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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.
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.
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 them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. 9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. 10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the prostitution of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
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Cross References
Hosea 7:1
When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was disclosed, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers strippeth without.
Hosea 5:1
Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is towards you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
1 Kings 12:25
Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt in it, and went out from thence, 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: 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; yes, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only have escaped alone to tell thee.
Proverbs 1:11-19
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Jeremiah 7:9-10
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
Jeremiah 11:9
And the LORD said to 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 of her are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
Micah 3:9
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes 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 gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Mark 14:1
After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests, and the scribes, sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
Luke 22:2-6
And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him: for they feared the people.
John 11:47
Then the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council, and said, What do we? for this man performeth many miracles.
Acts 4:24
And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, who hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that is in them;