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| Hosea 4:1 | Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. | Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel, for the Lord shall enter into judgment with the inhabitants of the land: for there is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God in the land. | Hear the word of Yahweh, you children of Israel; for Yahweh has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land. |
| Hosea 4:2 | By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. | Cursing, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery have overflowed, and blood hath touched blood. | There is nothing but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood touches blood. |
| Hosea 4:3 | Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. | Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the air: yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be gathered together. | Therefore shall the land mourn, and everyone who dwells therein shall languish, with the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also shall be taken away. |
| Hosea 4:4 | Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. | But yet let not any man judge: and let not a man be rebuked: for thy people are as they that contradict the priest. | Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for your people are as those who strive with the priest. |
| Hosea 4:5 | Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. | And thou shalt fall to day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee: in the night I have made thy mother to be silent. | You shall stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother. |
| Hosea 4:6 | My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. | My people have been silent, because they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee, that thou shalt not do the office of priesthood to me: and thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children. | My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall be no priest to me: seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. |
| Hosea 4:7 | As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. | According to the multitude of them so have they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame. | As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame. |
| Hosea 4:8 | They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. | They shall eat the sins of my people, and shall lift up their souls to their iniquity. | They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity. |
| Hosea 4:9 | And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. | And there shall be like people like priest: and I will visit their ways upon them, and I will repay them their devices. | It shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings. |
| Hosea 4:10 | For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD. | And they shall eat and shall not be filled: they have committed fornication, and have not ceased: because they have forsaken the Lord in not observing his law. | They shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the prostitute, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Yahweh. |
| Hosea 4:11 | Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. | Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness take away the understanding. | Prostitution and wine and new wine take away the understanding. |
| Hosea 4:12 | My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. | My people have consulted their stocks, and their staff hath declared unto them: for the spirit of fornication hath deceived them, and they have committed fornication against their God. | My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declares to them; for the spirit of prostitution has caused them to err, and they have played the prostitute, [departing] from under their God. |
| Hosea 4:13 | They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. | They offered sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burnt incense upon the hills: under the oak, and the poplar, and the turpentine tree, because the shadow thereof was good: therefore shall your daughters commit fornication, and your spouses shall be adulteresses. | They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because the shadow of it is good: therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides commit adultery. |
| Hosea 4:14 | I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall. | I will not visit upon your daughters when they shell commit fornication, and upon your spouses when they shall commit adultery: because themselves conversed with harlots, and offered sacrifice with the effeminate, and the people that doth not understand shall be beaten. | I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for [the men] themselves go apart with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that does not understand shall be overthrown. |
| Hosea 4:15 | Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth. | If thou play the harlot, O Israel, at least let not Juda offend: and go ye not into Galgal, and come not up into Bethaven, and do not swear: The Lord liveth. | Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don't let Judah offend; and don't you come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth-aven, nor swear, As Yahweh lives. |
| Hosea 4:16 | For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. | For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer: now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place. | For Israel has behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Yahweh feed them as a lamb in a large place. |
| Hosea 4:17 | Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. | Ephraim is a partaker with idols, let him alone. | Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone. |
| Hosea 4:18 | Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye. | Their banquet is separated, they have gone astray by fornication: they that should have protected them have loved to bring shame upon them. | Their drink is become sour; they play the prostitute continually; her rulers dearly love shame. |
| Hosea 4:19 | The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. | The wind hath bound them up in its wings, and they shall be confounded because of their sacrifices. | The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be put to shame because of their sacrifices. |
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