Hosea 5:11
What does Hosea 5:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Hosea 5:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after man’s command.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after man’s command.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Ephraim is troubled; he is crushed by his judges, because he took pleasure in walking after deceit.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Oppressed is Ephraim, broken in judgment, When he pleased he went after the command.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Ephraim is under oppression, and broken in judgment: because he began to go after filthiness.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because in selfwill he walked after the commandment [of man].
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 15:16
Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the borders thereof, from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
- 2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
- 1 Kings 12:26
And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now will the kingdom return to the house of David:
- Deuteronomy 28:33
The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway;
- Micah 6:16
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
- Amos 5:11
Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
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