Verse 20

But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Og de restene av menneskene som ikke ble drept av disse plagene, omvendte seg ikke fra sine henders gjerninger, så de ikke skulle tilbede djevler, og avguder av gull, og sølv, og bronsje, og stein, og tre, som verken kan se, eller høre, eller gå.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Og de andre menneskene som ikke ble myrdet av disse plagene, omvendte seg ikke fra sine gjerninger, så de ikke skulle tilbe demoner, og gull-, sølv-, kobber-, stein- og treskulpturer, som ikke kan se, høre eller bevege seg.

• Norsk King James

  Og resten av menneskene som ikke ble drept av disse plagene, omvendte seg ikke fra sine gjerninger, så de ikke skulle tilbe demoner og gull-, sølv-, kobber-, stein- og treidoler; som hverken kan se, høre eller gå.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men de andre menneskene, som ikke ble drept av disse plagene, vendte ikke om fra sine gjerninger, men fortsatte å tilbe demoner og avguder av gull og sølv, kobber, stein og tre, som verken kan se, høre eller gå.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Og resten av menneskene som ikke ble drept av disse plagene, omvendte seg ikke fra deres henders verk, så de ikke skulle tilbe djevler, og avguder av gull, og sølv, og messing, og stein, og tre: som hverken kan se, høre, eller gå:

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Men resten av menneskene som ikke ble drept av disse plagene, angret ikke på gjerningene av sine hender, så de sluttet å tilbe demoner og avguder av gull, sølv, bronse, stein og tre, som verken kan se, høre eller gå.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men resten av menneskene, som ikke ble drept av disse plagene, angret ikke sine henders verk; de sluttet ikke å tilbe onde ånder og avguder av gull, sølv, bronse, stein og tre, som verken kan se, høre eller gå.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og resten av menneskene, som ikke ble drept av disse plagene, omvendte seg ikke fra sine gjerninger; de fortsatte å tilbe djeveler og avguder laget av gull, sølv, bronse, stein og tre, som verken kan se, høre eller bevege seg.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Men resten av menneskene, de som ikke ble drept av disse plagene, omvendte seg ikke fra sine henders gjerninger, men fortsatte å tilbe onde ånder og avgudsbilder av gull, sølv, kobber, stein og tre, idoler som verken kan se eller høre eller gå.

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

  Men resten av menneskene, de som ikke ble drept av disse plagene, omvendte seg ikke fra sine henders gjerninger, men fortsatte å tilbe onde ånder og avgudsbilder av gull, sølv, kobber, stein og tre, idoler som verken kan se eller høre eller gå.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men de andre av menneskene som ikke ble drept av disse plagene, omvendte seg ikke fra sine henders gjerninger, slik at de skulle slutte å tilbe demoner og avguder av gull, sølv, kobber, stein og tre, som verken kan se, høre eller gå.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The rest of humanity, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Resten av menneskene, som ikke ble drept av disse plagene, omvendte seg ikke fra gjerningene av sine hender, så de skulle ikke tilbe de onde ånder og avgudsbilder av gull, sølv, bronse, stein og tre, som verken kan se, høre eller gå.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og de øvrige Mennesker, som ikke vare ihjelslagne i disse Plager, hverken omvendte sig fra deres Hænders Gjerninger, saa de ikke tilbade Djævlene og Afguderne, dem af Guld og dem af Sølv og dem af Kobber og dem af Steen og dem af Træ, hvilke hverken kunne see eller høre eller gaae;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the st of the men which we not killed by these plagues yet pented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og resten av menneskene som ikke ble drept av disse plagene angret ikke sine gjerninger, slik at de sluttet å tilbe demoner og avguder av gull og sølv og bronse og stein og tre, som verken kan se eller høre eller gå,

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Resten av menneskene, som ikke ble drept av disse plagene, omvendte seg ikke fra det de hadde gjort, slik at de ikke skulle tilbe demoner og avguder av gull, sølv, kobber, stein og tre; som verken kan se, høre eller gå.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men resten av menneskene, de som ikke ble drept av disse plagene, omvendte seg ikke fra verkene av sine hender, så de ikke tilbad demoner og avguder av gull og sølv og bronse og stein og tre, som verken kan se eller høre eller gå.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men resten av menneskene, de som ikke ble drept av disse plagene, omvendte seg ikke fra sine henders gjerninger, slik at de ikke tilba demoner og avguder av gull og sølv og bronse og stein og tre, som verken kan se, høre eller gå.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Resten av menneskene som ikke ble drept av disse plagene, vendte seg ikke fra sine henders verk; de fortsatte å tilbe demoner og avguder av gull, sølv, bronse, stein og tre som verken kan se, høre eller gå.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the remnaunt of the me which were not kylled by these plages repented not of the dedes of their hondes that they shulde not worshyppe devyls and ymages of golde and sylver and brasse and stone and of wood which nether can se nether heare nether goo.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And the remnaunt of the me which were not kylled by these plages, repeted not of the dedes of their hondes, yt they shulde not worshippe deuels, and ymages of golde, and syluer, and brasse, & stone, and of wod, which nether can se, nether heare, nether go.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the remnant of the men which were not killed by these plagues, repented not of the works of their handes that they should not worship deuils, and idoles of golde and of siluer, and of brasse, and of stone, and of wood, which neither can see, neither heare nor goe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the remnaunt of the men whiche were not killed by these plagues, repented not of the deedes of their handes, that they shoulde not worship deuyls, and idoles of golde, and syluer, & brasse, and stone, and of wood, whiche neither can see, neither heare, neither go:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn't repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn't worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and the rest of men, who were not killed in these plagues, neither did reform from the works of their hands, that they may not bow before the demons, and idols, those of gold, and those of silver, and those of brass, and those of stone, and those of wood, that are neither able to see, nor to hear, nor to walk,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And the rest of the people, who were not put to death by these evils, were not turned from the works of their hands, but went on giving worship to evil spirits, and images of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood which have no power of seeing or hearing or walking:

• World English Bible (2000)

  The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn't repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn't worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The rest of humanity, who had not been killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they did not stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood– idols that cannot see or hear or walk about.

Referenced Verses

• Dan 5:23 : 23 But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them, and you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, brass, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.
• Deut 31:29 : 29 For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
• Rev 16:8 : 8 And the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
• Acts 7:41 : 41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
• Acts 17:29 : 29 Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and man's design.
• Acts 19:26 : 26 Moreover, you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are not gods which are made with hands;
• Rom 1:21-23 : 21 Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and to birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things.
• 1 Cor 10:20-21 : 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.
• 2 Cor 12:21 : 21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall mourn for many who have sinned already and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
• 1 Tim 4:1 : 1 Now the Spirit speaks clearly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits, and doctrines of demons;
• Rev 2:21-22 : 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.
• Rev 9:21 : 21 And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
• Lev 17:7 : 7 And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to demons, after whom they have gone whoring. This shall be a statute forever for them throughout their generations.
• Hab 2:18-20 : 18 What profit is the carved image that its maker has carved it; the molded image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusts in it, to make mute idols? 19 Woe to him who says to the wood, Awake; to the mute stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in its midst. 20 But the LORD is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him.
• Matt 21:32 : 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and harlots believed him, and when you had seen it, you did not afterward repent and believe him.
• Deut 32:17 : 17 They sacrificed to demons, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
• 2 Kgs 22:17 : 17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
• 2 Chr 28:22 : 22 And in the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the LORD, this is that King Ahaz.
• 2 Chr 34:25 : 25 Because they have forsaken me and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
• Ps 106:37 : 37 Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons,
• Ps 115:4-8 : 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. 5 They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes they have, but they do not see; 6 They have ears, but they do not hear; noses they have, but they do not smell; 7 They have hands, but they do not handle; feet they have, but they do not walk; nor do they speak through their throat. 8 Those who make them are like them; so is everyone who trusts in them.
• Ps 135:15-18 : 15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 16 They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes have they, but they do not see; 17 They have ears, but they do not hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths. 18 Those who make them are like them: so is everyone that trusts in them.
• Isa 2:8 : 8 Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, what their own fingers have made.
• Isa 40:19-20 : 19 The workman molds a graven image, the goldsmith covers it with gold and casts silver chains. 20 He who is so impoverished that he has no offering chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks for himself a skillful workman to prepare a graven image that will not be moved.
• Isa 41:7 : 7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smooths with the hammer him that struck the anvil, saying, It is ready for the soldering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
• Isa 42:17-18 : 17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in carved images, that say to the molded images, 'You are our gods.' 18 Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.
• Isa 44:9-9 : 9 Those who make a carved image are all of them vanity; and their delightful things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. 10 Who has formed a god, or cast a carved image that is profitable for nothing? 11 Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. 12 The smith with the tongs both works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails: he drinks no water, and is faint. 13 The carpenter stretches out his rule; he marks it out with a line; he fits it with planes, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. 14 He cuts down cedars, and takes the cypress and the oak, which he strengthens for himself among the trees of the forest: he plants an ash, and the rain nourishes it. 15 Then it shall be for a man to burn: for he will take of it, and warm himself; yes, he kindles it, and bakes bread; yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it a carved image, and falls down to it. 16 He burns part of it in the fire; with part of it he eats flesh; he roasts a roast, and is satisfied: yes, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: 17 And the rest of it he makes into a god, even his carved image: he falls down to it, and worships it, and prays to it, and says, Deliver me, for you are my god. 18 They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the rest of it an abomination? shall I fall down to the stump of a tree? 20 He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
• Isa 46:5-7 : 5 To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike? 6 They pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver on the scales, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god: they fall down, yes, they worship. 7 They carry him upon the shoulder, they bear him, and set him in his place, and he stands; from his place he shall not move: yes, one shall cry to him, yet he cannot answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
• Jer 1:16 : 16 And I will utter My judgments against them concerning all their wickedness, who have forsaken Me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
• Jer 5:3 : 3 O LORD, are not your eyes upon the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
• Jer 8:4-6 : 4 Moreover you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD; Shall they fall and not rise? Shall he turn away and not return? 5 Why then has this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit, they refuse to return. 6 I listened and heard, but they did not speak rightly: no man repented of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Everyone turned to his own course, like a horse charging into battle.
• Jer 10:3-5 : 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They decorate it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it does not move. 5 They stand upright like a palm tree, but do not speak: they must be carried, because they cannot go. Do not be afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.
• Jer 10:8-9 : 8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the wooden idol is a doctrine of vanities. 9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple are their clothing: they are all the work of skilled men.
• Jer 10:14-15 : 14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is humiliated by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation, they shall perish.
• Jer 15:19-20 : 19 Therefore thus says the LORD, If you return, then I will bring you again, and you shall stand before me: and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: let them return to you; but return not you to them. 20 And I will make you to this people a fortified brass wall: and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you: for I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says the LORD.
• Jer 25:6 : 6 And do not go after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and do not provoke me to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no harm.'
• Jer 44:8 : 8 In that you provoke me to wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to dwell, that you might cut yourselves off, and that you might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
• Jer 51:17 : 17 Every man is senseless by his knowledge; every craftsman is put to shame by the graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.