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.


In Context

1 |Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.

2 The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I discipline all of them.

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me; for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute. Israel is defiled.

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

5 The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them.

6 They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; but they won't find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.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 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 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.