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
It will be like people, like the priests. I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their actions.
10
They will
Because they have
Cross References
Leviticus 26:26
I will destroy your food supply. Ten women will need only one oven to prepare your food. You will eat and go away hungry.
Micah 6:14
You will eat and not be satisfied. Your stomach will still be empty. You will put away and yet will not save. That which you save I will give to the sword.
Haggai 1:6
You sow much and reap little. You eat but you do not have enough! You drink and yet you are not filled. You clothe yourselves but you are not warm. You earns wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.
2 Chronicles 24:17
After the death of Jehoiada the priest, the leaders of Judah went to Joash and talked him into doing what they wanted.
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit and he ceased to be wise and do good.
Psalm 125:5
Jehovah will lead those who turn away from their crooked ways with the workers of iniquity. Israel will have peace.
Proverbs 13:25
The righteous eats to satisfaction. The belly of the wicked is in need.
Isaiah 65:13-16
Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: My servants will eat, but you will go hungry. My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty. My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame!
Jeremiah 34:15
You changed and did what I consider right. You agreed to free your neighbors, and you made a covenant in my presence, in the Temple that is called by my name.
Ezekiel 18:24
But suppose a righteous person turns away from doing right and he does evil things. He does all the disgusting things that the wicked person did. Will he live? All the right things that he has done will not be remembered because of his unfaithfulness and because of his sin. He will die because of them.
Hosea 4:14
I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery. The men go out with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes. The people that do not understand will fall (be overthrown).
Hosea 9:11-17
As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird: No birth, no pregnancy and no conception!
Zephaniah 1:6
The same for those who have turned back from following Jehovah, and those who have not sought Jehovah or inquired of Him.
Malachi 2:1-3
[Jehovah God the Almighty speaks to the priests:] This command is for you.
2 Peter 2:20-22
After they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and overcome; the last state is worse with them than the first.