Hosea 5:7
What does Hosea 5:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Hosea 5:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They have dealt treacherously against the Lord: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They have been false to the Lord; they have given birth to strange children; now the new moon will make them waste with their fields.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month <FI>with<Fi> their portions.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They have transgressed against the Lord: for they have begotten children that are strangers: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have begotten strange children: now shall the new moon devour them, with their allotted possessions.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Malachi 2:11
Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loveth, and hath married the daughter of a foreign god.
- Isaiah 48:8
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.
- Hosea 6:7
But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
- Jeremiah 3:20
Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.
- Hosea 2:4
Yea, upon her children will I have no mercy; for they are children of whoredom;
- Isaiah 59:13
transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
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