4Yet let no man contend, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that contend with the priest.


In Context

1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

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

3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yes, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

4 Yet let no man contend, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that contend with the priest.

5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

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

Hosea 4:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people [are] as they that strive with the priest.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:4"But let no man bring a charge, let no man accuse another, for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:4But yet let not any man judge: and let not a man be rebuked: for thy people are as they that contradict the priest.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4|Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; For your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4Only, let no one strive, nor reprove a man, And thy people are as those striving with a priest.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for your people are as they that strive with the priest.