8They eat the sin of my people, and their soul longeth for their iniquity.


In Context

5 And thou shalt stumble by day; and the prophet also shall stumble with thee by night: and I will destroy thy mother.

6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; for thou hast rejected knowledge, and I will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

7 As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.

8 They eat the sin of my people, and their soul longeth for their iniquity.

9 And it shall be as the people so the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and recompense to them their doings;

10 and they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: for they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.

Hosea 4:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:8They feed on the sins of my people and relish their wickedness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:8They shall eat the sins of my people, and shall lift up their souls to their iniquity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8The sin of My people they do eat, And unto their iniquity lift up their soul.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.