Hosea 10:3

In 11 translations

BSB

Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”

KJV

For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

WEB

Surely now they will say, “We have no king; for we don’t fear Yahweh; and the king, what can he do for us?”

ASV

Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?

LSV

For now they say: We have no king, || Because we have not feared YHWH, || And the king—what does he do for us?

YLT

For now they say: We have no king, Because we have not feared Jehovah, And the king — what doth he for us?

DBY

For now they will say, We have no king, for we feared not Jehovah; and a king, what can he do for us?

DRC

For now they shall say: We have no king: because we fear not the Lord: and what shall a king do to us?

GNV

For now they shall say, We haue no King because we feared not the Lord: and what should a King doe to vs?

JPS

Surely now shall they say: 'We have no king; for we feared not the LORD; and the king, what can he do for us?'

LXXE

Because now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord:

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WLC

כִּ֤י עַתָּה֙ יֹֽאמְר֔וּ אֵ֥ין מֶ֖לֶךְ לָ֑נוּ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָרֵ֨אנוּ֙ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ מַה־יַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לָּֽנוּ׃Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.We read one or more vowels in L differently from BHS.

LXX-Br

Διότι νῦν ἐροῦσιν, οὐκ ἔστι βασιλεὺς ἡμῖν, ὅτι οὐκ ἐφοβήθημεν τὸν Κύριον· ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τί ποιήσει ἡμῖν,

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hosea 10:15Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.
• Hosea 10:7Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water.
• Hosea 13:11So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
• Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
• Micah 4:9Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
• John 19:15At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.
• Hosea 3:4For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.
• Hosea 11:5Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?

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