Verse 6

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  De går med sauer og storfe for å søke Herren, men de vil ikke finne ham; han har trukket seg tilbake fra dem.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  De skal gå med sine flokker og med sine hjorder for å søke Herren, men de skal ikke finne ham; han har trukket seg bort fra dem.

• Norsk King James

  De skal gå med sine flokker og buskap for å søke Herren; men de skal ikke finne ham; han har trukket seg unna dem.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da skal de komme med sine sauer og kyr for å søke Herren, men de skal ikke finne ham; han har trukket seg unna dem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Med sine sauer og storfe vil de gå for å søke Herren, men de skal ikke finne ham, han har trukket seg bort fra dem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  De skal gå med sine flokker og buskap for å søke Herren, men de skal ikke finne ham; han har trukket seg tilbake fra dem.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  De skal dra med sine flokker og sin hjord for å søke Herren, men de skal ikke finne ham; han har trukket seg tilbake fra dem.

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

  De skal gå med sine flokker og buskap for å søke Herren, men de skal ikke finne ham; han har trukket seg tilbake fra dem.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  De vil gå med flokkene sine og med buskapen sin for å søke Herren, men de vil ikke finne ham; han har trukket seg tilbake fra dem.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  With their flocks and herds they will go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Med sauer og okser vil de gå for å søke Herren, men de skal ikke finne ham. Han har trukket seg tilbake fra dem.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da skulle de gaae med deres Faar og med deres Øxne at søge Herren, og ikke finde ham; han haver draget sig fra dem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Med sine flokker og med sine hjorder skal de gå for å søke Herren, men de skal ikke finne ham. Han har trukket seg bort fra dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  De vil gå med sine flokker og med sine hjorder for å søke Herren; Men de vil ikke finne ham. Han har trukket seg bort fra dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Med deres flokk og med deres buskap går de for å lete etter Herren, men de finner Ham ikke; Han har trukket seg tilbake fra dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  De skal gå med sine flokker og med sitt fe for å søke Herren; men de skal ikke finne ham: han har trukket seg tilbake fra dem.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  De skal dra med sine flokker og hjorder for å søke Herren, men de vil ikke finne ham; han har trukket seg bort fra dem.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  They shall come with their shepe & bullockes to seke ye LORDE, but they shal not fynde him, for he is gone from them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  They shall goe with their sheepe, and with their bullockes to seeke the Lorde: but they shall not finde him: for he hath withdrawne himselfe from them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  They shall come with their sheepe and bullockes to seeke the Lorde, but they shall not finde hym: for he is gone from them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find [him]; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; But they won't find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  They will go, with their flocks and their herds, in search of the Lord, but they will not see him; he has taken himself out of their view.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; but they won't find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Futility of Sacrificial Ritual without Moral Obedience Although they bring their flocks and herds to seek the favor of the LORD, They will not find him– he has withdrawn himself from them!

Referenced Verses

• Prov 1:28 : 28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;
• Mic 6:6-7 : 6 With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
• Jer 7:4 : 4 Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
• Lam 3:44 : 44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
• Ezek 8:6 : 6 He said furthermore to me, Son of man, do you see what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn yet again, and you shall see greater abominations.
• Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Isa 1:11-15 : 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? says the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals; and I delight not in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of goats. 12 When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts? 13 Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates: they are a trouble to me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: indeed, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• John 7:34 : 34 You will seek me and not find me, and where I am, you cannot come.
• Isa 66:3 : 3 He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb, as if he broke a dog's neck; he that offers an offering, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burns incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.
• Exod 10:9 : 9 And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds we will go; for we must hold a feast to the LORD.
• Exod 10:24-26 : 24 And Pharaoh called to Moses and said, Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be kept back; let your little ones also go with you. 25 And Moses said, You must also give us sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. 26 Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind; for we must take of them to serve the LORD our God, and we do not know with what we must serve the LORD until we arrive there.
• Prov 21:27 : 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with an evil intent?
• Song 5:6 : 6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul failed when he spoke: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
• Ezek 8:18 : 18 Therefore I will also deal in fury: my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet I will not hear them.
• Amos 5:21-23 : 21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not delight in your solemn assemblies. 22 Though you offer me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; nor will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. 23 Take away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your lutes.
• Jer 11:11 : 11 Therefore thus says the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they cry to me, I will not listen to them.
• Luke 5:16 : 16 And he withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.
• Mic 3:4 : 4 Then they shall cry to the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, because they have done evil in their deeds.