Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The enemy will pursue him.
King James Version
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
Holman Bible
an enemy will pursue him.
International Standard Version
"Israel has discarded what is good. The enemy will pursue them.
A Conservative Version
Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy shall pursue him.
American Standard Version
Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
Amplified
Israel has rejected the good;
The enemy shall pursue him.
Bible in Basic English
Israel has given up what is good; his haters will go after him.
Darby Translation
Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him.
Julia Smith Translation
Israel rejected the good: the enemy shall pursue him.
King James 2000
Israel has cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Israel has spurned [the] good; [the] enemy will pursue him.
Modern King James verseion
Israel has thrown off good; the enemy shall pursue him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
but he hath refused the thing that is good: therefore shall the enemy follow upon him.
NET Bible
But Israel has rejected what is morally good; so an enemy will pursue him.
New Heart English Bible
Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him.
The Emphasized Bible
Israel hath cast away what is good, - an enemy, shall pursue him.
Webster
Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
World English Bible
Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him.
Youngs Literal Translation
Cast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 8:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Rejects The Good
2
To me they cry, "My God, we--Israel--know you."
3
The enemy will pursue him.
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36
And as for those of you who are left, I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall when none pursues.
Deuteronomy 28:25
"The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. And you shall be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
Psalm 81:10-11
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Lamentations 3:66
You will pursue them in anger and destroy them from under your heavens, O LORD."
Lamentations 4:19
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles in the heavens; they chased us on the mountains; they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
Amos 1:11
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually, and he kept his wrath forever.
1 Timothy 5:12
and so incur condemnation for having abandoned their former faith.