Parallel Verses
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 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.
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
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Context Readings
A Call To Yahweh
8 Gilead is a city full of evildoers; its streets are stained with bloody footprints! 9 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! 10 I have seen a disgusting thing in the temple of Israel: there Ephraim practices temple prostitution and Judah defiles itself.
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Cross References
Hosea 7:1
whenever I want to heal Israel, the sin of Ephraim is revealed, and the evil deeds of Samaria are exposed. For they do what is wrong; thieves break into houses, and gangs rob people out in the streets.
Hosea 5:1
Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen closely, O king! For judgment is about to overtake you! For you were like a trap to Mizpah, like a net spread out to catch Tabor.
1 Kings 12:25
Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel.
Ezra 8:31
On the twelfth day of the first month we began traveling from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from our enemy and from bandits along the way.
Job 1:15-17
and the Sabeans swooped down and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I -- only I alone -- escaped to tell you!"
Proverbs 1:11-19
If they say, "Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.
Jeremiah 7:9-10
You steal. You murder. You commit adultery. You lie when you swear on oath. You sacrifice to the god Baal. You pay allegiance to other gods whom you have not previously known.
Jeremiah 11:9
The Lord said to me, "The people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem have plotted rebellion against me!
Ezekiel 22:9
Slanderous men shed blood within you. Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains; they commit obscene acts among you.
Ezekiel 22:27
Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey -- shedding blood and destroying lives -- so they can get dishonest profit.
Micah 3:9
Listen to this, you leaders of the family of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You hate justice and pervert all that is right.
Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.
Mark 14:1
Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
Luke 22:2-6
The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.
John 11:47
So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs.
Acts 4:24
When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said, "Master of all, you who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them,