Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray,
And they have played the harlot, departing
King James Version
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
Holman Bible
and their divining rods inform them.
For a spirit of promiscuity leads them astray;
they act promiscuously
in disobedience to
International Standard Version
My people seek counsel from their piece of wood, and their diviner's rod speaks to them. For a spirit of prostitution causes them to go astray; in their immorality they desert their God.
A Conservative Version
My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declares to them, for the spirit of whoredom has caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, [departing] from under their God.
American Standard Version
My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, departing from under their God.
Amplified
My people consult their [lifeless] wooden idol, and their [diviner’s] wand gives them oracles.
For a spirit of prostitution has led them astray [morally and spiritually],
And they have played the prostitute, withdrawing themselves from their God.
Bible in Basic English
My people get knowledge from their tree, and their rod gives them news; for a false spirit is the cause of their wandering, and they have been false to their God.
Darby Translation
My people ask counsel of their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredoms causeth them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God:
Julia Smith Translation
My people will ask in their counsel, and with their rod they will announce to them: for the spirit of fornications caused to err, and they will commit fornication from under their God.
King James 2000
My people ask counsel of their idols of wood, and their staff advises unto them: for the spirit of harlotry has caused them to err, and they have played the harlot against their God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
My people, consult {their wooden idols}, and their divining rod gives them oracles; because a spirit of whoredom led [them] astray, and they played the whore from under their God.
Modern King James verseion
My people seek advice from their wooden idols, and their rod declares to them. For the spirit of harlotry has caused them to go astray, and they have gone lusting away from under their God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My people ask counsel at their stocks, their staff must tell them. For a whorish mind hath deceived them, so that they commit fornication against their God.
NET Bible
They consult their wooden idols, and their diviner's staff answers with an oracle. The wind of prostitution blows them astray; they commit spiritual adultery against their God.
New Heart English Bible
My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.
The Emphasized Bible
My people, of their Wood, do ask, - Let, their Staff, then tell them, - for, the spirit of unchastity, hath led them astray, and they have unchastely departed from under their God.
Webster
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth to them: for the spirit of lewdness hath caused them to err, and they have gone astray from under their God.
World English Bible
My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.
Youngs Literal Translation
My people at its staff asketh and its rod declareth to it, For a spirit of whoredoms hath caused to err, And they go a-whoring from under their God.
Themes
Adultery » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Characterized as an adulteress
Divination » Effected through » Rods
Heart » What takes away the heart
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Stocks
Idolatry » They who practice » Have fellowship with devils
Idolatry » They who practice » Ask counsel of their idols
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Characterized as an adulteress
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Adultery of
Sins » National » The jews, characterized as an adulteress
Topics
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Ruwach
Ta`ah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 4:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Case Against The People
11
For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray,
And they have played the harlot, departing
And
Because their shade is pleasant.
Therefore your daughters play the harlot
And your
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:27
And to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their
And not their face;
But in the
‘Arise and save us.’
Hosea 5:4
To return to their God.
For a
And they
Habakkuk 2:19
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with
And there is
Leviticus 17:7
Leviticus 20:5
then I Myself will set My face against that man and against his family, and I will cut off from among their people both him and all those who play the harlot after him, by playing the harlot after Molech.
Numbers 15:39
It shall be a tassel for you
Deuteronomy 31:16
The Lord said to Moses, “Behold,
2 Chronicles 21:13
but
Psalm 73:27
You have
Isaiah 44:18-20
They do not
Jeremiah 3:1-3
And she goes from him
And belongs to another man,
Will he still return to her?
Will not that land be completely
But you
Yet you
Jeremiah 10:8
In their discipline of
Ezekiel 16:1-63
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Ezekiel 21:21
For the king of Babylon stands at the
Ezekiel 23:1-49
The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
Hosea 9:1
For you have
You have loved harlots’ earnings on
Micah 2:11
Had told lies and said,
‘I will
He would be
2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
that is, the one whose