Hosea 4:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.”

Hosea 4:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Hosea 4:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Hosea 4:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.”

Hosea 4:5 — World English Bible

Hosea 4:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And thou shalt stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble with thee in the night; and I will destroy thy mother. ”

Hosea 4:5 — American Standard Version

Hosea 4:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And thou hast stumbled in the day, And stumbled hath also a prophet with thee in the night, And I have cut off thy mother.”

Hosea 4:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Hosea 4:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And thou shalt stumble by day; and the prophet also shall stumble with thee by night: and I will destroy thy mother.”

Hosea 4:5 — Darby Translation

Hosea 4:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the Prophet shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.”

Hosea 4:5 — Geneva Bible

Hosea 4:5 in Context — Hosea 4

3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

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What Does Hosea 4:5 Mean?

Hosea 4:5 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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