Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
Holman Bible
take away one’s understanding.
International Standard Version
"Sexual immorality, wine, and fresh wine seduce the heart of my people.
American Standard Version
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.
Amplified
Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away the mind and the [spiritual] understanding.
Bible in Basic English
Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.
Darby Translation
Fornication, and wine, and new wine take away the heart.
Julia Smith Translation
Fornication and wine and new wine will take away the heart.
King James 2000
Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart.
Lexham Expanded Bible
whoredom}. Wine and new wine {take away the understanding}.
Modern King James verseion
Fornication and wine and new wine take away the heart.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whoredom, wine and drunkenness take the heart away.
NET Bible
Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people.
New Heart English Bible
Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
The Emphasized Bible
Unchastity, and wine, and new wine, take away the heart.
Webster
Lewdness and wine and new wine take away the heart.
World English Bible
Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,
Themes
Drunkenness » What alcohol does
Drunkenness » Takes away the heart
Heart » What takes away the heart
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 4:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Has An Indictment
10 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. 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding. 12 My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declares to them, for the spirit of whoredom has caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, [departing] from under their God.
Cross References
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever errs thereby is not wise.
Isaiah 28:7
And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up of wine. They stagger with strong drink; they err in vision; they stumble in judgment.
Luke 21:34
But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.
Isaiah 5:12
And the harp and the lute, the tambourine and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts, but they do not regard the work of LORD, nor have they considered the operation of his hands.
Proverbs 6:32
He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who would destroy his own soul does it.
Ecclesiastes 7:7
Surely oppression makes the wise man foolish, and a bribe destroys the understanding.
Hosea 4:12
My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declares to them, for the spirit of whoredom has caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, [departing] from under their God.
Romans 13:11-14
And this, knowing the time, that the hour is now for us to awake out of sleep. For our salvation is now nearer than when we believed.