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.


In Context

1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is towards you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou art guilty of lewdness, and Israel is defiled.

4 They 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.

5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:4They 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.

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 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.