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
Read Hosea 7:4 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
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.
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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