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Hosea 7:4
New International Version
Hosea 7:4
New International Version
4 They are all adulterers,(A)
burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
Hosea 7:4
New King James Version
Hosea 7:4
New King James Version
4 “They(A) are all adulterers.
Like an oven heated by a baker—
He ceases stirring the fire after kneading the dough,
Until it is leavened.
Hosea 7:4
King James Version
Hosea 7:4
King James Version
4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
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Hosea 7:4
New American Standard Bible
Hosea 7:4
New American Standard Bible
4 They are (A)all adulterers,
Like an oven heated by the baker,
Who stops [a]stoking the fire
From the time the dough is kneaded until it is leavened.
Footnotes
- Hosea 7:4 Lit stirring up
Hosea 7:4
English Standard Version
Hosea 7:4
English Standard Version
4 (A)They are all adulterers;
they are like a heated oven
whose baker ceases to stir the fire,
from the kneading of the dough
until it is leavened.
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