Verse 25

Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, There is no hope: no; for I have loved foreign gods, and after them I will go.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Pass på at føttene dine ikke blir nakne og halsen ikke blir tørst. Men du sier: "Det nytter ikke! Jeg elsker fremmede, og dem vil jeg følge."

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Hold foten din fra å bli bar og halsen fra tørst. Men du sier: Det er ingen håp; for jeg har elsket fremmede, og etter dem vil jeg gå.

• Norsk King James

  Hold føttene dine borte fra å være barføtt, og halsen din fra tørst; men du sa: Det er ingen håp; nei, jeg har elsket fremmede, og etter dem vil jeg gå.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Spar din fot fra å gå barbent og din strupe fra tørst; men du sa: Det er forgjeves, for jeg elsker de fremmede, og jeg vil gå etter dem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hold din fot tilbake fra å være barfot og din strupe fra tørst! Men du sa: Det nytter ikke. Jeg elsker fremmede, og etter dem vil jeg gå.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Spar din fot fra å bli barfot og din hals fra tørst; men du sa: Det er ingen håp: Nei, jeg har elsket fremmede, og dem vil jeg følge.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  La ikke foten din gå barbeint, og la ikke tungen din sulte for tørst, men du sa: 'Det finnes ingen håp' – nei, for jeg har kjærkommet fremmede, og etter dem vil jeg gå.

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

  Spar din fot fra å bli barfot og din hals fra tørst; men du sa: Det er ingen håp: Nei, jeg har elsket fremmede, og dem vil jeg følge.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hold din fot tilbake fra å bli bar, og din hals fra tørst. Men du sa: Dette er nytteløst, jeg elsker fremmede og jeg vil følge dem.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Keep your feet from going bare and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It’s hopeless! I love foreigners, and I will follow them.’

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Hold foten din fra å bli bar og halsen fra tørst! Men du sa: Det nytter ikke; nei, for jeg elsker fremmede, og etter dem vil jeg gå.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hold din Fod tilbage fra (at løbe) barfodet, og din Strube fra Tørst; men du sagde: (Det er) forloret; ikke (saa), thi jeg haver elsket Fremmede, og efter dem vil jeg gaae.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Hold din fot fra å bli bar og din hals fra tørst; men du sa: Det er ingen håp: Nei, for jeg har elsket fremmede, og etter dem vil jeg gå.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hold tilbake din fot fra å bli barfot, og din strupe fra tørst: men du sa, Det er forgjeves; nei, for jeg har elsket fremmede, og etter dem vil jeg gå.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Hold foten tilbake fra å være barbeint og halsen fra tørst, men du sier: Det er forgjeves, nei, for jeg har elsket fremmede, og etter dem går jeg.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Hold din fot fra å bli bar, og din hals fra tørst; men du sa: Det er forgjeves; nei, for jeg har elsket fremmede, og etter dem vil jeg gå.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Ikke la foten din bli uten sko, eller halsen din tørste etter vann: men du sa, Det er ikke noe håp: nei, for jeg har vært en elsker av fremmede guder, og etter dem vil jeg gå.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou kepest thy fote from nakednes, and thy throte from thurste, and thinkest thus in thy self: tush, I wil take no sorowe, I wil loue the straunge goddes, & hange vpon them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Keepe thou thy feete from barenes, and thy throte from thirst: but thou saidest desperately, No, for I haue loued strangers, and them will I followe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Kepe thy foote from nakednesse, and thy throte from thirst, and thou thinkest in thy selfe: tushe, I wil take no sorowe, for I haue loued the straungers, and them wyll I folowe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Withhold thy foot from being unshod, And thy throat from thirst, And thou sayest, `It is incurable, No, for I have loved strangers, and after them I go.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Do not let your foot be without shoes, or your throat dry from need of water: but you said, There is no hope: no, for I have been a lover of strange gods, and after them I will go.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst. But you said, 'It is in vain. No, for I have loved strangers, and I will go after them.'

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Do not chase after other gods until your shoes wear out and your throats become dry. But you say,‘It is useless for you to try and stop me because I love those foreign gods and want to pursue them!’

Referenced Verses

• Deut 32:16 : 16 They provoked him to jealousy with foreign gods, with abominations they provoked him to anger.
• Jer 3:13 : 13 Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the LORD your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice, says the LORD.
• Jer 18:12 : 12 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own plans, and we will everyone do the imagination of his evil heart.
• Rom 8:24 : 24 For we are saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?
• Jer 44:17 : 17 But we will certainly do whatever thing proceeds out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.
• Lam 4:4 : 4 The tongue of the nursing child clings to the roof of his mouth for thirst; the young children ask for bread, and no one breaks it for them.
• Hos 2:3 : 3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.
• Luke 15:22 : 22 But the father said to his servants, Bring out the best robe and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
• Luke 16:24 : 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
• Rom 2:4-5 : 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? 5 But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• Jer 13:22 : 22 And if you say in your heart, Why have these things come upon me? For the greatness of your iniquity your skirts are uncovered, and your heels made bare.
• Jer 14:10 : 10 Thus says the LORD to this people, 'Thus they have loved to wander, they have not restrained their feet; therefore the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish their sins.'
• Deut 28:48 : 48 Therefore you shall serve your enemies which the LORD shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon your neck, until he has destroyed you.
• Deut 29:19-20 : 19 And it comes to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: 20 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
• 2 Chr 28:22 : 22 And in the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against the LORD, this is that King Ahaz.
• Isa 2:6 : 6 Therefore You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves with the children of strangers.
• Isa 20:2-4 : 2 At that same time the LORD spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and remove the sackcloth from your waist, and take off your sandals from your feet. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. 3 And the LORD said, Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; 4 So will the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians as prisoners, and the Ethiopians as captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
• Isa 57:10 : 10 You are wearied by the length of your way; yet you did not say, There is no hope: you have found the life of your hand; therefore you were not grieved.