Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So I will
And repay them for their deeds.
King James Version
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
Holman Bible
to both people and priests.
I will punish them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.
International Standard Version
So it will be: like people, like priest. I will punish them for their lifestyles, rewarding them according to their behavior.
A Conservative Version
And it shall be, like people, like priest. And I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.
American Standard Version
And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.
Amplified
And it shall be: like people, like priest [both are wicked and both will be judged];
So I will punish them for their ways
And repay them for their deeds.
Bible in Basic English
And the priest will be like the people; I will give them punishment for their evil ways, and the reward of their acts.
Darby Translation
And it shall be as the people so the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and recompense to them their doings;
Julia Smith Translation
And it was as the people so the priest: and I reviewed upon them their way; and their doings I will turn back to them.
King James 2000
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them for their deeds.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And it will be like people, like priest; I will punish them [for] their ways, and I will requite them for their deeds.
Modern King James verseion
And it has become, Like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them for their doings.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus the priest is become like the people. Wherefore I will punish them for their wicked ways, and reward them according to their own imaginations.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.
The Emphasized Bible
So doth it come to be - like people, like priest, - therefore will I visit upon him his ways, and, his doings, will I bring back to him;
Webster
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
World English Bible
It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.
Youngs Literal Translation
And it hath been, like people, like priest, And I have charged on it its ways, And its habitual doings I return to it.
Themes
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Evil ways and doings
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Rejection of the law of God
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 4:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Lord Accuses The Priests
8
They feed on the sin of my people; they are greedy for their iniquity.
9
So I will
And repay them for their deeds.
Cross References
Isaiah 24:2
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the slave, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
Jeremiah 5:31
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
Psalm 109:17-18
He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him!
Proverbs 5:22
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
Isaiah 3:10
Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
Isaiah 9:14-16
So the LORD cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in one day--
Jeremiah 8:10-12
Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to conquerors, because from the least to the greatest everyone is greedy for unjust gain; from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.
Jeremiah 23:11-12
"Both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in my house I have found their evil, declares the LORD.
Ezekiel 22:26-31
Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they have disregarded my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
Hosea 1:4
And the LORD said to him, "Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
Hosea 8:13
As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the LORD does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
Hosea 9:9
They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity; he will punish their sins.
Zechariah 1:6
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? So they repented and said, As the LORD of hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so has he dealt with us."
Matthew 15:14
Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit."