Parallel Verses
World English Bible
Israel has cast off that which is good. The 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.
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.
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 They cry to me, 'My God, we Israel acknowledge you!' 3 Israel has cast off that which is good. The enemy will pursue him. 4 They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, and I didn't approve. Of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols, that they may be cut off.
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36
"'As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword; and they will fall when no one pursues.
Deuteronomy 28:25
Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, and shall flee seven ways before them: and you shall be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
Psalm 81:10-11
I am Yahweh, 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 the heavens of Yahweh.
Lamentations 4:19
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Amos 1:11
Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever;
1 Timothy 5:12
having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.