Verse 1

If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, should he take her back again? Wouldn't such a land become completely defiled? You have lived as a prostitute with many lovers—yet you want to return to me? declares the LORD.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Kan en mann sende sin kone bort, og hun dra bort etter andre elskere? Kan han da bare overse henne og nekte at noe har skjedd? Ville ikke dette landet bli helt ødelagt? Likevel, selv etter at du har vært utro med mange elskere, sier Herren: "Kom tilbake til meg."

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    De sier: Hvis en mann skiller seg fra sin kone, og hun går fra ham og blir en annen manns, skal han da vende tilbake til henne igjen? Ville ikke jorden bli sterkt forurenset? Men du har vært utro med mange elskere; likevel, vend tilbake til meg, sier Herren.

  • Norsk King James

    De sier: Hvis en mann skiller seg fra sin kone, og hun forlater ham og gifter seg med en annen, kan han da vende tilbake til henne igjen? Blir ikke landet da sterkt forurenset? Men du har vært utro mot meg med mange elskere; likevel, kom tilbake til meg, sier Herren.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Det sies: Om en mann skiller seg fra sin kone, og hun drar bort med en annen, kan han vende tilbake til henne? Blir ikke landet sterkt forurenset? Men du har vært sammen med mange elskere; likevel, kom tilbake til meg! sier Herren.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Det står skrevet: Dersom en mann sender bort sin kone, og hun drar fra ham og blir en annen manns hustru, kan han da vende tilbake til henne? Da ville det landet bli gjort urent. Men du har gjort hor med mange elskere, og likevel sier du: Vend tilbake til meg, sier Herren.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Det sies: Hvis en mann skiller seg fra sin kone, og hun går bort fra ham og blir en annen manns, skal han da vende tilbake til henne igjen? Skal ikke det landet bli sterkt forurenset? Men du har oppført deg som en skjøge med mange elskere; likevel, vend tilbake til meg, sier Herren.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    De sier: Om en mann skiller seg fra sin kone, og hun forlater ham og blir en annen manns, skal han da ta henne tilbake? Skal ikke landet da bli sterkt forurenset? Men du har vært utro med mange elskere; vend deg tilbake til meg, sier HERREN.

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

    Det sies: Hvis en mann skiller seg fra sin kone, og hun går bort fra ham og blir en annen manns, skal han da vende tilbake til henne igjen? Skal ikke det landet bli sterkt forurenset? Men du har oppført deg som en skjøge med mange elskere; likevel, vend tilbake til meg, sier Herren.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Hvis en mann sender bort sin hustru, og hun forlater ham og blir en annen manns hustru, vender han da tilbake til henne? Ville ikke landet være blitt fullstendig vanhelliget? Men du har drevet hor med mange elskere, og likevel sier du til meg: 'Vend tilbake,' sier Herren.

  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Hvis en mann skiller seg fra sin hustru, og hun går fra ham og gifter seg med en annen, vil han da noen gang vende tilbake til henne? Vil ikke det landet bli fullt av synd? Men du har drevet hor med mange elskere, og likevel sier du: ‘Vend tilbake til meg,’ sier Herren.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Man siger: See, om en Mand lader sin Hustru fare, og hun gaaer fra ham og bliver en anden Mands, mon han ydermere maa komme til hende igjen? mon ikke det samme Land (blev da) saare besmittet? men du haver bedrevet Horeri med mange Bolere; dog kom igjen til mig! siger Herren.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    De sier: Hvis en mann skiller seg fra sin kone, og hun går fra ham og blir en annen manns, kan han da vende tilbake til henne? Vil ikke landet bli svært urent? Men du har drevet hor med mange elskere, likevel, kom tilbake til meg, sier Herren.

  • KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

    They say, If a man divorces his wife, and she leaves him and becomes another man's wife, shall he return to her again? Would not that land be greatly defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, says the LORD.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    De sier: Hvis en mann skiller seg fra sin kone, og hun går bort fra ham og blir en annen manns, vil han da vende tilbake til henne? Ville ikke landet bli svært forurenset? Men du har levd som en prostituert med mange elskere; likevel, kom tilbake til meg, sier Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Slik sier Herren: 'Se, en mann sender bort sin kone, og hun går fra ham og blir gift med en annen. Vil han da vende tilbake til henne igjen? Er ikke det landet blitt sterkt besudlet? Men du har drevet hor med mange elskere, og likevel vil du vende tilbake til meg, sier Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    De sier, Om en mann skiller seg fra sin kone, og hun går fra ham og blir en annen manns, vil han vende tilbake til henne igjen? Blir ikke landet sterkt forurenset? Men du har drevet hor med mange elskere; likevel, kom tilbake til meg, sier Herren.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    De sier: Hvis en mann skiller seg fra sin kone og hun forlater ham for å bli en annens hustru, kan han ta henne tilbake igjen? Vil ikke landet da bli urent? Men selv om du har oppført deg som en løsaktig kvinne med mange elskere, vil du nå komme tilbake til meg? sier Herren.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Comonly, when a man putteth awaye his wife, and she goeth from him, and marieth with another, then the question is: shulde he resorte vnto her eny more after that? Is not this felde then defyled and vnclene? But as for the, thou hast played the harlot with many louers, yet turne agayne to me, saieth the LORDE.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    They say, If a man put away his wife, and she goe from him, and become another mans, shall hee returne againe vnto her? Shall not this land be polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many louers: yet turne againe to mee, sayeth the Lord.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Commonly when a man putteth away his wyfe, and she goeth from hym & maryeth with another, then the question is: shoulde he resort vnto her any more after that? (Is not that lande then defiled and vncleane?) But as for thee thou hast played the harlot with many louers, yet turne agayne to me, saith the Lorde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, will he return to her again? Won't that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me, says Yahweh.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Saying, `Lo, one sendeth away his wife, And she hath gone from him, And she hath been to another man, Doth he turn back unto her again? Greatly defiled is not that land? And thou hast committed whoredom with many lovers, And turn again to Me, an affirmation of Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, will he return unto her again? will not that land be greatly polluted? But thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith Jehovah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he go back to her again? will not that land have been made unclean? but though you have been acting like a loose woman with a number of lovers, will you now come back to me? says the Lord.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "They say, 'If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and become another man's, will he return to her again?' Wouldn't that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me," says Yahweh.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and becomes another man’s wife, he may not take her back again. Doing that would utterly defile the land. But you, Israel, have given yourself as a prostitute to many gods. So what makes you think you can return to me?” says the LORD.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 24:1-4 : 1 If a man marries a woman but she does not find favor in his eyes because he finds something indecent about her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, give it to her, and send her away from his house. 2 When she leaves his house, she may go and become another man's wife. 3 If the second man also dislikes her and writes her a certificate of divorce, gives it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if the second man dies, 4 then her first husband, who sent her away, is not allowed to take her back to be his wife after she has been defiled. That would be detestable to the LORD. You must not bring guilt upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
  • Jer 2:20 : 20 For long ago I broke your yoke and tore off your bonds, but you said, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
  • Ezek 16:26 : 26 You engaged in prostitution with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and multiplied your acts of prostitution to anger me.
  • Jer 4:1 : 1 If Israel, declares the LORD, you will return to me, you must remove your detestable things from my presence and not wander away.
  • Jer 4:14 : 14 Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
  • Jer 8:4-6 : 4 You shall say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says: Do people fall and not get up? If they turn away, do they not return?’ 5 Why then has this people, Jerusalem, turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold tightly to deceit; they refuse to return. 6 I have listened and heard, but they do not speak what is right. No one repents of their wickedness, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone turns to their own course, like a horse charging into battle.
  • Isa 55:6-9 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, so that He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
  • Zech 1:3 : 3 Therefore, say to them: 'This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Return to me,' declares the Lord of Hosts, 'and I will return to you,' says the Lord of Hosts.
  • Luke 15:16-24 : 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. 17 But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but here I am dying from hunger! 18 I will rise up and go to my father and say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.’ 20 And he rose up and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran, embraced him, and kissed him. 21 The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' 22 But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. 23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us eat and celebrate! 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.
  • Ezek 16:28-29 : 28 You prostituted yourself with the Assyrians because you were never satisfied. Even after prostituting yourself with them, you were not satisfied. 29 You also multiplied your promiscuity in the land of Canaan and even with the Chaldeans, yet even with this, you were not satisfied.
  • Ezek 23:4-9 : 4 Their names were Oholah, the elder, and Oholibah, her sister. They became mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. Their names represent Samaria as Oholah, and Jerusalem as Oholibah. 5 Oholah was unfaithful to me and lusted after her lovers—the Assyrians, who were near. 6 They were clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them young and desirable men, skilled horsemen riding on horses. 7 She gave herself to them, all the elite of the Assyrians, and defiled herself with all the idols she lusted after. 8 She did not abandon the adulteries she began in Egypt, where men slept with her in her youth, fondling her virgin breasts and pouring out their lust upon her. 9 Therefore, I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians whom she lusted after. 10 They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became a byword among women, and they carried out judgment against her. 11 Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was even more corrupt in her lust, and her adulteries exceeded those of her sister. 12 She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and officials nearby—elegantly clothed, skilled horsemen, and all young and desirable men. 13 I saw that she too was defiled; both had followed the same corrupt path. 14 But she went even further with her adulteries. She saw men carved on the walls, images of the Chaldeans portrayed in vermilion. 15 They were girded with belts at their waists, with flowing turbans on their heads. All of them looked like officers, resembling the men of Babylon, born in Chaldea. 16 As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. 17 Then the Babylonians came to her, to her bed of love, and defiled her with their lust. After she was defiled by them, she turned away from them in disgust. 18 When she openly displayed her prostitution and exposed her nakedness, I turned away from her in disgust, just as I had turned away from her sister. 19 Yet she increased her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth when she prostituted herself in the land of Egypt. 20 She lusted after her lovers there, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. 21 So you revisited the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians fondled your breasts and caressed your young bosom. 22 Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: 'I am about to stir up your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust, and I will bring them against you from every side— 23 the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, handsome young men, governors and commanders, chariot soldiers, and men of renown, all mounted on horses. 24 They will come against you with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a vast army. They will take up shields, helmets, and armor against you on every side. I will hand you over to them for judgment, and they will punish you according to their laws. 25 I will direct my jealous fury against you, and they will deal with you in anger. They will cut off your nose and ears, and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will take your sons and daughters, and those who remain will be consumed by fire. 26 They will strip you of your clothes and take your beautiful jewelry. 27 So I will put an end to your lewdness and your prostitution, which you brought from the land of Egypt. You will not look longingly at them again or remember Egypt anymore. 28 For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: 'I am about to deliver you into the hands of those you hate, into the hands of those you turned away from in disgust.' 29 They will deal with you in hatred, take away all you have worked for, and leave you naked and bare. The shame of your prostitution will be exposed—your lewdness and promiscuity. 30 These things will be done to you because you prostituted yourself to the nations, defiling yourself with their idols. 31 You have followed in the path of your sister; therefore, I will put her cup into your hand. 32 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: 'You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and ridicule, as it holds much to bear.' 33 It will be a cup filled with drunkenness and sorrow, a cup of horror and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria. 34 You will drink it and drain it dry, and then gnaw on its broken pieces and tear your breasts. For I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD. 35 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: 'Because you have forgotten me and thrust me behind your back, you must also bear the consequences of your lewdness and prostitution.' 36 The LORD said to me: 'Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then confront them with their abominations.' 37 For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, passing them through the fire as food for their idols. 38 They have also done this to me: On the same day they defiled my sanctuary and desecrated my Sabbaths. 39 When they slaughtered their children as sacrifices to their idols, they came to my sanctuary on the same day to desecrate it. See, this is what they have done in my house. 40 Furthermore, they sent for men from far away, messengers were dispatched to them, and they came. You bathed yourself, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry. 41 You sat on a glorious couch with a table prepared before it, where you placed my incense and my oil. 42 The sound of a carefree crowd was with her, and drunkards were brought from the desert. They put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads. 43 Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, ‘Now they will continue their acts of fornication with her.’ 44 They went to her as men go to a prostitute. In the same way, they went to Oholah and Oholibah, the immoral women. 45 But righteous men will judge them for committing adultery and shedding blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands. 46 For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘Bring a great assembly against them and hand them over to terror and plunder.' 47 They will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses with fire. 48 So I will put an end to lewdness in the land, so that all women may be warned and refrain from imitating your immoral ways. 49 You will bear the punishment for your lewdness and the sins of your idols. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD.
  • Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from their ways and live. Turn back! Turn back from your evil ways! Why should you die, house of Israel?'
  • Hos 1:2 : 2 When the LORD first began speaking through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, "Go, take for yourself a wife of promiscuity and children of promiscuity, for the land is utterly unfaithful to the LORD."
  • Hos 2:5-7 : 5 Otherwise, I will strip her naked, expose her as on the day of her birth. I will make her like a wilderness, turn her into a dry land, and let her die of thirst. 6 I will not show mercy to her children, for they are the children of unfaithfulness. 7 Their mother has been unfaithful; their conceiver acted shamefully. She said, 'I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread, water, wool, flax, oil, and drink.'
  • Hos 14:1-4 : 1 Samaria will be found guilty, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their infants will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open. 2 Return, Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your sins. 3 Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: 'Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the sacrifice of our lips.' 4 Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride on horses. We will no longer call what we have made with our hands 'our gods.' In you the orphan finds mercy.
  • Jer 2:23 : 23 How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not followed the Baals’? Consider your path in the valley; acknowledge what you have done—like a swift young she-camel running here and there.
  • Jer 3:9 : 9 Because Israel's immorality mattered so little to her, she defiled the land and committed adultery with stone and wood.
  • Judg 19:2 : 2 But his concubine was unfaithful to him and left him, going to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. She stayed there for four months.
  • Deut 4:29-31 : 29 But from there, you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you, destroy you, or forget the covenant He swore to your ancestors.
  • Deut 22:21 : 21 then they shall bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones. She has committed a disgraceful act in Israel by being promiscuous while in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.
  • Isa 24:5 : 5 The earth is defiled by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed laws, violated statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant.
  • Jer 3:12-14 : 12 Go, proclaim these words toward the north: 'Return, faithless Israel,' declares the LORD. 'I will not look on you with anger, for I am faithful,' declares the LORD, 'and I will not be angry forever. 13 Only acknowledge your guilt—that you have rebelled against the LORD your God, scattered your favors to strangers under every spreading tree, and have not obeyed my voice,' declares the LORD. 14 Return, faithless children,' declares the LORD, 'for I am your master. I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.
  • Jer 3:22 : 22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your waywardness. 'Here we are,' they reply, 'for you are the LORD our God.'
  • Mic 2:10 : 10 Get up and leave, for this is not your resting place! Because it is defiled, it brings destruction—a grievous destruction.
  • Lev 18:24-28 : 24 Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things. 25 Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants. 26 But you are to keep my statutes and my judgments. Do not commit any of these abominations, whether you are a native-born or a foreigner residing among you. 27 For all these abominations were committed by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land was defiled. 28 Make sure the land does not vomit you out when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was there before you.
  • Jer 2:7 : 7 I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and its bounty. But you came and defiled my land. You made my inheritance detestable.