Hosea 2:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.”

Hosea 2:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Hosea 2:4 in 6 Bible Translations

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Hosea 2:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Indeed, on her children I will have no mercy, for they are children of unfaithfulness.”

Hosea 2:4 — World English Bible

Hosea 2:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Yea, upon her children will I have no mercy; for they are children of whoredom; ”

Hosea 2:4 — American Standard Version

Hosea 2:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And her sons I do not pity, For sons of whoredoms <FI>are<Fi> they,”

Hosea 2:4 — Young's Literal Translation

Hosea 2:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are the children of whoredoms.”

Hosea 2:4 — Darby Translation

Hosea 2:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And I wil haue no pitie vpon her children: for they be the children of fornications.”

Hosea 2:4 — Geneva Bible

Hosea 2:4 in Context — Hosea 2

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.

6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

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What Does Hosea 2:4 Mean?

Hosea 2:4 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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