Parallel Verses
NET Bible
There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.
New American Standard Bible
They employ violence, so that
King James Version
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Holman Bible
and adultery
one act of bloodshed follows another.
International Standard Version
Swearing, lying, murder, theft, and adultery are rampant, and blood mingles with blood.
A Conservative Version
There is nothing but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery. They break out, and blood touches blood.
American Standard Version
There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Amplified
There is [false] swearing of oaths, deception (broken faith), murder, stealing, and adultery;
They employ violence, so that one [act of] bloodshed follows closely on another.
Bible in Basic English
There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.
Darby Translation
Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out; and blood toucheth blood.
Julia Smith Translation
Swearing and lying, and breaking in pieces, and stealing and committing adultery, they broke forth; and bloods touched upon bloods.
King James 2000
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break all restraint, and bloodshed touches bloodshed.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Swearing and lying, murdering and stealing, and adultery break out, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
Modern King James verseion
There is lying, and swearing, and killing, and stealing, and the committing of adultery; and blood touches blood.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
but swearing, lying, manslaughter, theft, and adultery have gotten the overhand; and one bloodguiltiness followeth another.
New Heart English Bible
There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
The Emphasized Bible
Cursing and lying, and killing and stealing, and committing adultery, have broken forth, and, blood-shedding, unto blood-shedding, doth extend.
Webster
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
World English Bible
There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
Youngs Literal Translation
Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery -- have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.
Themes
Adultery » The reward for committing adultery
Knowledge » The reward for lacking knowledge
Lying » Often accompanied by gross crimes
Lying/lies » The reward for lying
Oaths » The jews » Condemned for profane
Rejection » The reward for rejecting knowledge
Rejection » Who the lord rejects
profane Swearing » Nations visited for
Theft » The reward for stealing
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 4:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Has An Indictment
1 Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites! For the Lord has a covenant lawsuit against the people of Israel. For there is neither faithfulness nor loyalty in the land, nor do they acknowledge God. 2 There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed. 3 Therefore the land will mourn, and all its inhabitants will perish. The wild animals, the birds of the sky, and even the fish in the sea will perish.
Cross References
Hosea 6:9
The company of priests is like a gang of robbers, lying in ambush to pounce on a victim. They commit murder on the road to Shechem; they have done heinous crimes!
Jeremiah 5:26-27
"Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.
Jeremiah 6:7
As a well continually pours out fresh water so it continually pours out wicked deeds. Sounds of violence and destruction echo throughout it. All I see are sick and wounded people.'
Hosea 7:1
whenever I want to heal Israel, the sin of Ephraim is revealed, and the evil deeds of Samaria are exposed. For they do what is wrong; thieves break into houses, and gangs rob people out in the streets.
Micah 7:2
Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.
Isaiah 24:5
The earth is defiled by its inhabitants, for they have violated laws, disregarded the regulation, and broken the permanent treaty.
Isaiah 48:1
Listen to this, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name 'Israel,' and are descended from Judah, who take oaths in the name of the Lord, and invoke the God of Israel -- but not in an honest and just manner.
Isaiah 59:2-8
But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.
Isaiah 59:12-15
For you are aware of our many rebellious deeds, and our sins testify against us; indeed, we are aware of our rebellious deeds; we know our sins all too well.
Jeremiah 5:1-2
The Lord said, "Go up and down through the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and see for yourselves. Search through its public squares. See if any of you can find a single person who deals honestly and tries to be truthful. If you can, then I will not punish this city.
Jeremiah 5:7-9
The Lord asked, "How can I leave you unpunished, Jerusalem? Your people have rejected me and have worshiped gods that are not gods at all. Even though I supplied all their needs, they were like an unfaithful wife to me. They went flocking to the houses of prostitutes.
Jeremiah 7:6-10
Stop oppressing foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.
Jeremiah 9:2-8
I wish I had a lodging place in the desert where I could spend some time like a weary traveler. Then I would desert my people and walk away from them because they are all unfaithful to God, a congregation of people that has been disloyal to him.
Jeremiah 23:10-14
For the land is full of people unfaithful to him. They live wicked lives and they misuse their power. So the land is dried up because it is under his curse. The pastures in the wilderness are withered.
Lamentations 4:13
(Mem) But it happened due to the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous.
Ezekiel 22:2-13
"As for you, son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment, are you willing to pronounce judgment on the bloody city? Then confront her with all her abominable deeds!
Ezekiel 22:25-30
Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows within it.
Hosea 5:2
Those who revolt are knee-deep in slaughter, but I will discipline them all.
Hosea 7:3
The royal advisers delight the king with their evil schemes, the princes make him glad with their lies.
Hosea 10:4
They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.
Hosea 12:14
But Ephraim bitterly provoked him to anger; so he will hold him accountable for the blood he has shed, his Lord will repay him for the contempt he has shown.
Micah 2:1-3
Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.
Micah 3:2
yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people's skin and rip the flesh from their bones.
Micah 3:9
Listen to this, you leaders of the family of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You hate justice and pervert all that is right.
Micah 6:10
"I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much.
Zephaniah 3:1
The filthy, stained city is as good as dead; the city filled with oppressors is finished!
Zechariah 5:3
The speaker went on to say, "This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand (according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate."
Zechariah 7:9
"The Lord who rules over all said, 'Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.
Matthew 23:35
so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!
1 Thessalonians 2:15
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people,
Revelation 17:6
I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified to Jesus. I was greatly astounded when I saw her.