Hosea 4:17
What does Hosea 4:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Hosea 4:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Ephraim is joined to false gods; let him be.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Joined to idols <FI>is<Fi> Ephraim, let him alone.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Ephraim is a partaker with idols, let him alone.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890— Ephraim is joined to idols: leave him alone.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hosea 12:1
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
- Hosea 11:2
The more the prophets called them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
- Psalms 81:12
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.
- Revelation 22:11
He that is unrighteous, let him do unrighteousness still: and he that is filthy, let him be made filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him do righteousness still: and he that is holy, let him be made holy still.
- Matthew 15:14
Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.
- Hosea 13:2
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
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