Hosea 4:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Hosea 4:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Hosea 4:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Hosea 4:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.”
Hosea 4:12 — World English Bible
Hosea 4:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, departing from under their God.”
Hosea 4:12 — American Standard Version
Hosea 4:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.”
Hosea 4:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Hosea 4:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“My people ask counsel of their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredoms causeth [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God:”
Hosea 4:12 — Darby Translation
Hosea 4:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“My people aske counsell at their stockes, and their staffe teacheth them: for the spirite of fornications hath caused them to erre, and they haue gone a whoring from vnder their God.”
Hosea 4:12 — Geneva Bible
Hosea 4:12 in Context — Hosea 4
10 Y comerán, mas no se hartarán; fornicarán, mas no se aumentarán: porque dejaron de atender á Jehová.
11 Fornicación, y vino, y mosto quitan el corazón.
12 Mi pueblo á su madero pregunta, y su palo le responde: porque espíritu de fornicaciones lo engañó, y fornicaron debajo de sus dioses.
13 Sobre las cabezas de los montes sacrificaron, é incensaron sobre los collados, debajo de encinas, y álamos, y olmos que tuviesen buena sombra: por tanto, vuestras hijas fornicarán, y adulterarán vuestras nueras.
14 No visitaré sobre vuestras hijas cuando fornicaren, ni sobre vuestras nueras cuando adulteraren: porque ellos ofrecen con las rameras, y con las malas mujeres sacrifican: por tanto, el pueblo sin entendimiento caerá.
What Does Hosea 4:12 Mean?
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