Verse 21

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Elia gikk frem for hele folket og sa: 'Hvor lenge vil dere halte til begge sider? Hvis Herren er Gud, så følg ham; men hvis Baal er gud, så følg ham.' Folket svarte ham ikke et ord.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Elia kom til folket og sa: Hvor lenge vil dere vakle mellom to meninger? Hvis Herren er Gud, følg ham; men hvis det er Baal, så følg ham. Folket svarte ham ikke med ett ord.

• Norsk King James

  Og Elias kom til folket og sa: Hvor lenge vil dere vingle mellom to meninger? Hvis Herren er Gud, følg ham; men hvis Baal, så følg ham. Men folket svarte ikke et ord.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Elia trådte fram for hele folket og sa: Hvor lenge vil dere halte til begge sider? Hvis Herren er Gud, så følg ham, men hvis Baal er Gud, så følg ham. Men folket svarte ham ikke et ord.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Elia trådte fram for hele folket og sa: Hvor lenge vil dere halte til begge sider? Hvis Herren er Gud, så følg ham, men hvis Baal er Gud, så følg ham. Men folket svarte ham ikke et ord.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Elia kom til hele folket og sa: Hvor lenge vil dere halte til begge sider? Hvis Herren er Gud, følg ham; men hvis Baal, følg ham. Og folket svarte ham ikke et ord.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Så gikk Elias til folket og sa: Hvor lenge skal dere dvele mellom to meninger? Hvis Herren er Gud, så følg ham; men hvis Baal er Gud, så følg ham. Men folket svarte ikke et ord.

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

  Elia kom til hele folket og sa: Hvor lenge vil dere halte til begge sider? Hvis Herren er Gud, følg ham; men hvis Baal, følg ham. Og folket svarte ham ikke et ord.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Elia trådte fram for hele folket og sa: 'Hvor lenge vil dere halte til begge sider? Hvis Herren er Gud, så følg ham. Men hvis Baal er Gud, så følg ham!' Men folket svarte ham ikke et ord.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Elijah approached all the people and said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal is God, follow him." But the people said nothing.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Elia trådte frem for hele folket og sa: «Hvor lenge vil dere vakle til begge sider? Hvis Herren er Gud, følg ham; hvis Baal er Gud, følg ham.» Men folket svarte ham ikke ett ord.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da gik Elias frem til alt Folket og sagde: Hvorlænge halte I paa begge Siderne? dersom Herren er Gud, da vandrer efter ham, men dersom Baal er (Gud, da) vandrer efter ham; men Folket svarede ham ikke et Ord.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Elia trådte fram for hele folket og sa: Hvor lenge vil dere halte mellom to meninger? Hvis Herren er Gud, så følg ham; men hvis Baal er det, så følg ham. Folket svarte ham ikke ett ord.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Elia trådte fram for hele folket og sa: Hvor lenge vil dere halte til begge sider? Hvis Herren er Gud, så følg ham; men hvis Baal, så følg ham. Men folket svarte ham ikke et ord.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Elia nærmet seg hele folket og sa: 'Hvor lenge vil dere halte til begge sider? Hvis Herren er Gud, følg ham; men hvis Baal er det, følg ham!' Men folket svarte ham ikke et ord.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Elia gikk frem for hele folket og sa: Hvor lenge vil dere vingle mellom to meninger? Hvis Herren er Gud, følg ham; men hvis Baal er det, så følg ham. Folket svarte ham ikke et ord.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og Elia trådte frem for hele folket og sa: Hvor lenge vil dere vakle mellom to meninger? Hvis Herren er Gud, tjen ham; men hvis Baal er det, tjen ham. Folket sa ikke et ord som svar.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then stepte Elias vnto all the people, & sayde: How longe halte ye on both ye sydes? Yf the LORDE be God, the walke after him: but yf Baal be he, the folowe him. And the people gaue him no answere.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Eliiah came vnto all the people, and said, How long halt ye betweene two opinions? If the Lord be God, followe him: but if Baal be he, then goe after him; the people answered him not a worde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Elias came vnto all the people, and said: how long halt ye betweene two opinions? If the Lorde be God, folowe him: but if Baal be he, then go after him. And the people aunswered him not one worde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD [be] God, follow him: but if Baal, [then] follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." The people answered him not a word.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, `Till when are ye leaping on the two branches? -- if Jehovah `is' God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;' and the people have not answered him a word.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long go ye limping between the two sides? if Jehovah be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go on balancing between two opinions? if the Lord is God, then give worship to him; but if Baal, give worship to him. And the people said not a word in answer.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." The people answered him not a word.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Elijah approached all the people and said,“How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? If the LORD is the true God, then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!” But the people did not say a word.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 24:15 : 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
• Matt 6:24 : 24 No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
• 1 Sam 7:3 : 3 And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you return to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
• 2 Kgs 17:41 : 41 These nations feared the LORD, yet served their carved images. Their children and their children's children have continued doing as their fathers did, to this day.
• 2 Cor 6:14-16 : 14 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? 15 And what agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what part has he who believes with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as God has said: I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
• 1 Cor 10:21-22 : 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons: you cannot partake of the Lord's table and of the table of demons. 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
• Rev 3:15-16 : 15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot: I wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spit you out of my mouth.
• Zeph 1:5 : 5 And those that worship the host of heaven on the rooftops; and those that worship and that swear by the LORD, and also swear by Milcom;
• 1 Kgs 18:39 : 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
• Josh 24:23-24 : 23 Now therefore put away, said he, the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel. 24 And the people said to Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
• Rom 6:16-22 : 16 Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves as servants to obey, you are the servants of the one whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? 17 But God be thanked that though you were servants of sin, you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. 18 And having been set free from sin, you became servants of righteousness. 19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as servants of uncleanness and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as servants of righteousness for holiness. 20 For when you were servants of sin, you were free from righteousness. 21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now, having been freed from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end everlasting life.
• Gen 24:50 : 50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, "The thing comes from the LORD; we cannot speak to you either bad or good.
• Gen 44:16 : 16 And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and also he with whom the cup is found.
• 1 Chr 17:26 : 26 And now, LORD, you are God, and have promised this goodness to your servant:
• 2 Chr 33:13 : 13 And he prayed to him, and he was entreated of him and heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.
• Deut 4:35 : 35 It was shown to you, that you might know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
• Matt 22:12 : 12 And he said to him, Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
• Matt 22:34 : 34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
• Matt 22:36 : 36 Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?
• Luke 6:13 : 13 And when it was day, he called his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles;
• Rom 3:19 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
• Job 40:4-5 : 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken, but I will not answer; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
• Ps 100:3 : 3 Know that the LORD, He is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
• Exod 5:1-2 : 1 Afterward, Moses and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, This is what the Lord God of Israel says, Let my people go, so they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness. 2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, nor will I let Israel go.