Verse 7

I said, Surely you will fear me, you will receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, however I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their deeds.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Jeg sa: Hvis du bare ville frykte meg og ta imot straff, ville ikke din bolig blitt utryddet. Alt jeg har pålagt deg, skulle ikke komme over deg. Men de våknet tidlig og ødela alle sine synder.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Jeg sa: Sannelig, du vil frykte meg, du vil ta imot formaning, så din bolig ikke skal bli utryddet, til tross for all min tukting. Men de sto tidlig opp og ødela alle sine gjerninger.

• Norsk King James

  Jeg sa: Sannelig, du vil frykte meg og ta imot veiledning; da skulle ikke dine hjem bli avskåret; men de fortsatte å leve i det onde i alt de gjorde.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg sa: Du skal respektere meg, du skal ta til deg rettledning, så byen ikke blir utryddet, etter alt det jeg vil ha besøk av; men de har ivrig begått onde handlinger, de har ødelagt alle sine gjerninger.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg sa: 'Bare frykt meg, ta imot tilrettevisning', slik at hennes bolig ikke blir ødelagt, selv etter alt det Jeg har bestemt over henne. Men de var tidlig ivrige til å begå alle sine onde gjerninger.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jeg sa: Sannelig, du vil frykte meg, du vil motta rettledning; deres bolig skulle ikke bli avskåret, uansett hvordan jeg straffet dem. Men de skyndte seg å forderve alle sine gjerninger.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Jeg sa: 'Sikkert vil du frykte meg, du vil ta imot oppdragelse,' for at deres hjem ikke skal gå tapt, til tross for all straffen jeg påla dem. Men de sto opp tidlig og fordervet alt de foretok seg.

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

  Jeg sa: Sannelig, du vil frykte meg, du vil motta rettledning; deres bolig skulle ikke bli avskåret, uansett hvordan jeg straffet dem. Men de skyndte seg å forderve alle sine gjerninger.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jeg sa, 'Sannsynligvis vil du frykte meg, ta imot korreksjon.' Så skal hennes bolig ikke bli utryddet, til tross for alt jeg har besluttet mot henne; men de hastet med å forderve alle sine handlinger.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I said, ‘Surely you will fear me; you will accept discipline.’ Then her dwelling would not be destroyed, despite all that I have appointed against her. But they arose early and corrupted all their deeds.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Jeg sa: 'Bare frykt meg og tar imot formaning, så skal deres bosted ikke bli ødelagt til tross for alt jeg har straffet dem for.' Men de skyndte seg å ødelegge alle sine gjerninger.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg sagde: Du skal dog frygte mig, du skal annamme Tugt, saa skulde dens Bolig ikke udryddes, efter alt det, som jeg vilde besøgt den med; (men) de have sandelig aarle gjort sig rede, de have fordærvet alle deres Handeler.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Jeg sa, Sannelig, du vil frykte meg, du vil ta imot undervisning; da skulle deres bosted ikke blitt utryddet, uansett hvordan jeg har straffet dem: men de fordervet alle sine gjerninger tidlig.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg sa: «Bare frykt meg. Ta imot rettledning, så hennes bosted ikke skal bli utryddet, i samsvar med alt jeg har bestemt for henne.» Men de sto tidlig opp og ødela alle sine handlinger.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jeg sa: Frykt meg bare, ta imot rettledning, da skal hennes bolig ikke bli ødelagt, alt det jeg har bestemt for henne. Men de reiste seg tidlig, de har fordervet alle sine gjerninger.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Jeg sa: Frykt bare meg; ta imot korreksjon; så skal hennes bolig ikke bli ødelagt, i henhold til alt jeg har bestemt angående henne. Men de sto tidlig opp og fordervet alt de gjorde.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Jeg sa, Sikkert vil du frykte meg og akseptere min tukt, så det jeg har besluttet ikke skal gå henne hus forbi: men de sto tidlig opp og gjorde alt sitt verk ondt.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I sayde vnto them: O feare me, and be cotent to be refourmed. That their dwellinge shulde not be destroyed, and that there shulde happen vnto them none of these thinges, wherwith I shal vyset the. But neuertheles they stonde vp early, to folowe the filthynes of their owne ymaginacions.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I said, Surely thou wilt feare me: thou wilt receiue instruction: so their dwelling shoulde not be destroyed howsoeuer I visited them, but they rose earely and corrupted all their workes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I sayde vnto them, O feare me, and be content to be refourmed, so their dwelling shoulde not be destroyed howe soeuer I visited them: But neuerthelesse, they rose vp early, and corrupted all their workes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, [and] corrupted all their doings.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I said, "Just fear me. Receive correction, so that her dwelling won't be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her." But they rose early and corrupted all their doings.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I have said: Only, ye do fear Me, Ye do accept instruction, And her habitation is not cut off, All that I have appointed for her, But they have risen early, They have corrupted all their doings.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I said, Only fear thou me; receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, [according to] all that I have appointed concerning her: but they rose early and corrupted all their doings.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I said, Certainly you will go in fear of me, and come under my training, so that whatever I may send on her may not be cut off before her eyes: but they got up early and made all their works evil.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I said, "Just fear me. Receive correction, so that her dwelling won't be cut off, according to all that I have appointed concerning her." But they rose early and corrupted all their doings.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I thought,‘Certainly you will respect me! Now you will accept correction!’ If she had done so, her home would not be destroyed by all the punishments I have threatened. But they eagerly sinned in everything they did.

Referenced Verses

• Hos 9:9 : 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
• Jer 36:3 : 3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the disaster I intend to do to them; that every man may turn from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
• Jer 7:7 : 7 Then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever.
• Zeph 3:2 : 2 She did not obey the voice; she did not receive correction; she did not trust in the LORD; she did not draw near to her God.
• Luke 19:42-44 : 42 Saying, If you had known, even you, at least in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days shall come upon you, when your enemies will build an embankment around you and surround you and enclose you on every side, 44 And will level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.
• 2 Pet 3:9 : 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is patient toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
• Jer 8:6 : 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 17:25-27 : 25 Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain forever. 26 And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places around Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and grain offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, to the house of the LORD. 27 But if you will not listen to me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
• Jer 25:5 : 5 They said, 'Turn now every one from his evil way and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and to your fathers forever and ever:
• Jer 38:17 : 17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, Thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If you will assuredly go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you shall live, and your house.
• Mic 2:1-2 : 1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it because it is in the power of their hand. 2 They covet fields and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away; so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
• Gen 6:12 : 12 And God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
• Deut 4:16 : 16 Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make for yourselves a carved image, the likeness of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
• 2 Chr 28:6-8 : 6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. 7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah who was next to the king. 8 And the children of Israel carried away captive two hundred thousand of their brethren, women, sons, and daughters, and took also much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
• 2 Chr 32:1-2 : 1 After these events and their establishment, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered into Judah, and camped against the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself. 2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and intended to fight against Jerusalem,
• 2 Chr 33:11 : 11 Therefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh among the thorns, bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
• 2 Chr 36:3-9 : 3 And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim, his brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz, his brother, and carried him to Egypt. 5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God. 6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in chains, to carry him to Babylon. 7 Nebuchadnezzar also took some of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and placed them in his temple at Babylon. 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. 9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. 10 And when the year was expired, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah, his brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
• Isa 5:4 : 4 What more could have been done to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? Why, when I looked for it to bring forth grapes, did it bring forth wild grapes?
• Isa 63:8 : 8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Savior.