Hosea 10:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.”
Hosea 10:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Hosea 10:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Hosea 10:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.”
Hosea 10:4 — World English Bible
Hosea 10:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“They speakvainwords, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. ”
Hosea 10:4 — American Standard Version
Hosea 10:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“They have spoken words, To swear falsehood in making a covenant, And flourished as a poisonous herb hath judgment, on the furrows of a field.”
Hosea 10:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Hosea 10:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“They speak [mere] words, swearing falsely in making a covenant; therefore shall judgment spring up as hemlock in the furrows of the fields. ”
Hosea 10:4 — Darby Translation
Hosea 10:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“They haue spoken woordes, swearing falsly in making a couenant: thus iudgement groweth as wormewoode in the furrowes of the fielde.”
Hosea 10:4 — Geneva Bible
Hosea 10:4 in Context — Hosea 10
2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord; what then should a king do to us?
4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth–aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
What Does Hosea 10:4 Mean?
Hosea 10:4 is a verse from the Book of Hosea, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Hosea chapter 10. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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