Parallel Verses
- English Standard Version - And you, O generation, behold the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of thick darkness? Why then do my people say, ‘We are free, we will come no more to you’?
- 新标点和合本 - 这世代的人哪， 你们要看明耶和华的话。 我岂向以色列作旷野呢？ 或作幽暗之地呢？ 我的百姓为何说： ‘我们脱离约束，再不归向你了’？
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 这世代的人哪， 你们要留意耶和华的话。 我向以色列岂是旷野， 或幽暗之地呢？ 我的百姓为何说： ‘我们脱离约束，不再归向你了’？
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 这世代的人哪， 你们要留意耶和华的话。 我向以色列岂是旷野， 或幽暗之地呢？ 我的百姓为何说： ‘我们脱离约束，不再归向你了’？
- 当代译本 - 这世代的人啊， 要留心听耶和华的话。 对以色列人来说， 难道我是旷野， 是幽暗之地吗？ 为什么我的子民竟说， ‘我们可以四处游荡， 不再追随你’？
- 圣经新译本 - 这世代的人哪！你们要注意耶和华的话： ‘对以色列人来说，难道我是旷野， 或是黑暗的地方？ 我的子民为什么说：我们自由了， 不再到你那里去了？
- 现代标点和合本 - 这世代的人哪， 你们要看明耶和华的话！ 我岂向以色列做旷野呢？ 或做幽暗之地呢？ 我的百姓为何说 ‘我们脱离约束，再不归向你了’？
- 和合本（拼音版） - 这世代的人哪， 你们要看明耶和华的话。 我岂向以色列作旷野呢？ 或作幽暗之地呢？ 我的百姓为何说： ‘我们脱离约束，再不归向你了’？
- New International Version - “You of this generation, consider the word of the Lord: “Have I been a desert to Israel or a land of great darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to you no more’?
- New International Reader's Version - “You who are now living, consider my message. I am saying, “Have I been like a desert to Israel? Have I been like a land of deep darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We are free to wander. We won’t come to you anymore’?
- New Living Translation - “O my people, listen to the words of the Lord! Have I been like a desert to Israel? Have I been to them a land of darkness? Why then do my people say, ‘At last we are free from God! We don’t need him anymore!’
- The Message - “What a generation you turned out to be! Didn’t I tell you? Didn’t I warn you? Have I let you down, Israel? Am I nothing but a dead-end street? Why do my people say, ‘Good riddance! From now on we’re on our own’? Young women don’t forget their jewelry, do they? Brides don’t show up without their veils, do they? But my people forget me. Day after day after day they never give me a thought. * * *
- Christian Standard Bible - Evil generation, pay attention to the word of the Lord! Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do my people claim, “We will go where we want; we will no longer come to you”?
- New American Standard Bible - You generation, look to the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, Or a land of thick darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; We will no longer come to You’?
- New King James Version - “O generation, see the word of the Lord! Have I been a wilderness to Israel, Or a land of darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are lords; We will come no more to You’?
- Amplified Bible - O generation [that you are], consider and regard carefully the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness to Israel [like a land without food], A land of thick and deep darkness [like a path without light]? Why do My people say, ‘We [have broken loose and we] are free to roam [at will]; We will no longer come to You’?
- American Standard Version - O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?
- King James Version - O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
- New English Translation - You people of this generation, listen to what the Lord says. “Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say, ‘We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?’
- World English Bible - Generation, consider Yahweh’s word. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? Or a land of thick darkness? Why do my people say, ‘We have broken loose. We will come to you no more?’
- 新標點和合本 - 這世代的人哪， 你們要看明耶和華的話。 我豈向以色列作曠野呢？ 或作幽暗之地呢？ 我的百姓為何說： 我們脫離約束，再不歸向你了？
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 這世代的人哪， 你們要留意耶和華的話。 我向以色列豈是曠野， 或幽暗之地呢？ 我的百姓為何說： 『我們脫離約束，不再歸向你了』？
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 這世代的人哪， 你們要留意耶和華的話。 我向以色列豈是曠野， 或幽暗之地呢？ 我的百姓為何說： 『我們脫離約束，不再歸向你了』？
- 當代譯本 - 這世代的人啊， 要留心聽耶和華的話。 對以色列人來說， 難道我是曠野， 是幽暗之地嗎？ 為什麼我的子民竟說， 『我們可以四處遊蕩， 不再追隨你』？
- 聖經新譯本 - 這世代的人哪！你們要注意耶和華的話： ‘對以色列人來說，難道我是曠野， 或是黑暗的地方？ 我的子民為甚麼說：我們自由了， 不再到你那裡去了？
- 呂振中譯本 - 但你們呢，這世代的人哪， 你們要看明白永恆主的話。 難道我對 以色列 竟成了曠野？ 或是極幽暗之地？ 我的人民為甚麼說：「我們漫遊無拘了； 我們再也不來歸你了」？
- 現代標點和合本 - 這世代的人哪， 你們要看明耶和華的話！ 我豈向以色列做曠野呢？ 或做幽暗之地呢？ 我的百姓為何說 『我們脫離約束，再不歸向你了』？
- 文理和合譯本 - 斯世之人歟、當明耶和華之言、我於以色列族、豈為幽曠之野、杳冥之域乎、我民奚曰、我已放縱、不復詣爾、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 斯世之人、宜聽我言、我眷佑以色列族、詎若幽曠之野、杳冥之域哉。何以我民放縱、不肯詣予。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾曹斯代之人、當聽我言、我於 以色列 人、豈曾如曠野、豈曾如幽暗之地乎、我民何故言曰、我欲離約束自由、 我欲離約束自由或作我欲飄流 不復歸爾、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - »Pero ustedes, los de esta generación, presten atención a la palabra del Señor: ¿Acaso he sido para Israel un desierto o una tierra tenebrosa? ¿Por qué dice mi pueblo: “Somos libres, nunca más volveremos a ti”?
- 현대인의 성경 - “내 백성들아, 나 여호와가 하는 말을 들어라. 내가 이스라엘에게 광야나 흑암의 땅처럼 된 적이 있느냐? 어째서 내 백성은 ‘우리가 자유로운 몸이 되었으니 다시는 주께로 가지 않겠습니다’ 하고 말하는가?
- Новый Русский Перевод - О нынешнее поколение, поразмысли над словом Господним: – Разве Я был пустыней Израилю или краем кромешной тьмы? Почему Мой народ говорит: «Мы свободны бродить; мы больше к Тебе не придем»?
- Восточный перевод - О нынешнее поколение, поразмысли над словом Вечного: – Разве Я был пустыней Исраилу или краем кромешной тьмы? Почему Мой народ говорит: «Мы свободны бродить; мы больше к Тебе не придём»?
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - О нынешнее поколение, поразмысли над словом Вечного: – Разве Я был пустыней Исраилу или краем кромешной тьмы? Почему Мой народ говорит: «Мы свободны бродить; мы больше к Тебе не придём»?
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - О нынешнее поколение, поразмысли над словом Вечного: – Разве Я был пустыней Исроилу или краем кромешной тьмы? Почему Мой народ говорит: «Мы свободны бродить; мы больше к Тебе не придём»?
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Gens d’aujourd’hui, voyez ce que dit l’Eternel : Suis-je pour Israël ╵une terre déserte, un pays de ténèbres ? Pourquoi mon peuple dit-il donc : « Nous errerons où nous voulons, et nous ne voulons plus ╵avoir affaire à toi » ?
- リビングバイブル - ああ、わたしの民よ、神のことばに耳を傾けよ。 わたしはイスラエルに、何か不正をしただろうか。 わたしは彼らにとって、 暗闇に覆われた地のようだったか。 それなのにどうして、わたしの民は 『やっと神から自由になれた。 もう二度とかかわり合いになりたくない』 と言うのか。
- Nova Versão Internacional - “Vocês, desta geração, considerem a palavra do Senhor: “Tenho sido um deserto para Israel? Uma terra de grandes trevas? Por que o meu povo diz: ‘Nós assumimos o controle! Não mais viremos a ti’?
- Hoffnung für alle - Was seid ihr doch für ein Volk! Hört, was ich, der Herr, euch sage: War ich etwa gefährlich für euch wie die Wüste, wie ein Land, in dem Finsternis herrscht? Warum ruft ihr denn: ›Wir wollen weg von dir und kehren nie wieder zurück!‹
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ôi dân Ta, hãy lắng nghe lời Chúa Hằng Hữu phán dạy! Có phải Ta là hoang mạc trong Ít-ra-ên không? Phải chăng Ta là một vùng đất tối tăm mù mịt? Tại sao dân Ta nói: ‘Chúng tôi được tự do khỏi Đức Chúa Trời! Chúng tôi không cần Chúa nữa!’
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “คนรุ่นนี้เอ๋ย จงใคร่ครวญพระดำรัสขององค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าเถิด “เราเป็นถิ่นกันดารหรือ? เป็นดินแดนมืดมนสำหรับอิสราเอลหรือ? แล้วทำไมประชากรของเราจึงพูดว่า ‘เมื่อเราไปไหนมาไหนได้อย่างอิสระ เราจะไม่มาหาพระองค์อีกต่อไป’?
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - โอ พวกเจ้าที่อยู่ในยุคนี้เอ๋ย จงฟังคำกล่าวของพระผู้เป็นเจ้า อิสราเอลเห็นว่า เราเป็นเหมือนถิ่นทุรกันดาร หรือเป็นแผ่นดินอันมืดทึบอย่างนั้นหรือ เหตุใดชนชาติของเราจึงพูดว่า ‘พวกเรามีอิสระ พวกเราจะไม่มาหาพระองค์อีก’
Cross Reference
- 1 Corinthians 4:8 - Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you!
- Malachi 3:9 - You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me, the whole nation of you.
- Malachi 3:10 - Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.
- Malachi 3:11 - I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not fail to bear, says the Lord of hosts.
- Amos 1:1 - The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
- 2 Chronicles 31:10 - Azariah the chief priest, who was of the house of Zadok, answered him, “Since they began to bring the contributions into the house of the Lord, we have eaten and had enough and have plenty left, for the Lord has blessed his people, so that we have this large amount left.”
- Hosea 2:7 - She shall pursue her lovers but not overtake them, and she shall seek them but shall not find them. Then she shall say, ‘I will go and return to my first husband, for it was better for me then than now.’
- Hosea 2:8 - And she did not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the wine, and the oil, and who lavished on her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.
- Deuteronomy 8:12 - lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them,
- Deuteronomy 8:13 - and when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied,
- Deuteronomy 8:14 - then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery,
- Revelation 3:15 - “‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot!
- Revelation 3:16 - So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.
- Revelation 3:17 - For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
- Psalms 12:4 - those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
- Jeremiah 2:5 - Thus says the Lord: “What wrong did your fathers find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless?
- Jeremiah 2:6 - They did not say, ‘Where is the Lord who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and pits, in a land of drought and deep darkness, in a land that none passes through, where no man dwells?’
- Psalms 10:4 - In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
- Isaiah 45:19 - I did not speak in secret, in a land of darkness; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I the Lord speak the truth; I declare what is right.
- Deuteronomy 31:20 - For when I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to give to their fathers, and they have eaten and are full and grown fat, they will turn to other gods and serve them, and despise me and break my covenant.
- Micah 6:9 - The voice of the Lord cries to the city— and it is sound wisdom to fear your name: “Hear of the rod and of him who appointed it!
- Hosea 13:6 - but when they had grazed, they became full, they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot me.
- Proverbs 30:9 - lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.
- 2 Samuel 12:7 - Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
- 2 Samuel 12:8 - And I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your arms and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if this were too little, I would add to you as much more.
- 2 Samuel 12:9 - Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
- Nehemiah 9:21 - Forty years you sustained them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
- Nehemiah 9:22 - “And you gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner. So they took possession of the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and the land of Og king of Bashan.
- Nehemiah 9:23 - You multiplied their children as the stars of heaven, and you brought them into the land that you had told their fathers to enter and possess.
- Nehemiah 9:24 - So the descendants went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
- Nehemiah 9:25 - And they captured fortified cities and a rich land, and took possession of houses full of all good things, cisterns already hewn, vineyards, olive orchards and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
- Deuteronomy 32:15 - “But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.