Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And will demolish
And
King James Version
And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
Holman Bible
it will destroy and devour the bars of his gates,
because of their schemes.
International Standard Version
The sword will fall on their cities, consuming and devouring their fortified gates, despite their planning.
A Conservative Version
And the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour [them], because of their own counsels.
American Standard Version
And the sword shall fall upon their cities, and shall consume their bars, and devour them , because of their own counsels.
Amplified
The sword will whirl against and fall on their cities,
And will demolish the bars of their gates and fortifications
And will consume them because of their counsels.
Bible in Basic English
And the sword will go through his towns, wasting his children and causing destruction because of their evil designs.
Darby Translation
and the sword shall turn about in his cities, and shall consume his bars, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
Julia Smith Translation
And the sword was polished in his cities, and it consumed his branches, and devoured from their counsels.
King James 2000
And the sword shall rage against his cities, and shall consume his districts, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] sword rages in his cities; it consumes his false prophets and devours because of their plans.
Modern King James verseion
And the sword shall remain on his cities, and shall destroy his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore shall the sword begin in their cities, the store that they have laid up shall be destroyed and eaten up: and that because of their own imaginations.
NET Bible
A sword will flash in their cities, it will destroy the bars of their city gates, and will devour them in their fortresses.
New Heart English Bible
The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore shall the sword, rage, in his cities, and make an end of his multitudes, and consume them, - because of their counsels.
Webster
And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
World English Bible
The sword will fall on their cities, and will destroy the bars of their gates, and will put an end to their plans.
Youngs Literal Translation
Grievous hath been the sword in his cities, And it hath ended his bars, and consumed -- from their own counsels.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 11:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Will Have Compassion
5
Will they not return to Egypt and will not Assyria rule over them because they refuse to repent?
6
And will demolish
And
Cross References
Hosea 13:16
The people of Samaria are guilty as charged because they rebelled against their God. They will be killed in war, their children will be smashed to death, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.
Hosea 10:6
The idol will be carried off to Assyria as tribute to the great emperor. The people of Israel will be disgraced and put to shame because of the advice they followed.
Hosea 10:14
Tumult will come to your people and all your fortresses will be destroyed. It will be like the day when King Shalman destroyed the city of Betharbel (house of Arbel) in battle and mothers and their children were crushed to death.
Leviticus 26:31
I will make your cities deserted and ruin your sacred places. I will no longer accept the soothing aroma from your sacrifices.
Leviticus 26:33
I will scatter you among the nations. War will follow you. Your country will be in ruins. Your cities will be deserted.
Deuteronomy 28:52
They will blockade all your cities until the high, fortified walls you trust come down everywhere in your land. They will blockade all the cities everywhere in the land that Jehovah your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 32:25
Outside the sword will bereave. Inside terror shall destroy both young man and virgin, babies and old man with gray hair.
Psalm 80:11-16
It reached out with its branches to the Mediterranean Sea. Its shoots reached the Euphrates River.
Psalm 106:39
They became filthy because of what they did. They behaved like prostitutes.
Psalm 106:43
He rescued them many times, but they continued to plot rebellion against him and to sink deeper because of their sin.
Isaiah 9:14
So Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed (rush) in one day.
Isaiah 18:5
Before the harvest, when blossoms are gone and grapes are ripening from blossoms, he will cut off the shoots with pruning shears and chop off and take away the spreading branches.
Isaiah 27:10
The fortified city stands desolate, abandoned settlements, forsaken like the desert. There the calves will graze, there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
Isaiah 30:1
Suffer you unwilling children, says Jehovah. You pursue a purpose that is not mine. You make a covenant sacrifice without my Spirit. You add sin to sin.
Jeremiah 5:17
They will devour your harvest and your food. They will devour your sons and your daughters. They will devour your flocks and your herds. They will devour your vines and your fig trees. They will demolish with the sword your fortified cities in which you trust.
Ezekiel 15:2-7
Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any wood of a branch among the trees of the forest?
Ezekiel 20:47
Tell the forest in the Negev: 'Listen to the word of Jehovah. This is what the Lord Jehovah says: I am about to set fire to you to destroy all your green trees and all your dry trees. The blazing fire will not be put out. It will burn the whole land from the south to the north.
Micah 5:11
I will destroy the cities of your land, and I will throw down all your strongholds.
Malachi 4:1
Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: The day is coming when all arrogant and evil people will burn like stubble. On that day they will burn up and there will be nothing left of them, either root or bough.