Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Their word is falsely given as they make their agreements; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Holman Bible
taking false oaths while making covenants.
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
A Conservative Version
They speak [vain] words, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
American Standard Version
They speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Amplified
They have spoken empty (disingenuous) words,
Swearing falsely to make covenants [they intend to break];
Therefore, judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
Bible in Basic English
Their words are foolish; they make agreements with false oaths, so punishment will come up like a poison-plant in a ploughed field.
Darby Translation
They speak mere words, swearing falsely in making a covenant; therefore shall judgment spring up as hemlock in the furrows of the fields.
Julia Smith Translation
They spake words swearing falsehood, cutting out a covenant: and judgment broke forth as the head upon the furrows of the field
King James 2000
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They utter words of vain oaths [when] {making covenants}, and judgment blossoms like a poisonous plant on the furrows of the field.
Modern King James verseion
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant. So judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They commune together, and swear vain oaths: they be confederate together, therefore groweth their punishment, as the weeds in the furrows of the land.
NET Bible
They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.
New Heart English Bible
They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
The Emphasized Bible
They have spoken words, swearing falsely, in solemnizing a covenant, - therefore shall judgment, spring up like a poisonous plant, on the ridges of the field.
Webster
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
World English Bible
They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
Youngs Literal Translation
They have spoken words, To swear falsehood in making a covenant, And flourished as a poisonous herb hath judgment, on the furrows of a field.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 10:4
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Israel Is Punished
3 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?' 4 Their word is falsely given as they make their agreements; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field. 5 "The residents of Samaria will be terrified because of the cows of Beth-aven. Its people will mourn over Beth-aven, along with the priests who will mourn its glory, because that glory has departed.
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Cross References
Amos 5:7
Those of you who are making justice taste bitter, and who have thrown righteousness to the ground:
2 Kings 17:3-4
King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his servant and paid tribute to him.
Ezekiel 17:13-19
Then he took one of the royal descendants, made a covenant with him, and put him under an oath of loyalty, taking the leaders of the land captive
Hosea 4:2
Swearing, lying, murder, theft, and adultery are rampant, and blood mingles with blood.
Amos 6:12
"Horses don't run over bare rock, do they? One doesn't plow rock with oxen, does he? But you have turned justice to gall, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness.
Deuteronomy 29:18
Be alert so there is no man, woman, family, or a tribe whose heart is turning away from the LORD your God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Be alert so there will be no root among you that produces poisonous and bitter fruit,
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden in which he delights. He looked for justice, but saw only bloodshed; he searched for righteousness, but heard only an outcry!
Isaiah 59:13-15
they've rebelled in treachery against the LORD, and are turning away from following our God; and they've spoken oppression and revolt, and are conceiving lying words from the heart.
Hosea 6:7
"But like Adam, they broke the covenant; in this they have acted deceitfully against me.
Acts 8:23
For I see that you're being poisoned by bitterness and you're a prisoner of wickedness!"
Romans 1:31
foolish, faithless, heartless, and ruthless.
2 Timothy 3:3
unfeeling, uncooperative, slanderous, degenerate, brutal, hateful of what is good,
Hebrews 12:15
See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up and causes you trouble, or many of you will become defiled.
Revelation 8:10-11
When the third angel blew his trumpet, a huge star blazing like a torch fell from heaven. It fell on one-third of the rivers and on the springs of water.