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Hosea 4

19 aligned verses; 19 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse KJV King James Version YLT Young's Literal Translation
Hear the word of the LORD , ye children of Israel : for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy , nor knowledge of God in the land .
` Hear a word of Jehovah , sons of Israel , For a strife `is' to Jehovah with inhabitants of the land, For there is no truth, nor kindness , Nor knowledge of God , in the land ,
By swearing, and lying, and killing , and stealing, and committing adultery , they break out , and blood toucheth blood.
Swearing, and lying, and murdering , And stealing, and committing adultery -- have increased , And blood against blood hath touched .
Therefore shall the land mourn , and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish , with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea , the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away .
Therefore mourn doth the land, And weak is every dweller in it , With the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens , And the fishes of the sea -- they are removed .
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
Only, let no one strive, nor reprove a man, And thy people ` are ' as those striving with a priest.
Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
And thou hast stumbled in the day, And stumbled hath also a prophet with thee in the night, And I have cut off thy mother.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge : because thou hast rejected knowledge , I will also reject thee , that thou shalt be no priest to me : seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Cut off have been My people for lack of knowledge , Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me , And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!
As they were increased, so they sinned against me : therefore will I change their glory into shame.
According to their abundance so they sinned against Me , Their honour into shame I change .
They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
The sin of My people they do eat , And unto their iniquity lift up their soul .
And there shall be , like people, like priest : and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
And it hath been , like people, like priest , And I have charged on it its ways, And its habitual doings I return to it .
For they shall eat , and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom , and shall not increase : because they have left off to take heed to the LORD .
And they have eaten , and are not satisfied, They have gone a-whoring , and increase not, For they have left off taking heed to Jehovah .
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart .
Whoredom , and wine , and new wine , take the heart ,
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
My people at its staff asketh and its rod declareth to it, For a spirit of whoredoms hath caused to err, And they go a - whoring from under their God.
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms , because the shadow thereof is good : therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery .
On tops of the mountains they do sacrifice , And on the hills they make perfume , Under oak, and poplar, and terebinth , For good `is' its shade .
I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery : for themselves are separated with whores , and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall .
Therefore commit whoredom do your daughters, And your spouses commit adultery, I do not see after your daughters when they commit whoredom, And after your spouses when they commit adultery , For they with the harlots are separated, And with the whores they do sacrifice, A people that doth not understand kicketh .
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven , nor swear, The LORD liveth.
Though a harlot thou `art' , O Israel, Let not Judah become guilty, And come not ye in to Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-Aven , Nor swear ye , Jehovah liveth.
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer : now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
For as a refractory heifer hath Israel turned aside, Now doth Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.
Ephraim is joined to idols : let him alone.
Joined to idols `is' Ephraim, let him alone.
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye .
Sour `is' their drink , They have gone diligently a-whoring, Her protectors have loved shame thoroughly .
The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices .
Distressed her hath wind with its wings, And they are ashamed of their sacrifices !

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