Hosea 4:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.”

Hosea 4:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Hosea 4:9 in 6 Bible Translations

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Hosea 4:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“It will be like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.”

Hosea 4:9 — World English Bible

Hosea 4:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings. ”

Hosea 4:9 — American Standard Version

Hosea 4:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And it hath been, like people, like priest, And I have charged on it its ways, And its habitual doings I return to it.”

Hosea 4:9 — Young's Literal Translation

Hosea 4:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And it shall be as the people so the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and recompense to them their doings; ”

Hosea 4:9 — Darby Translation

Hosea 4:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And there shalbe like people, like Priest: for I wil visite their wayes vpon them, and reward them their deedes.”

Hosea 4:9 — Geneva Bible

Hosea 4:9 in Context — Hosea 4

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.

9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

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.

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What Does Hosea 4:9 Mean?

Hosea 4:9 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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