Hosea 10:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.”

Hosea 10:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Hosea 10:4 in 6 Bible Translations

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Hosea 10:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.”

Hosea 10:4 — World English Bible

Hosea 10:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“They speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.”

Hosea 10:4 — American Standard Version

Hosea 10:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“They have spoken words, To swear falsehood in making a covenant, And flourished as a poisonous herb hath judgment, on the furrows of a field.”

Hosea 10:4 — Young's Literal Translation

Hosea 10:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“They speak [mere] words, swearing falsely in making a covenant; therefore shall judgment spring up as hemlock in the furrows of the fields.”

Hosea 10:4 — Darby Translation

Hosea 10:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“They haue spoken woordes, swearing falsly in making a couenant: thus iudgement groweth as wormewoode in the furrowes of the fielde.”

Hosea 10:4 — Geneva Bible

Hosea 10:4 in Context — Hosea 10

2 Dividióse su corazón. Ahora serán hallados culpables: él quebrantará sus altares, asolará sus estatuas.

3 Porque dirán ahora: No tenemos rey, porque no temimos á Jehová: ¿y qué haría el rey por nosotros?

4 Han hablado palabras jurando en vano al hacer alianza: por tanto, el juicio florecerá como ajenjo en los surcos del campo.

5 Por las becerras de Beth-aven serán atemorizados los moradores de Samaria: porque su pueblo lamentará á causa del [becerro], y sus sacerdotes que en él se regocijaban por su gloria, la cual será disipada.

6 Y aun será él llevado á Asiria en presente al rey Jareb: Ephraim será avergonzado, é Israel será confuso de su consejo.

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What Does Hosea 10:4 Mean?

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