Parallel Verses
NET Bible
But Israel has rejected what is morally good; so an enemy will pursue him.
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.
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 Israel cries out to me, "My God, we acknowledge you!" 3 But Israel has rejected what is morally good; so an enemy will pursue him. 4 They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed!
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36
"'As for the ones who remain among you, I will bring despair into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a blowing leaf will pursue them, and they will flee as one who flees the sword and fall down even though there is no pursuer.
Deuteronomy 28:25
"The Lord will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Psalm 36:3
The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.
Psalm 81:10-11
I am the Lord, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!'
Lamentations 3:66
Pursue them in anger and eradicate them from under the Lord's heaven.
Lamentations 4:19
(Qof) Those who pursued us were swifter than eagles in the sky. They chased us over the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness.
Amos 1:11
This is what the Lord says: "Because Edom has committed three crimes -- make that four! -- I will not revoke my decree of judgment. He chased his brother with a sword; he wiped out his allies. In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest; in his fury he relentlessly attacked them.
1 Timothy 5:12
and so incur judgment for breaking their former pledge.