Hosea 4:12
English Standard Version
12 My people (A)inquire of a piece of wood,
and their walking staff gives them oracles.
For (B)a spirit of whoredom has led them astray,
and they have left their God to play the whore.
Hosea 4:12
New Living Translation
12 They ask a piece of wood for advice!
They think a stick can tell them the future!
Longing after idols
has made them foolish.
They have played the prostitute,
serving other gods and deserting their God.
Hosea 4:12
King James Version
12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
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Hosea 4:12
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
12 My people [habitually] ask counsel of their [senseless] wood [idols], and their staff [of wood] gives them oracles and instructs them. For the spirit of harlotry has led them astray and they have played the harlot, withdrawing themselves from subjection to their God.
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Hosea 5:4
English Standard Version
4 (A)Their deeds do not permit them
to return to their God.
For (B)the spirit of whoredom is within them,
and they know not the Lord.
Hosea 5:4
New Living Translation
4 Your deeds won’t let you return to your God.
You are a prostitute through and through,
and you do not know the Lord.
Hosea 5:4
King James Version
4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.
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Hosea 5:4
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
4 Their doings will not permit them to return to their God, for the spirit of harlotry is within them and they know not the Lord [they do not recognize, appreciate, give heed to, or cherish the Lord].
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