Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Surely now they shall say, We have no king, for we fear not LORD. And the king, what can he do for us?
New American Standard Bible
For we do not revere the Lord.
As for the king, what can he do for us?”
King James Version
For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
Holman Bible
“We have no king!
For we do not fear the Lord.
What can a king do for us?”
International Standard Version
From now on they will say, "We have no king, because we did not fear the LORD and what would a king do for us?'
American Standard Version
Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?
Amplified
Surely now they will say [in despair], “We have no [true] king,
For we do not revere the Lord;
And as for the king, what can he do for us [to rescue us]?”
Bible in Basic English
Now, truly, they will say, We have no king, we have no fear of the Lord; and the king, what is he able to do for us?
Darby Translation
For now they will say, We have no king, for we feared not Jehovah; and a king, what can he do for us?
Julia Smith Translation
For now they will say, No king to us because we feared not Jehovah; and what shall the king do to us?
King James 2000
For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then could a king do for us?
Lexham Expanded Bible
For now they will say, "We have no king; indeed, we did not fear Yahweh, and what can a king do for us?"
Modern King James verseion
For now they shall say, We have no king because we did not fear Jehovah; what then should a king do to us?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then shall they say, "We have no king. For why? We have not feared the LORD. And what shall then the king do to us?"
NET Bible
Very soon they will say, "We have no king since we did not fear the Lord. But what can a king do for us anyway?"
New Heart English Bible
Surely now they will say, "We have no king; for we do not fear the LORD; and the king, what can he do for us?"
The Emphasized Bible
For, now, will they say, We have no king, - for we revere not Yahweh, and what could, a king, do for us?
Webster
For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
World English Bible
Surely now they will say, "We have no king; for we don't fear Yahweh; and the king, what can he do for us?"
Youngs Literal Translation
For now they say: We have no king, Because we have not feared Jehovah, And the king -- what doth he for us?
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 10:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Is Punished
2 Their heart is divided. Now they shall be found guilty. He will smite their altars. He will destroy their pillars. 3 Surely now they shall say, We have no king, for we fear not LORD. And the king, what can he do for us? 4 They speak [vain] words, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Cross References
Hosea 10:7
[As for] Samaria, her king is cut off, as foam upon the water.
Hosea 10:15
So shall Bethel do to you because of your great wickedness. At daybreak the king of Israel shall be utterly cut off.
Genesis 49:10
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh come, and to him shall the obedience of the peoples be.
Hosea 3:4
For the sons of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without ruler, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim.
Hosea 11:5
They shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be their king, because they refused to return [to me].
Hosea 13:11
I have given thee a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
Micah 4:9
Now why do thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee. Has thy counselor perished, that pangs have taken hold of thee as of a woman in travail?
John 19:15
But they cried out, Away, away, crucify him! Pilate says to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king except Caesar.