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 those that work iniquity and is polluted with blood.
9
So a band of priests
Surely they have committed
Names
Cross References
Hosea 7:1
When I was healing Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they worked deceit; and the thief comes in, and the troop of robbers spoils without.
Hosea 5:1
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king because the judgment is for you, for ye have been a snare in Mizpah and a net spread over Tabor.
1 Kings 12:25
And Jeroboam rebuilt Shechem in Mount Ephraim and dwelt therein, and going out from there, rebuilt Penuel.
Ezra 8:31
And we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and of such as lay in wait by the way.
Job 1:15-17
and the Sabeans fell upon them and took them away; they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell thee.
Proverbs 1:11-19
If they say, Come with us, let us lay in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause.
Jeremiah 7:9-10
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not,
Jeremiah 11:9
And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 22:9
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood; and in thee they eat upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
Ezekiel 22:27
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to follow their own greed.
Micah 3:9
Now hear this, ye heads of the house of Jacob and captains of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment and pervert all equity;
Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not leave a bone for tomorrow.
Mark 14:1
Two days after was the passover and the days of unleavened bread; and the princes of the priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, that they might kill him.
Luke 22:2-6
And the princes of the priests and scribes sought how they might kill him, but they feared the people.
John 11:47
Then the high priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, What shall we do? for this man does many signs.
Acts 4:24
And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord and said, Lord, thou art the God, who hast made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them,