Hosea 2:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.”
Hosea 2:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Hosea 2:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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Hosea 2:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“lest I strip her naked, and make her bare as in the day that she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst.”
Hosea 2:3 — World English Bible
Hosea 2:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. ”
Hosea 2:3 — American Standard Version
Hosea 2:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Lest I strip her naked. And have set her up as <FI>in<Fi> the day of her birth, And have made her as a wilderness, And have set her as a dry land, And have put her to death with thirst.”
Hosea 2:3 — Young's Literal Translation
Hosea 2:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her as a dry land, and slay her with thirst. ”
Hosea 2:3 — Darby Translation
Hosea 2:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Lest I strippe her naked, and set her as in the day that shee was borne, and make her as a wildernes, and leaue her like a drie land, and slaie her for thirst.”
Hosea 2:3 — Geneva Bible
Hosea 2:3 in Context — Hosea 2
1 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru–hamah.
2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
What Does Hosea 2:3 Mean?
Hosea 2:3 is a verse from the Book of Hosea, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Hosea chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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