Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
to both people and priests.
I will punish them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.
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.
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 have an appetite for their transgressions.
to both people and priests.
I will punish them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.
they will be promiscuous
For they have abandoned their devotion to the Lord.
Cross References
Isaiah 24:2
servant and master,
female servant and mistress,
buyer and seller,
lender and borrower,
creditor and debtor.
Jeremiah 5:31
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?
Psalm 109:17-18
he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.
Proverbs 5:22
he is entangled in the ropes of his own sin.
Isaiah 3:10
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.
Isaiah 9:14-16
palm branch and reed in a single day.
Jeremiah 8:10-12
their fields to new occupants,
for from the least to the greatest,
everyone is making profit dishonestly.
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
Jeremiah 23:11-12
even in My house I have found their evil.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Ezekiel 22:26-31
Her priests do violence to My instruction and profane My holy things.
Hosea 1:4
Then the Lord said to him:
I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel
on the house of Jehu
and put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
Hosea 8:13
and eat the flesh,
the Lord does not accept them.
Now He will remember their guilt
and punish their sins;
they will return to Egypt.
Hosea 9:9
as in the days of Gibeah.
He will remember their guilt;
He will punish their sins.
Zechariah 1:6
But didn’t My words and My statutes that I commanded My servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? They repented and said: As the Lord of Hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so He has dealt with us.”
Matthew 15:14