Hosea 7:15

What does Hosea 7:15 mean?

A plain-English look at Hosea 7:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Though I have given training and strength to their arms, they have evil designs against me.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And I instructed--I strengthened their arms, And concerning Me they think evil!

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And I have chastised them, and strengthened their arms: and they have imagined evil against me.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

I have indeed trained, I have strengthened their arms, but they imagine mischief against me.

Context

v.14And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against me.

v.15This passage

v.16They return, but not to him that is on high; they are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 5:17

    Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

  • Hebrews 12:5

    and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;

  • Nahum 1:9

    What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.

  • 2 Kings 13:5

    (And Jehovah gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as beforetime.

  • 2 Corinthians 10:5

    casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

  • Revelation 3:19

    As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

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