Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

They have set up kings, but not by Me; they have made rulers, and I knew it not. They have made themselves idols with their silver and their gold, so that they may be cut off.

New American Standard Bible

They have set up kings, but not by Me;
They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.
With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves,
That they might be cut off.

King James Version

They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

Holman Bible

They have installed kings,
but not through Me.
They have appointed leaders,
but without My approval.
They make their silver and gold
into idols for themselves
for their own destruction.

International Standard Version

They set kings in place, but not by me. They established princes, whom I did not recognize. They crafted idols for themselves from their silver and gold; as a result, they will be destroyed.

A Conservative Version

They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made rulers, and I knew it not. They have made themselves idols of their silver and their gold, that they may be cut off.

American Standard Version

They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

Amplified


They set up kings, but not from Me [therefore without My blessing];
They have appointed princes, but I did not know it.
With their silver and their gold they made idols for themselves,
That they might be cut off.

Bible in Basic English

They have put up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, but I had no knowledge of it; they have made images of silver and gold, so that they may be cut off.

Darby Translation

They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not; of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

Julia Smith Translation

They made kings, and not from me: and they made princes, and I knew not: their silver and their gold they made to them images to cut off.

King James 2000

They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They appointed kings, but not through me; they made officials, but without my knowledge. [With] their silver and gold they made idols for themselves for their own {destruction}.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They have ordained kings, but not through me: they have made princes, and I must not know of it. Of their silver and gold have they made them images, to bring themselves to destruction.

NET Bible

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!

New Heart English Bible

They have set up kings, but not by me. They have made princes, and I did not approve. Of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols, that they may be cut off.

The Emphasized Bible

They, have appointed kings, but not from me, have made rulers, but I have not acknowledged them: of their silver and their gold, they made themselves idols, to the end they might be cut off.

Webster

They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made for themselves idols, that they may be cut off.

World English Bible

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

They have made kings, and not by Me, They have made princes, and I have not known, Their silver and their gold they have made to them idols, So that they are cut off.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מלך 
Malak 
Usage: 350

but not by me they have made princes
שׂוּר 
Suwr 
Usage: 1

it not of their silver
כּסף 
Keceph 
Usage: 403

and their gold
זהב 
Zahab 
Usage: 390

עצב 
`atsab 
Usage: 17

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Hosea 8:4

References

Context Readings

Israel Rejects The Good

3 Israel has thrown off good; the enemy shall pursue him. 4 They have set up kings, but not by Me; they have made rulers, and I knew it not. They have made themselves idols with their silver and their gold, so that they may be cut off. 5 Your calf, O Samaria, has cast you off. My anger is kindled against them. Until when will they not attain purity?


Cross References

Hosea 2:8

For she did not know that I gave her grain, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.

Hosea 13:2

And now they sin more and more, and have made themselves a molten image of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves.

1 Kings 12:16-20

And all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, and the people answered the king, saying, What part do we have in David? Yea, there is no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now see to your house, O David! And Israel went to its tents.

1 Kings 12:28

And the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Behold your gods, O, Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!

1 Kings 13:34

And this thing is the sin of the house of Jeroboam, even to blot it from off the face of the earth.

1 Kings 16:31

And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he also took Jezebel, the daughter of Eth-baal king of the Sidonians, for a wife. And he went and served Baal, and worshiped him.

2 Kings 15:10-30

And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him. And he struck him before the people, and killed him, and reigned in his place.

Jeremiah 44:7-8

And now so says Jehovah, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and babe, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;

Ezekiel 18:31

Cast away from you all your sins by which you have sinned; and make you a new heart and a new spirit; for why will you die, O house of Israel?

Hosea 13:9-10

O Israel, you have destroyed yourself; but in Me is your help.

Matthew 25:12

But he answered and said, Truly I say to you, I do not know you.

Luke 13:25

And once the Master of the house has risen up and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us, and He shall answer and say to you, I do not know you; from where are you;

Luke 13:27

But He shall say, I tell you, I do not know you; from where you are. Depart from Me, all workers of unrighteousness!

John 10:14

I am the Good Shepherd, and I know those that are Mine, and I am known by those who are Mine.

Galatians 4:9

But now, knowing God, but rather are known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements to which you again desire to slave anew?

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