Hosea 4 - Compare Translations
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Hosea 4:1
KJVHear 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.
WEBHear Yahweh’s word, you children of Israel;
YLT`Hear a word of Jehovah, sons of Israel, For a strife [is] to Jehovah with inhabitants of the land, For there is no truth, nor kindness, Nor knowledge of God, in the land,
Hosea 4:2
KJVBy swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
WEBThere is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
YLTSwearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery -- have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.
Hosea 4:3
KJVTherefore 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.
WEBTherefore the land will mourn,
YLTTherefore mourn doth the land, And weak is every dweller in it, With the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens, And the fishes of the sea -- they are removed.
Hosea 4:4
KJVYet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
WEB“Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; For your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.
YLTOnly, let no one strive, nor reprove a man, And thy people [are] as those striving with a priest.
Hosea 4:5
KJVTherefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
WEBYou will stumble in the day,
YLTAnd thou hast stumbled in the day, And stumbled hath also a prophet with thee in the night, And I have cut off thy mother.
Hosea 4:6
KJVMy 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.
WEBMy people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
YLTCut off have been My people for lack of knowledge, Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me, And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!
Hosea 4:7
KJVAs they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
WEBAs they were multiplied, so they sinned against me.
YLTAccording to their abundance so they sinned against Me, Their honour into shame I change.
Hosea 4:8
KJVThey eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
WEBThey feed on the sin of my people,
YLTThe sin of My people they do eat, And unto their iniquity lift up their soul.
Hosea 4:9
KJVAnd there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
WEBIt will be, like people, like priest;
YLTAnd it hath been, like people, like priest, And I have charged on it its ways, And its habitual doings I return to it.
Hosea 4:10
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Hosea 4:11
KJVWhoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
WEBProstitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
YLTWhoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,
Hosea 4:12
KJVMy 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.
WEBMy people consult with their wooden idol,
YLTMy people at its staff asketh and its rod declareth to it, For a spirit of whoredoms hath caused to err, And they go a-whoring from under their God.
Hosea 4:13
KJVThey 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.
WEBThey sacrifice on the tops of the mountains,
YLTOn tops of the mountains they do sacrifice, And on the hills they make perfume, Under oak, and poplar, and terebinth, For good [is] its shade.
Hosea 4:14
KJVI 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.
WEBI will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute,
YLTTherefore commit whoredom do your daughters, And your spouses commit adultery, I do not see after your daughters when they commit whoredom, And after your spouses when they commit adultery, For they with the harlots are separated, And with the whores they do sacrifice, A people that doth not understand kicketh.
Hosea 4:15
KJVThough thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The Lord liveth.
WEB“Though you, Israel, play the prostitute,
YLTThough a harlot thou [art], O Israel, Let not Judah become guilty, And come not ye in to Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-Aven, Nor swear ye, Jehovah liveth.
Hosea 4:16
KJVFor Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
WEBFor Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer.
YLTFor as a refractory heifer hath Israel turned aside, Now doth Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Hosea 4:17
KJVEphraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
WEBEphraim is joined to idols.
YLTJoined to idols [is] Ephraim, let him alone.
Hosea 4:18
KJVTheir drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
WEBTheir drink has become sour.
YLTSour [is] their drink, They have gone diligently a-whoring, Her protectors have loved shame thoroughly.
Hosea 4:19
KJVThe wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
WEBThe wind has wrapped her up in its wings;
YLTDistressed her hath wind with its wings, And they are ashamed of their sacrifices!
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