Parallel Verses
American Standard 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.
A Conservative 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 Jehovah. 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding. 12 My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath 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 whosoever erreth 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 haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:
Isaiah 5:12
And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
Proverbs 6:32
He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.
Proverbs 23:27-35
For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
Ecclesiastes 7:7
Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.
Hosea 4:12
My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, departing from under their God.
Romans 13:11-14
And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we first believed.