Verse 16

But then you turned back and profaned my name. You took back the servants and maidservants whom you had set free, allowing them to go wherever they desired, and you brought them back into subjection to become your slaves again.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Men dere ombestemte dere og vanhelliget mitt navn da dere tok tilbake slavene og slavinnene som dere hadde frigitt, slik de ønsket, og tvang dem til å bli slaver og slavinner igjen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Men dere har snudd og vanæret mitt navn, og tvunget hver mann sin tjener og tjenestepike, som dere hadde satt fri etter deres egen vilje, til å vende tilbake, og underla dem til å være tjenere og tjenestepiker for dere.

• Norsk King James

  Men dere snudde dere og vanhelliget mitt navn ved å ta tilbake hver sin tjener og hver sin tjenestepike, som dere hadde frigjort, og gjorde dem til slaver igjen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men dere har vendt om igjen og vanhelliget mitt navn, og har tatt tilbake hver sin tjener og hver sin tjenestepike, som dere hadde latt gå fri etter deres egne sjelers ønsker, og dere har underlagt dem å være tjenere og tjenestepiker for dere.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Men dere ombestemte dere og vanhelliget mitt navn ved å ta tilbake hver mann sin slave og slavinne som dere hadde satt fri til deres rettighet, og dere tvang dem til å være slaver og slavinner igjen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Men dere snudde om og forurenset mitt navn, og fikk hver mann sin tjener, og hver mann sin tjenestepike, som dere hadde latt gå fri etter deres ønske, til å komme tilbake, og tvang dem til å være tjenere og tjenestepiker for dere.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Men dere har vendt dere bort og skittet til mitt navn, ved å få hver eneste tjener og tjenestepike, som dere tidligere hadde løslatt, til å vende tilbake, slik at de igjen ble gjort til deres tjenere.

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

  Men dere snudde om og forurenset mitt navn, og fikk hver mann sin tjener, og hver mann sin tjenestepike, som dere hadde latt gå fri etter deres ønske, til å komme tilbake, og tvang dem til å være tjenere og tjenestepiker for dere.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men dere snudde igjen og vanhelliget mitt navn ved å ta tilbake hver sin tjener og tjenestekvinne som dere hadde satt fri etter eget ønske, og dere tvang dem til å være deres tjenere og tjenestekvinner.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Men så vendte dere om og vanhelliget mitt navn ved å ta tilbake hver sin slave og tjenestejente som dere hadde frigitt etter deres ønske, og tvang dem til å være treller og tjenere igjen.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Men I ere (atter) omvendte og vanhelligede mit Navn, og toge tilbage, hver sin Tjener, og hver sin Tjenestepige, hvilke I havde udladet fri efter deres Sjæls (Behag), og I have undertvunget dem til at være eder til Tjenere og Tjenestepiger.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Men dere vendte tilbake og vanæret mitt navn ved å tvinge hver mann sin tjener og hver mann sin tjenestekvinne, som dere hadde sluppet fri med deres glede, til å vende tilbake og sette dem i trelldom som tjenere og tjenestekvinner.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  But you turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return and brought them into subjection, to be your servants and your handmaids.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  men dere vendte om og vanhelliget mitt navn, og fikk hver mann sin tjener, og hver mann sin tjenestepike, som dere hadde sluppet fri etter deres eget ønske, til å vende tilbake; og dere tvang dem til å være treller og tjenestepiker.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men dere vendte om igjen og vanæret mitt navn ved å ta trellene og tjenestepikene tilbake, som dere hadde latt gå fri, og underla dem igjen som treller og tjenestepiker.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Men dere vendte og vanæret mitt navn, og tvang hver sin tjener og hver sin tjenestepike, som dere hadde satt fri i sin egen vilje, til å vende tilbake, og dere bringte dem under tvang til å være deres slaver og tjenestepiker.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Men igjen har dere vanæret mitt navn, og dere har tatt tilbake, hver sin mannlige tjener og sin kvinnelige tjener, som dere hadde satt fri, og dere har satt dem under åket igjen for å være deres tjenere og tjenestejenter.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But yet ye haue turned youre selues agayne, and blasphemed my name: In this, yt euery man hath requyred his seruaunt and handemayden agayne, whom ye had letten go quyte and fre, and compelled them to serue you agayne, and to be youre bonde men.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But ye repented, and polluted my Name: for ye haue caused euery man his seruant, and euery man his handmayde, whom ye had set at libertie at their pleasure, to returne, and holde them in subiection to bee vnto you as seruantes and as handmaydes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But yet ye turned your selues againe, and blasphemed my name, in this, that euery man hath required his seruaunt and handemayde agayne whom ye had let go quite and free, and compelled them to serue you agayne, and to be bondmen and bondwomen.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  but you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and you brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And -- ye turn back, and pollute My name, and ye cause each his man-servant and each his maid-servant, whom he had sent forth free, (at their pleasure,) to return, and ye subdue them to be to you for men-servants and for maid-servants.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  but ye turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and ye brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But again you have put shame on my name, and you have taken back, every one his man-servant and his servant-girl, whom you had sent away free, and you have put them under the yoke again to be your servants and servant-girls.

• World English Bible (2000)

  but you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and you brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But then you turned right around and showed that you did not honor me. Each of you took back your male and female slaves whom you had freed as they desired, and you forced them to be your slaves again.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 19:12 : 12 Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
• Jer 34:11 : 11 But afterward they turned back and took back the men and women they had freed, and forced them to become slaves again.
• Ezek 3:20 : 20 Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and does wrong, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die in his sin. His righteous acts will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood.
• Exod 20:7 : 7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His name.
• Ezek 18:24 : 24 But if a righteous person turns away from their righteousness and commits sin, doing the same detestable things the wicked do, will they live? None of the righteous deeds they have done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.
• 1 Sam 15:11 : 11 I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following me and has not carried out my commands. This grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the LORD all night.
• Ezek 17:16-19 : 16 As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, in the place where the king who made him king resides—whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke—there in Babylon he will die. 17 Pharaoh and his mighty army and great company will not help him in battle, when mounds are heaped up and siege walls are built to destroy many people. 18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Though he gave his hand in pledge, he did all these things. He will not escape! 19 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, My oath which he despised and My covenant which he broke, I will bring upon his own head.
• Ezek 20:39 : 39 As for you, house of Israel, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you! But afterward, you will surely listen to me and no longer profane my holy name with your gifts and idols.
• Ezek 33:12-13 : 12 Therefore, son of man, say to your people, 'The righteousness of the righteous person will not save them on the day of their transgression, nor will the wickedness of the wicked person cause them to fall on the day they turn from their wickedness. The righteous person cannot live by their righteousness on the day they sin.' 13 If I say to the righteous person, 'You will surely live,' but they trust in their righteousness and commit iniquity, none of their righteous acts will be remembered. They will die because of the iniquity they have committed.
• Ezek 39:7 : 7 'I will make my holy name known among my people Israel, and I will no longer allow my holy name to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.'
• Mal 1:7 : 7 By presenting defiled food on my altar. But you ask, 'How have we defiled you?' By saying, 'The LORD's table is contemptible.'
• Mal 1:12 : 12 But you profane it by saying, 'The LORD's table is defiled, and its food is contemptible.'
• Matt 18:28-34 : 28 But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He seized him and began to choke him, saying, 'Pay back what you owe me!' 29 His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will repay you.' 30 But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened. 32 Then the master summoned the servant and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me to.' 33 'Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had mercy on you?' 34 In anger, his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he should pay back all he owed.
• Luke 8:13-15 : 13 The seed on the rocky ground represents those who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in times of testing, they fall away. 14 The seed that fell among the thorns represents those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by life's worries, riches, and pleasures, and they do not mature. 15 But the seed on good soil represents those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and produce a harvest through perseverance.