Hosea 9:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.”

Hosea 9:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Hosea 9:1 in 6 Bible Translations

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Hosea 9:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Don’t rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations; for you were unfaithful to your God. You love the wages of a prostitute at every grain threshing floor.”

Hosea 9:1 — World English Bible

Hosea 9:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, like the peoples; for thou hast played the harlot, departing from thy God; thou hast loved hire upon every grain-floor. ”

Hosea 9:1 — American Standard Version

Hosea 9:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`Rejoice not, O Israel, be not joyful like the peoples, For thou hast gone a-whoring from thy God, Thou hast loved a gift near all floors of corn.”

Hosea 9:1 — Young's Literal Translation

Hosea 9:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Rejoice not, Israel, exultingly, as the peoples; for thou hast gone a whoring from thyGod, thou hast loved harlot's hire upon every corn-floor. ”

Hosea 9:1 — Darby Translation

Hosea 9:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Rejoice not, O Israel for ioy as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God: thou hast loued a rewarde vpon euery corne floore.”

Hosea 9:1 — Geneva Bible

Hosea 9:1 in Context — Hosea 9

1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.

2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.

3 They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

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What Does Hosea 9:1 Mean?

Hosea 9:1 is a verse from the Book of Hosea, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Hosea chapter 9. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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