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
The people shall become like the priest; and I will visit his ways upon him, and they shall reward him according to his doings.
10
They will
Because they have
Cross References
Leviticus 26:26
When I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight, and ye shall eat and not be satisfied.
Micah 6:14
Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take, but shalt not be saved; and that which thou dost save, I will give it up to the sword.
Haggai 1:6
Ye have sown much and bring in little; ye eat, but ye are not filled; ye drink, but ye are not satisfied; ye clothe yourselves, but you are not warm; and he that is a hireling receives his wages in a bag with holes.
2 Chronicles 24:17
Now after the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and worshipped the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit; he has left off to be wise and to do good.
Psalm 125:5
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall take them away with the workers of iniquity; and peace shall be upon Israel.
Proverbs 13:25
The righteous eats until his soul is satisfied, but the belly of the wicked shall lack.
Isaiah 65:13-16
Therefore thus has the Lord GOD said, Behold, my slaves shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my slaves shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, my slaves shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
Jeremiah 34:15
And ye were now converted and had done right in my sight in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
Ezekiel 18:24
But if the righteous should leave his righteousness and commit iniquity, and do according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All his righteousness that he has done shall not be mentioned; by his rebellion in which he has trespassed and by his sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die.
Hosea 4:14
I will not visit upon your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor upon your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery: for they offer with whores, and they sacrifice with cult prostitutes; therefore the people without understanding shall fall.
Hosea 9:11-17
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth even from the womb and from the conception.
Zephaniah 1:6
and those that have turned back from following the LORD and those that did not seek the LORD, nor enquired about him.
Malachi 2:1-3
And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
2 Peter 2:20-22
Certainly, if having separated themselves from the contaminations of the world, by the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they again entangle themselves therein and are overcome, their latter end is made worse for them than the beginnings.