Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
Holman Bible
they have an appetite for their transgressions.
International Standard Version
They feed on the sin of my people; they purpose in their heart to transgress.
American Standard Version
They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
Amplified
They (the priests)
And set their heart on their wickedness.
Bible in Basic English
The sin of my people is like food to them; and their desire is for their wrongdoing.
Darby Translation
They eat the sin of my people, and their soul longeth for their iniquity.
Julia Smith Translation
They will eat up the sin of my people, and they will lift up their soul to their iniquity.
King James 2000
They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{They feed on the sin of my people}, {they are greedy} for their iniquity.
Modern King James verseion
They eat up the sin of My people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They eat up the sins of my people, and courage them in their wickedness.
NET Bible
They feed on the sin offerings of my people; their appetites long for their iniquity!
New Heart English Bible
They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
The Emphasized Bible
The sin of my people, they do eat, - and. unto their iniquity, lift they up every man his desire.
Webster
They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
World English Bible
They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
Youngs Literal Translation
The sin of My people they do eat, And unto their iniquity lift up their soul.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 4:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Lord Accuses The Priests
7 As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame. 8 They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity. 9 And it shall be, like people, like priest. And I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.
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Cross References
Isaiah 56:11
Yea, the dogs are greedy; they can never have enough. And these are shepherds who cannot understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
Micah 3:11
The heads of it judge for a bribe, and the priests of it teach for a wage, and the prophets of it divine for money. Yet they lean upon LORD, and say, Is not LORD in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us.
Leviticus 6:26
The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the tent of meeting.
Leviticus 7:6-7
Every male among the priests shall eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
1 Samuel 2:29
Why do ye kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in [my] habitation, and honor thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chief of all the offerings of Israel my people?
Psalm 24:4
He who has clean hands, and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.
Psalm 25:1
To thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
Ezekiel 14:3
Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face. Should I be inquired of at all by them?
Ezekiel 14:7
For everyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, that separates himself from me, and takes his idols into his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prop
Malachi 1:10
Oh that there was among you who would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says LORD of hosts, nor will I accept an offering at your hand.
Romans 16:18
For such kind serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. And by their smooth words and elegant speech they deceive the hearts of the naive.
Titus 1:11
who must be muzzled, men who subvert whole houses, teaching things that they ought not, for sake of ugly profit.
2 Peter 2:3
And they will exploit you in greed with fabricated words, whose judgment is not idle for long, and their destruction will not slumber.