Hosea 7:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Hosea 7:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Hosea 7:6 in 6 Bible Translations

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Hosea 7:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“For they have prepared their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their anger smolders all night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.”

Hosea 7:6 — World English Bible

Hosea 7:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Hosea 7:6 — American Standard Version

Hosea 7:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“For they have drawn near, As an oven <FI>is<Fi> their heart, In their lying in wait all the night sleep doth their baker, Morning! he is burning as a flaming fire.”

Hosea 7:6 — Young's Literal Translation

Hosea 7:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“For they have applied their heart like an oven to their lying in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth like a flaming fire.”

Hosea 7:6 — Darby Translation

Hosea 7:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“For they haue made ready their heart like an ouen whiles they lie in waite: their baker sleepeth all the night: in the morning it burneth as a flame of fire.”

Hosea 7:6 — Geneva Bible

Hosea 7:6 in Context — Hosea 7

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.

7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.

8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

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What Does Hosea 7:6 Mean?

Hosea 7:6 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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