Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 And it will be like people, like priest; I will punish them [for] their ways, and I will requite them for their deeds. 10 They will eat and not be satisfied; they will play the whore and not multiply, because they have forsaken Yahweh {to devote themselves to
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 female slave, 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 one] to whom he lends.
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy {falsely}, and the priests rule {by their own authority}, and my people love [it] so much. But what will you do {when the end comes}?
Psalm 109:17-18
Because he loved cursing, let it come [upon] him. Because he did not delight in blessing, let it be far from him.
Proverbs 5:22
His iniquities shall ensnare him, the evildoer, and in the vanity of his sin he shall be caught.
Isaiah 3:10
Tell [the] innocent that [it is] good for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
Isaiah 9:14-16
So Yahweh cut off head and tail from Israel, palm branch and reed [in] one day.
Jeremiah 8:10-12
Therefore I will give their wives to others, their fields to conquerors, because from [the] smallest to [the] greatest, all of them make profit [for] unlawful gain, from prophet to priest, all of them practice deceit.
Jeremiah 23:11-12
"For both prophet as well as priest are godless, even in my temple I have found their wickedness," {declares} Yahweh.
Ezekiel 22:26-31
Its priests treat my law violently, and they profane my holy objects; they do not distinguish between holy object and what is unholy, or between the clean and the unclean. They do not teach the difference, and they hide their eyes from my Sabbaths, and [so] I am profaned in the midst of them.
Hosea 1:4
And Yahweh said to him, "{Name him} Jezreel; because in 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
They offer sacrifices of my choice and they eat flesh; Yahweh does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they will return [to] Egypt.
Hosea 9:9
{They deeply corrupted themselves} as [in] the days of Gibeah; he will remember their sin, he will punish their sins.
Zechariah 1:6
However, did not my words and my regulations which I commanded my servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? And they repented and said, 'Yahweh of hosts planned to do with us according to our ways, and according to our deeds so he has dealt with us.'" '"
Matthew 15:14
Let them! They are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."