Verse 2

For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie and told false dreams; they comfort in vain. Therefore they went their way as a flock; they were troubled because there was no shepherd.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For de som bruker terafimene snakker om tomhet, og spåmennene ser løgn. De drømmer falske drømmer som de forkynner og gir verdiløs trøst. Derfor ble folket spredt som en flokk får, de led fordi de ikke hadde noen hyrde.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For avgudene har talt forfengelighet, og spåmennene har sett løgner og fortalt falske drømmer; de trøster forgjeves. Derfor dro de bort som en flokk, de ble urolige fordi det ikke var noen hyrde.

• Norsk King James

  For gudene har talt tomt, og de som spår har sett løgn; de har fortalt falske drømmer; de gir trøst som ikke betyr noe: derfor forlot de som en flokk, urolige fordi de ikke hadde noen hyrde.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For avgudsbildene snakker løgn, og spåmennene ser falske syner og sier tomme drømmer; de trøster med tomhet. Derfor vandrer de bort som en flokk uten hyrde og lider fordi ingen leder dem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For terafimene har talt usannhet, spåmennene har sett løgner, og drømmene de taler er falske. De trøster med tomhet, og derfor har folket vandret som sauer, lidende fordi det ikke er noen gjeter.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For avgudene har talt tomhet, spåmennene har sett løgner og fortalt falske drømmer; de trøster forgjeves. Derfor vandret de bort som en flokk, de ble urolige fordi det ikke var noen gjeter.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For idolene har fremført tomme ord, og spåmennene har sett bedrag og fortalt falske drømmer; de trøster forgjeves, derfor gikk de sin vei som en flokk, urolige fordi de manglet en hyrde.

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

  For avgudene har talt tomhet, spåmennene har sett løgner og fortalt falske drømmer; de trøster forgjeves. Derfor vandret de bort som en flokk, de ble urolige fordi det ikke var noen gjeter.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For husgudene taler falskhet, spåmennene ser løgn, og drømmer taler tomhet og gir falsk trøst. Derfor drar folket bort som en flokk sauer; de lider fordi det ikke er noen hyrde.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For the household idols speak deceit, and the diviners see false visions. They tell deceitful dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore, the people wander like sheep, oppressed because they have no shepherd.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For terafim (husguder) taler tomhet, og spåmenn ser falskheter. Drømmene de forteller er bedragerske, og de gir tomme trøster. Derfor vandrer folket omkring som en flokk uten hyrde, undertrykt fordi det ikke er noen gjeter.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi Afgudsbillederne tale Uret, og Spaamændene see Løgn og tale forfængelige Drømme, de trøste med Forfængelighed; derfor droge de bort som en Hjord, de bleve plagede, fordi der var ikke Hyrde.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For avgudene har talt tomhet, og spåmennene har sett løgner; de har fortalt falske drømmer og gir falsk trøst. Derfor dro de av sted som en flokk, for de var forvirret, siden det ikke fantes noen hyrde.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For avgudene har talt tomme ord, og spåmennene har sett løgner; de har fortalt falske drømmer. De trøster forgjeves. Derfor går de som får. De blir undertrykt, fordi det ikke er noen hyrde.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  For terafimene talte ondskap, og spåmennene har sett en løgn, og drømmers forgjeveshet taler de, med tomhet gir de trøst. Derfor har de vandret som en flokk, de er plaget, fordi det er ingen hyrde.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For husgudene har talt tomhet, og spåmennene har sett løgn; de har fortalt falske drømmer, de trøster forgjeves: derfor går de sin vei som sauer, de blir plaget fordi det ikke er noen hyrde.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For avgudene taler løgn, og spåmennene ser bedrageri; de har fortalt falske drømmer, de gir trøyst til ingen nytte: så de går bort fra stien som sauer, de er forvirret fordi de ikke har noen hyrde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For vayne is the answere of Idols. The soythsayers se lyes, and tell but vayne dreames: the comforth that they geue, is nothynge worth. Therfore go they astraye like a flocke of shepe, ad are troubled, because they haue no shepherde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Surely the idols haue spoken vanitie, and the southsayers haue seene a lye, and the dreamers haue tolde a vaine thing: they comfort in vaine: therefore they went away as sheepe: they were troubled, because there was no shepheard.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For vaine is the aunswere of idols, the soothsayers see lyes, & the dreamers tell but vaine thinges, the comfort that they geue is nothing worth: therefore they went away lyke a flocke of sheepe, and were troubled, because they had no shephearde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because [there was] no shepherd.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; And they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Because the teraphim did speak iniquity, And the diviners have seen a falsehood, And dreams of the vanity they speak, `With' vanity they give comfort, Therefore they have journeyed as a flock, They are afflicted, for there is no shepherd.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams, they comfort in vain: therefore they go their way like sheep, they are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the images have said what is not true, and the readers of signs have seen deceit; they have given accounts of false dreams, they give comfort to no purpose: so they go out of the way like sheep, they are troubled because they have no keeper.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the household gods have spoken wickedness, the soothsayers have seen a lie, and as for the dreamers, they have disclosed emptiness and give comfort in vain. Therefore the people set out like sheep and become scattered because they have no shepherd.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 34:5 : 5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became food for all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
• Hos 3:4 : 4 For the children of Israel shall remain many days without a king, without a prince, without a sacrifice, without a pillar, without an ephod, and without household gods.
• Matt 9:36 : 36 But when he saw the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
• Hab 2:18 : 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?
• Ezek 34:8 : 8 As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and did not feed my flock;
• Jer 27:9 : 9 Therefore do not listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon:
• Gen 31:19 : 19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
• Num 27:17 : 17 Who may go out before them and who may come in before them, who may lead them out and who may bring them in; so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.
• Judg 18:14 : 14 Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish said to their brethren, Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and teraphim and a carved image and a molten image? Now, therefore, consider what you should do.
• 1 Kgs 22:17 : 17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered on the hills, as sheep without a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
• Job 13:4 : 4 But you are forgers of lies, you are all worthless physicians.
• Job 21:34 : 34 How then can you comfort me with empty words, seeing in your answers there lies falsehood?
• Isa 44:9 : 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.
• Isa 46:5 : 5 To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?
• Jer 6:14 : 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
• Jer 8:11 : 11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
• Jer 10:8 : 8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the wooden idol is a doctrine of vanities.
• Jer 13:17-20 : 17 But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is taken captive. 18 Say to the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. 19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive, all of it, it shall be completely carried away captive. 20 Lift up your eyes, and behold those who come from the north: where is the flock that was given to you, your beautiful flock?
• Jer 14:13 : 13 Then I said, 'Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, the prophets say to them, 'You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.''
• Jer 14:22 : 22 Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait upon You, for You have made all these things.
• Jer 23:17 : 17 They still say to those who despise me, 'The LORD has said, You shall have peace.' And they say to everyone who walks after the imagination of his own heart, 'No evil shall come upon you.'
• Jer 23:25-27 : 25 I have heard what the prophets said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed.' 26 How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart, 27 who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which everyone tells to his neighbor, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
• Jer 28:4-6 : 4 And I will bring back to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah who went to Babylon, says the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. 5 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD, 6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the LORD'S house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon to this place.
• Jer 28:15 : 15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie.
• Jer 29:8 : 8 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners, who are among you, deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.
• Jer 29:21-22 : 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes. 22 And because of them a curse will be used by all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, 'The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;'
• Jer 37:19 : 19 Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
• Jer 50:17 : 17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven them away: first the king of Assyria has devoured him; and last this Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.
• Jer 51:23 : 23 I will also break in pieces with you the shepherd and his flock; and with you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen; and with you I will break in pieces captains and rulers.
• Lam 2:14 : 14 Your prophets have seen vain and foolish things for you: and they have not revealed your iniquity, to turn away your captivity; but have seen for you false burdens and causes of banishment.
• Ezek 13:6-9 : 6 They have seen falsehood and lying divination, saying, 'The LORD says'; but the LORD has not sent them. And they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. 7 Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination, when you say, 'The LORD says it,' although I have not spoken? 8 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: Because you have spoken vanity and seen lies, behold, I am against you, says the Lord GOD. 9 My hand shall be against the prophets who see vanity and divine lies; they shall not be in the assembly of my people, nor shall they be written in the record of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 10 Because, indeed, they have seduced my people, saying, 'Peace,' when there was no peace; and one builds up a wall, and others daub it with untempered mortar. 11 Say to those who daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. 12 Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, 'Where is the daubing with which you have daubed it?' 13 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: I will rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. 14 So will I break down the wall that you have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in its midst; and you shall know that I am the LORD. 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall and upon those who daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say to you, 'The wall is no more, nor are those who daubed it.' 16 This is concerning the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and see visions of peace for her, when there is no peace, says the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 13:22-23 : 22 Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked, so he should not turn from his wicked way, by promising him life. 23 Therefore you shall see no more vanity nor divine divinations; for I will deliver my people out of your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.
• Ezek 21:21 : 21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
• Ezek 21:29 : 29 While they see vanity to you, while they divine a lie to you, to bring you upon the necks of the slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.
• Mic 2:12 : 12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold; they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of people.
• Mic 3:6-9 : 6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that you shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that you shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. 7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God. 8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. 9 Hear this, I pray you, you leaders of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. 11 The leaders judge for reward, and the priests teach for hire, and the prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us.