Hosea 4:18

In 11 translations

BSB

When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.Hebrew her shields

KJV

Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.sour: Heb. gonerulers: Heb. shields

WEB

Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.

ASV

Their drink is become sour; they play the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame.

LSV

Sour [is] their drink, || They have gone whoring diligently, || Her protectors have thoroughly loved shame.

YLT

Sour [is] their drink, They have gone diligently a-whoring, Her protectors have loved shame thoroughly.

DBY

Their drink is sour; they give themselves up to whoredom; her great men passionately love [their] shame.

DRC

Their banquet is separated, they have gone astray by fornication: they that should have protected them have loved to bring shame upon them.

GNV

Their drunkennes stinketh: they haue committed whoredome: their rulers loue to say with shame, Bring ye.

JPS

When their carouse is over, they take to harlotry; her rulers deeply love dishonour.

LXXE

He has chosen the Chananites: they have grievously gone a-whoring: they have loved dishonour through her insolence.

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WLC

סָ֖ר סָבְאָ֑ם הַזְנֵ֣ה הִזְנ֔וּ אָהֲב֥וּ הֵב֛וּ קָל֖וֹן מָגִנֶּֽיהָ׃

LXX-Br

ἠρέτισε Χαναναίους· πορνεύοντες ἐξεπόρνευσαν, ἠγάπησαν ἀτιμίαν ἐκ φρυάγματος αὐτῆς.

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• Proverbs 30:15–16The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’: Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’
• Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
• 1 Samuel 12:3–4Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I…
• Deuteronomy 16:19Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
• Hosea 4:2Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
• Deuteronomy 32:32–33But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter. Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
• Psalms 47:9The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.
• Micah 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
• 2 Kings 17:7–17All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods and walked…
• Jeremiah 2:21I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?
• 1 Samuel 8:3But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
• Amos 5:12For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
• Exodus 23:8Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
• Hosea 4:10They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have stopped obeying the LORD.
• Isaiah 1:21–22See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers! Your silver has become dross; your fine wine is diluted with water.

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