Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They will
Because they have
King James Version
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
Holman Bible
they will be promiscuous
For they have abandoned their devotion to the Lord.
International Standard Version
They will eat, but will not be satisfied. They will engage in prostitution, but they won't increase, because they have stopped listening to the LORD.
A Conservative Version
And they shall eat, and not have enough. They shall play the harlot, and shall not increase, because they have left off taking heed to LORD.
American Standard Version
And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.
Amplified
They will eat, but not have enough;
They will play the prostitute, but not increase [their descendants],
Because they have stopped giving heed to the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
They will have food, but they will not be full; they will be false to me, but they will not be increased, because they no longer give thought to the Lord.
Darby Translation
and they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: for they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
For they ate and they shall not be satisfied, and they committed fornication and they shall not spread abroad: for with Jehovah they left off to watch.
King James 2000
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit harlotry, and shall not increase: because they have ceased to obey the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They will eat and not be satisfied; they will play the whore and not multiply, because they have forsaken Yahweh {to devote themselves to
Modern King James verseion
For they shall eat and not have enough. They shall fornicate and not increase, because they have stopped taking heed to Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They shall eat, and not have enough: they have used whoredom, therefore shall they not prosper: and why? They have forsaken the LORD, and not regarded him.
NET Bible
They will eat, but not be satisfied; they will engage in prostitution, but not increase in numbers; because they have abandoned the Lord by pursuing other gods.
New Heart English Bible
They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned giving to the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
And they shall eat, and not be satisfied, they have encouraged unchastity, yet have not been making increase, - for unto, Yahweh, have they left off giving heed: -
Webster
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall be guilty of lewdness, and shall not increase: because they have ceased to take heed to the LORD.
World English Bible
They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned giving to Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they have eaten, and are not satisfied, They have gone a-whoring, and increase not, For they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.
Interlinear
Saba`
Zanah
Parats
`azab
Devotionals
Devotionals containing Hosea 4:10
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 4:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Lord Accuses The Priests
9
And it shall be like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
10
They will
Because they have
Cross References
Leviticus 26:26
When I break your supply of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in a single oven and shall dole out your bread again by weight, and you shall eat and not be satisfied.
Micah 6:14
You shall eat, but not be satisfied, and there shall be hunger within you; you shall put away, but not preserve, and what you preserve I will give to the sword.
Haggai 1:6
You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.
2 Chronicles 24:17
Now after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king. Then the king listened to them.
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
Psalm 125:5
But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the LORD will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!
Proverbs 13:25
The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked suffers want.
Isaiah 65:13-16
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame;
Jeremiah 34:15
You recently repented and did what was right in my eyes by proclaiming liberty, each to his neighbor, and you made a covenant before me in the house that is called by my name,
Ezekiel 18:24
But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.
Hosea 4:14
I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with prostitutes and sacrifice with cult prostitutes, and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.
Hosea 9:11-17
Ephraim's glory shall fly away like a bird-- no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
Zephaniah 1:6
those who have turned back from following the LORD, who do not seek the LORD or inquire of him."
Malachi 2:1-3
"And now, O priests, this command is for you.
2 Peter 2:20-22
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.