2Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out; and blood toucheth blood.


In Context

1 Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; for there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

2 Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out; and blood toucheth blood.

3 For this shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

4 Yet let no man strive, and let no man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

Hosea 4:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:2There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:2Cursing, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery have overflowed, and blood hath touched blood.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:2There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:2There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery — have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood touches blood.