Hosea 7:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Hosea 7:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Hosea 7:4 in 6 Bible Translations

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Hosea 7:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“They are all adulterers. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.”

Hosea 7:4 — World English Bible

Hosea 7:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceaseth to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough, until it be leavened. ”

Hosea 7:4 — American Standard Version

Hosea 7:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“All of them <FI>are<Fi> adulterers, Like a burning oven of a baker, He ceaseth from stirring up after kneading the dough, till its leavening.”

Hosea 7:4 — Young's Literal Translation

Hosea 7:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“They all practise adultery, as an oven heated by the baker: he ceaseth from stirring [the fire] after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened. ”

Hosea 7:4 — Darby Translation

Hosea 7:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“They are all adulterers, and as a very ouen heated by ye baker, which ceaseth from raysing vp, and from kneading ye dough vntill it be leauened.”

Hosea 7:4 — Geneva Bible

Hosea 7:4 in Context — Hosea 7

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.

6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

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What Does Hosea 7:4 Mean?

Hosea 7:4 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.

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