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God’s Case against His People

Hosea 4:11

In 11 translations

BSB
Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
KJV
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
WEB
Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
ASV
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.
LSV
Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,
YLT
Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,
DBY
Fornication, and wine, and new wine take away the heart.
DRC
Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness take away the understanding.
GNV
Whoredome, and wine, and newe wine take away their heart.
JPS
Harlotry, wine, and new wine take away the heart.
LXXE
The heart of my people has gladly engaged in fornication and wine and strong drink.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
זְנ֛וּת וְיַ֥יִן וְתִיר֖וֹשׁ יִֽקַּֽח־לֵֽב׃
LXX-Br
Πορνείαν καὶ οἶνον καὶ μέθυσμα ἐδέξατο καρδία λαοῦ μου·

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  • Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
  • Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
  • Isaiah 28:7These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their…
  • Proverbs 23:27–35For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men. Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has…
  • Hosea 4:12My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.
  • Isaiah 5:12At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
  • Ecclesiastes 7:7Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
  • Proverbs 6:32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
  • Romans 13:11–14And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us…

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