Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Say to your brothers, A People; and to your sisters, Mercy.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Holman Bible
and your sisters: Compassion.
A Conservative Version
Say ye to your brothers, Ammi, and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
American Standard Version
Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Amplified
“[Hosea,] say to your brothers, ‘Ammi (you are my people),’ and to your sisters, ‘Ruhamah (you have been pitied and have obtained mercy).’
Bible in Basic English
Say to your brothers, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Darby Translation
Say unto your brethren Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Julia Smith Translation
Say ye to your brethren, My people; and to your sisters, Being compassionated.
King James 2000
Say you unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Say to your brother, "Ammi," and to your sister, "Ruhamah."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Tell your brethren, that they are my people; and your sistren, that they have obtained mercy.
NET Bible
Then you will call your brother, "My People" (Ammi)! You will call your sister, "Pity" (Ruhamah)!
New Heart English Bible
"Say to your brothers, 'My people.' and to your sisters, 'My loved one.'
The Emphasized Bible
Say ye unto your brethren, O Ammi, and unto your sisters, O Ruhamah:
Webster
Say ye to your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
World English Bible
"Say to your brothers, 'My people!' and to your sisters, 'My loved one!'
Youngs Literal Translation
Say ye to your brethren -- Ammi, And to your sisters -- Ruhamah.
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Hosea 2:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hosea's Marriage And Children
1 Say to your brothers, A People; and to your sisters, Mercy. 2 Contend! Contend with your mother, for she is not my wife, nor am I her husband. Let her therefore put away her fornications out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts,
Cross References
Hosea 2:23
And I will sow her to Me in the earth. And I will have mercy on No-mercy. And I will say to Not-my-people, You are My people. And they shall say, My God.
Exodus 19:5-6
And now if you will obey My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure to Me above all the nations; for all the earth is Mine.
Jeremiah 31:33
but this shall be the covenant that I will cut with the house of Israel: After those days, says Jehovah, I will put My Law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Jeremiah 32:38
And they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 11:20
so that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances, and do them. And they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 36:28
And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers. And you shall be My people, and I will be your God.
Ezekiel 37:27
And My tabernacle shall be with them. Yea, I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Hosea 1:9-11
And He said, Call his name Not-my-people. For you are not My people, and I will not be for you.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, It is My people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
Romans 11:30-31
For as you also then disbelieved God, but now have been shown mercy through their disbelief,
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not faint.
1 Timothy 1:13
the one who before was a blasphemer and a persecutor and insolent. But I obtained mercy, because being ignorant, I did it in unbelief.
1 Peter 2:10
you who then were not a people, but now the people of God, those not pitied then, but now pitied.