Verse 5

Whose owners slay them and hold themselves not guilty. And those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich.' And their own shepherds do not pity them.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    De som kjøper dem, dreper dem uten medfølelse. De som selger dem, sier: «Lovet være Herren, for jeg har blitt rik.» Men deres hyrder viser ingen omsorg.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    De som eier dem, dreper dem uten å føle skyld. De som selger dem, sier: Velsignet være Herren, for jeg er blitt rik. Deres egne hyrder har ingen medlidenhet med dem.

  • Norsk King James

    Dens eiere slakter dem uten å føle skyld; de som selger dem sier: Velsignet være Herren, for jeg er rik; og deres egne gjeter viser ingen medfølelse.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    De som kjøper dem, dreper dem uten skyld, og de som selger dem sier: 'Velsignet er Herren, jeg har blitt rik!' Deres hyrder har ingen medfølelse med dem.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    De som kjøper dem, dreper dem uten å bli skyldige. De som selger dem, sier: ‘Velsignet være Herren, for jeg er blitt rik!’ Og deres egne hyrder synes ikke synd på dem.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Deres eiere dreper dem og føler seg ikke skyldige: og de som selger dem sier: Velsignet være Herren, for jeg er blitt rik, og deres egne hyrder har ingen medlidenhet med dem.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    Deres eiere slakter dem uten å føle skyld, og de som selger dem uttaler: Velsignet være Herren, for jeg er rik; samtidig viser ikke deres egne hyrder dem barmhjertighet.

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

    Deres eiere dreper dem og føler seg ikke skyldige: og de som selger dem sier: Velsignet være Herren, for jeg er blitt rik, og deres egne hyrder har ingen medlidenhet med dem.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    De som kjøper dem, slakter dem uten å bli skyldige, og de som selger dem sier: 'Velsignet er Herren, for jeg har blitt rik'. Og deres gjetere viser ingen medfølelse.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Their buyers slaughter them without remorse, and those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich.' Their own shepherds show no pity on them.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    De som kjøper dem, dreper dem uten skyld, og de som selger dem, sier: 'Velsignet være Herren, for jeg er blitt rik.' Og deres egne hyrder har ingen medfølelse med dem.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    hvilke de, som kjøbe dem, dræbe og holdes ikke skyldige, og de, som sælge dem, sige: Lovet være Herren, at jeg er bleven rig! og ingen af deres Hyrder skal spare dem.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    De som eier dem, dreper dem uten anger. De som selger dem sier, 'Velsignet være Herren, for jeg er blitt rik', og deres egne hyrder viser dem ingen barmhjertighet.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Deres kjøpere slakter dem og går ustraffet. De som selger dem sier, 'Velsignet være Herren, for jeg er rik;', og deres egne hyrder har ingen medlidenhet med dem.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    De som kjøper dem, slakter dem og er uten skyld, og de som selger dem, sier: Velsignet være Herren, for jeg er blitt rik, og deres hyrder har ingen medfølelse med dem.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    deres eiere slakter dem uten skyldfølelse, og de som selger dem sier: Velsignet være Herren, for jeg er blitt rik; og deres egne hyrder synes ikke synd på dem.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Deres eiere dreper dem uten samvittighet, og de som får betaling for dem sier: Måtte Herren velsigne meg, for jeg har fått rikdom; og hyrdene viser dem ingen nåde.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    which shalbe slayne of those that possesse them: yet they take it for no synne, but they yt sell the, saye: The LORDE be thanked, I am rich: Yee their owne shepherdes spare them not.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    They that possesse them, slay them and sinne not: and they that sell them, say, Blessed be the Lord: for I am riche, and their owne shepherds spare them not.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Which haue ben slaine of those that possessed them, yet they toke it for no sinne, but they that solde them said, The Lorde be thanked, for I am riche: yea their owne shepheardes spare the not.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed [be] the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Their buyers slaughter them, and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, 'Blessed be Yahweh, for I am rich;' and their own shepherds don't pity them.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Whose buyers slay them, and are not guilty, And their sellers say, Blessed `is' Jehovah, And I am rich, And their shepherds have no pity on them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Whose owners put them to death and have no sense of sin; and those who get a price for them say, May the Lord be praised for I have much wealth: and the keepers of the flock have no pity for them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Their buyers slaughter them, and go unpunished. Those who sell them say, 'Blessed be Yahweh, for I am rich;' and their own shepherds don't pity them.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Those who buy them slaughter them and are not held guilty; those who sell them say,‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich.’ Their own shepherds have no compassion for them.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 50:7 : 7 All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.
  • Hos 12:8 : 8 And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.
  • Mic 3:1-3 : 1 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O leaders of Jacob, and you rulers of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know justice? 2 Who hate good and love evil; who strip their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, like meat for the pot, and like flesh within the cauldron.
  • Mic 3:9-9 : 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. 12 Therefore for your sake Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
  • Matt 21:12-13 : 12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and drove out all those who sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those who sold doves, 13 And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.
  • Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
  • John 10:1 : 1 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.
  • John 10:12-13 : 12 But the hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and does not care for the sheep.
  • John 16:2 : 2 They will put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
  • 1 Tim 6:5-9 : 5 Useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself. 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and clothing, let us be content with that. 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil: which while some coveted after, they have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And through covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; their judgment is long overdue, and their destruction does not slumber.
  • Rev 18:13 : 13 And cinnamon, and incense, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
  • Ezek 22:25-27 : 25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in its midst, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in its midst. 26 Her priests have violated My law, and have profaned My holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and unholy, neither have they shown difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 27 Her princes in its midst are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
  • Ezek 34:2-4 : 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD to the shepherds; Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? 3 You eat the fat, and clothe yourselves with the wool, you kill them that are fed: but you do not feed the flock. 4 The diseased you have not strengthened, nor have you healed that which was sick, nor have you bound up that which was broken, nor have you brought back that which was driven away, nor have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty you have ruled them.
  • Ezek 34:6 : 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none searched or sought after them.
  • Ezek 34:10 : 10 Thus says the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; nor shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.
  • Ezek 34:18-19 : 18 Does it seem a small thing to you to have eaten up the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but you must foul the rest with your feet? 19 And as for my flock, they eat what you have trodden with your feet; and they drink what you have fouled with your feet.
  • Ezek 34:21 : 21 Because you have pushed with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad;
  • Gen 37:26-28 : 26 And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we kill our brother, and conceal his blood? 27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers were content. 28 Then Midianite merchants passed by; and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
  • Deut 29:19-21 : 19 And it comes to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: 20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven. 21 And the LORD shall separate him for disaster out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:
  • 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant feared the LORD: and the creditor has come to take my two sons to be slaves.
  • Neh 5:8 : 8 And I said to them, According to our ability, we have redeemed our fellow Jews who were sold to the nations; and will you even sell your brethren, or should they be sold to us? Then they were silent and found nothing to answer.
  • Jer 2:3 : 3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, says the LORD.
  • Jer 23:1-2 : 1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD. 2 Therefore, thus says the LORD God of Israel against the shepherds who feed my people: You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, says the LORD.