and drank, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter. 35 And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. 36 Therefore they came back and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the plot of Jezreel dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel: 37 And the body of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the plot of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
• Rev 2:4 : 4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
• 1 Kgs 19:1-2 : 1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.
• 1 Kgs 21:7-9 : 7 And Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry: I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and the nobles who were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: 10 And set two men, worthless fellows, before him to bear witness against him, saying, You blasphemed God and the king. And then carry him out and stone him, that he may die. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants of his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, and as it was written in the letters she had sent to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And two men, worthless fellows, came in and sat before him; and the men bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. 15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
• Num 25:1-2 : 1 And Israel stayed in Shittim, and the people began to commit immorality with the daughters of Moab. 2 And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.
• 1 Cor 10:28 : 28 But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to idols," do not eat it for the sake of the one who informed you, and for conscience' sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof: