9It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.


In Context

6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God's law, I will also forget your children.

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

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

9 It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.

10 They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned giving to Yahweh.

11 Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

Hosea 4:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:9And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:9And it will be: Like people, like priests. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:9And there shall be like people like priest: and I will visit their ways upon them, and I will repay them their devices.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:9And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9And it shall be as the people so the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and recompense to them their doings;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:9And it shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and will reward them their doings.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9And it hath been, like people, like priest, And I have charged on it its ways, And its habitual doings I return to it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:9And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.