Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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, and set their heart on their iniquity. 9 It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds. 10 They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned giving to Yahweh.
Cross References
Isaiah 24:2
It will be as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?
Psalm 109:17-18
Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him.
Proverbs 5:22
The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
Isaiah 3:10
Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
Isaiah 9:14-16
Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day.
Jeremiah 8:10-12
Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them: for everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely.
Jeremiah 23:11-12
for both prophet and priest are profane; yes, in my house have I found their wickedness, says Yahweh.
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 caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hidden their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Hosea 1:4
Yahweh said to him, "Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
Hosea 8:13
As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; But Yahweh doesn't accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity, and punish their sins. They will 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 them for their sins.
Zechariah 1:6
But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, didn't they overtake your fathers? "Then they repented and said, 'Just as Yahweh of Armies determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so he has dealt with us.'"
Matthew 15:14
Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."