Hosea 7:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.”

Hosea 7:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Hosea 7:3 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Hosea 7:3 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Hosea 7:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.”

Hosea 7:3 — World English Bible

Hosea 7:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. ”

Hosea 7:3 — American Standard Version

Hosea 7:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“With their wickedness they make glad a king, And with their lies--princes.”

Hosea 7:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Hosea 7:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. ”

Hosea 7:3 — Darby Translation

Hosea 7:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“They make the King glad with their wickednesse, and the princes with their lies.”

Hosea 7:3 — Geneva Bible

Hosea 7:3 in Context — Hosea 7

1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.

3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.

5 In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

Read the full chapter: Hosea 7 →

What Does Hosea 7:3 Mean?

Hosea 7:3 is a verse from the Book of Hosea, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Hosea chapter 7. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

Also explore: Bible verses by topic | Read the full Bible free