9As marauders lie in ambush for a man, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, committing shameful crimes.


In Context

6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

7 Like Adam, they have broken the covenant- they were unfaithful to me there.

8 Gilead is a city of wicked men, stained with footprints of blood.

9 As marauders lie in ambush for a man, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, committing shameful crimes.

10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel. There Ephraim is given to prostitution and Israel is defiled.

11 "Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed. "Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,

Hosea 6:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, [so] the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:9And like the jaws of highway robbers, they conspire with the priests who murder in the way those that pass out Sichem: for they have wrought wickedness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:9And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way of Shechem; yea, they commit lewdness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:9As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:9And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder — the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.