Hosea 4:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Hosea 4:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Hosea 4:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Hosea 4:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Hosea 4:12 — World English Bible
Hosea 4:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Hosea 4:12 — American Standard Version
Hosea 4:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.”
Hosea 4:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Hosea 4:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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 theirGod: ”
Hosea 4:12 — Darby Translation
Hosea 4:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“My people aske counsell at their stockes, and their staffe teacheth them: for the spirite of fornications hath caused them to erre, and they haue gone a whoring from vnder their God.”
Hosea 4:12 — Geneva Bible
Hosea 4:12 in Context — Hosea 4
10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.
11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
12 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.
13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
What Does Hosea 4:12 Mean?
Hosea 4:12 is a verse from the Book of Hosea, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Hosea chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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