Hosea 6:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.”

Hosea 6:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Hosea 6:8 in 6 Bible Translations

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Hosea 6:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood.”

Hosea 6:8 — World English Bible

Hosea 6:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.”

Hosea 6:8 — American Standard Version

Hosea 6:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Gilead <FI>is<Fi> a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood.”

Hosea 6:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Hosea 6:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is tracked with blood.”

Hosea 6:8 — Darby Translation

Hosea 6:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Gilead is a citie of them that worke iniquitie, and is polluted with blood.”

Hosea 6:8 — Geneva Bible

Hosea 6:8 in Context — Hosea 6

6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.

9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

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What Does Hosea 6:8 Mean?

Hosea 6:8 is a verse from the Book of Hosea, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Hosea chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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