4They will not set their thoughts to return to their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.


In Context

1 Hear ye this, O priests, and hearken, O ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king: for there is a judgment against you, because you have been a snare to them whom you should have watched over, and a net spread upon Thabor.

2 And you have turned aside victims into the depth: and I am, the teacher of them all.

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now Ephraim hath committed fornication, Israel is defiled.

4 They will not set their thoughts to return to their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.

5 And the pride of Israel shall answer in his face: and Israel and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquity, Juda also shall fall with them.

6 With their flocks, and with their herds, they shall go to seek the Lord, and shall not find him: he is withdrawn from them.

Hosea 5:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:4They 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:4"Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. A spirit of prostitution is in their heart; they do not acknowledge the Lord .

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:4Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4Their doings do not allow them to return unto their God; for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they know not Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:4Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4They will not frame their doings to turn to their God: for the spirit of lewdness is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4Their deeds won't allow them to turn to their God; for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don't know Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:4They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms is in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:4They will not frame their doings to turn to their God: for the spirit of prostitutions is in the middle of them, and they have not known the LORD.