Parallel Verses
NET Bible
They feed on the sin offerings of my people; their appetites long for 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.
A Conservative Version
They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
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.
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 The more the priests increased in numbers, the more they rebelled against me. They have turned their glorious calling into a shameful disgrace! 8 They feed on the sin offerings of my people; their appetites long for their iniquity! 9 I will deal with the people and priests together: I will punish them both for their ways, and I will repay them for their deeds.
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Cross References
Isaiah 56:11
The dogs have big appetites; they are never full. They are shepherds who have no understanding; they all go their own way, each one looking for monetary gain.
Micah 3:11
Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the Lord and say, "The Lord is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!"
Leviticus 6:26
The priest who offers it for sin is to eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Meeting Tent.
Leviticus 7:6-7
Any male among the priests may eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.
1 Samuel 2:29
Why are you scorning my sacrifice and my offering that I commanded for my dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than you have me by having made yourselves fat from the best parts of all the offerings of my people Israel.'
Psalm 24:4
The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.
Psalm 25:1
By David. O Lord, I come before you in prayer.
Ezekiel 14:3
"Son of man, these men have erected their idols in their hearts and placed the obstacle leading to their iniquity right before their faces. Should I really allow them to seek me?
Ezekiel 14:7
For when anyone from the house of Israel, or the foreigner who lives in Israel, separates himself from me and erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet to seek something from me, I the Lord am determined to answer him personally.
Malachi 1:10
"I wish that one of you would close the temple doors, so that you no longer would light useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you," says the Lord who rules over all, "and I will no longer accept an offering from you.
Romans 16:18
For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.
Titus 1:11
who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught.
2 Peter 2:3
And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.