Hosea 5:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.”

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

Hosea 5:4 in 6 Bible Translations

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

“Their deeds won’t allow them to turn to their God, for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don’t know Yahweh.”

Hosea 5:4 — World English Bible

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

“Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah. ”

Hosea 5:4 — American Standard Version

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

“They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms <FI>is<Fi> in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known.”

Hosea 5:4 — Young's Literal Translation

Hosea 5:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Their doings do not allow them to return unto theirGod; for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they know not Jehovah. ”

Hosea 5:4 — Darby Translation

Hosea 5:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“They will not giue their mindes to turne vnto their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the middes of them, and they haue not knowen the Lord.”

Hosea 5:4 — Geneva Bible

Hosea 5:4 in Context — Hosea 5

2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.

5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

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What Does Hosea 5:4 Mean?

Hosea 5:4 is a verse from the Book of Hosea, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Hosea chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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