Hosea 4:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Hosea 4:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Hosea 4:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Hosea 4:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.”
Hosea 4:6 — World English Bible
Hosea 4:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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 also will forget thy children. ”
Hosea 4:6 — American Standard Version
Hosea 4:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Cut off have been My people for lack of knowledge, Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me, And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!”
Hosea 4:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Hosea 4:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; for thou hast rejected knowledge, and I will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thyGod, I also will forget thy children. ”
Hosea 4:6 — Darby Translation
Hosea 4:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“My people are destroyed for lacke of knowledge: because thou hast refused knowledge, I will also refuse thee, that thou shalt be no Priest to me: and seeing thou hast forgotten the Lawe of thy God, I will also forget thy children.”
Hosea 4:6 — Geneva Bible
Hosea 4:6 in Context — Hosea 4
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.
8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
What Does Hosea 4:6 Mean?
Hosea 4:6 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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