Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So a band of priests
Surely they have committed
King James Version
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
Holman Bible
a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem.
They commit atrocities.
International Standard Version
Like a gang of thieves that stalk a man, priests commit murder along the road to Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
A Conservative Version
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem. Yea, they have committed iniquity.
American Standard Version
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.
Amplified
And as bands of robbers [lie in] wait for a man,
So a band of priests murder on the road toward
Certainly they have committed crimes and outrages.
Bible in Basic English
And like a band of thieves waiting for a man, so are the priests watching secretly the way of those going quickly to Shechem, for they are working with an evil design.
Darby Translation
And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way of Shechem; yea, they commit lewdness.
Julia Smith Translation
As troops waiting for a man, the company of priests will break in pieces the way with the shoulder: for they did wickedness.
King James 2000
And as bands of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like bandits lying in wait, [so is] a band of priests; they murder [on the] road to Shechem; indeed, they commit a monstrous crime.
Modern King James verseion
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, the company of priests murder in the way of Shechem; for they committed wickedness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The multitude of the priests is like a heap of thieves, murderers and bloodthirsty: for they have wrought abomination.
NET Bible
The company of priests is like a gang of robbers, lying in ambush to pounce on a victim. They commit murder on the road to Shechem; they have done heinous crimes!
New Heart English Bible
As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
The Emphasized Bible
And, like liers in wait for a man, in troops, is a band of priests, on the road, will they murder towards Shechem, - because, a shameful deed, they have done.
Webster
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
World English Bible
As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
Youngs Literal Translation
And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder -- the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.
Themes
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 6:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Yahweh
8
Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.
9
So a band of priests
Surely they have committed
Names
Cross References
Hosea 7:1
When I would heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed, and the evil deeds of Samaria; for they deal falsely; the thief breaks in, and the bandits raid outside.
Hosea 5:1
Hear this, O priests! Pay attention, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For the judgment is for you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor.
1 Kings 12:25
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And he went out from there and built Penuel.
Ezra 8:31
Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes by the way.
Job 1:15-17
and the Sabeans fell upon them and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
Proverbs 1:11-19
If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason;
Jeremiah 7:9-10
Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known,
Jeremiah 11:9
Again the LORD said to me, "A conspiracy exists among the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 22:9
There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you who eat on the mountains; they commit lewdness in your midst.
Ezekiel 22:27
Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.
Micah 3:9
Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who detest justice and make crooked all that is straight,
Zephaniah 3:3
Her officials within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till the morning.
Mark 14:1
It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him,
Luke 22:2-6
And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death, for they feared the people.
John 11:47
So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council and said, "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.
Acts 4:24
And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, "Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them,