Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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
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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 Thus the priest is become like the people. Wherefore I will punish them for their wicked ways, and reward them according to their own imaginations. 10 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. 11 Whoredom, wine and drunkenness take the heart away.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:26
And when I have broken the staff of your bread: that ten wives shall bake your bread in one oven and men shall deliver you your bread again by weight, then shall ye eat and shall not be satisfied.
Micah 6:14
Thou salt eat, and not have enough: yea, thou shalt bring thyself down. Thou shalt flee, but not escape: and those that thou wouldest save, will I deliver to the sword.
Haggai 1:6
Ye sow much, but ye bring little in; Ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled; ye deck yourselves, but ye are not warm; and he that earneth any wage, putteth it in a broken purse.
2 Chronicles 24:17
And after the death of Jehoiada, came the lords of Judah and made obeisance to the king. And then he hearkened unto them.
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are unrighteous and full of deceit; he hath left off to behave himself wisely, and to do good.
Psalm 125:5
As for such as turn back unto their own wickedness, the LORD shall lead them forth with the evil doers; but peace shall be upon Israel.
Proverbs 13:25
The righteous eateth, and is satisfied; but the belly of the ungodly hath never enough.
Isaiah 65:13-16
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall have hunger. Behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall suffer thirst. Behold, my servants shall be merry, but ye shall be confounded.
Jeremiah 34:15
As for you, ye were now turned, and did right before me, in that ye proclaimed, every man to let his neighbour go free, and in that ye made a covenant before me, in the temple that beareth my name.
Ezekiel 18:24
And so if a righteous turn from his righteousness and do wickedness, and shall do like unto all the abominations which a wicked doth, shall he live? No, none of those righteousness that he did shall be remembered. But in the wickedness which he wrought, and in the sin which he did, in them shall he die.
Hosea 4:14
I will not punish your daughters for being defiled, and your brides that became whores: seeing the fathers themselves have meddled with harlots, and offered with unthriftiness: but the people that will not understand must be punished.
Hosea 9:11-17
Ephraim flyeth like a bird, so shall their glory also: Insomuch that they shall neither beget, conceive nor bear children.
Zephaniah 1:6
which start back from the LORD, and neither seek after the LORD, nor regard him.
Malachi 2:1-3
And now, O ye priests, this commandment toucheth you.
2 Peter 2:20-22
For if they, after they have escaped from the filthiness of the world through the knowledge of the Lord, and of the saviour Jesus Christ, they are yet tangled again therein and overcome: then is the latter end worse with them than the beginning.