Hosea 6:7
What does Hosea 6:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Hosea 6:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But like a man, they have gone against the agreement; there they were false to me.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant, there have they dealt treacherously against me.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Genesis 3:11
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
- Hosea 8:1
Setthe trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle he cometh against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
- Jeremiah 9:6
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
- Hosea 5:7
They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.
- Hebrews 8:9
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they continued not in my covenant, And I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
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