6Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.


In Context

3 Lest I strip her naked. And have set her up as in the day of her birth, And have made her as a wilderness, And have set her as a dry land, And have put her to death with thirst.

4 And her sons I do not pity, For sons of whoredoms are they,

5 For gone a-whoring hath their mother, Acted shamefully hath their conceiver, For she hath said, I go after my lovers, Those giving my bread and my water, My wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.

6 Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.

7 And she hath pursued her lovers, And she doth not overtake them, And hath sought them, and doth not find, And she hath said: I go, and I turn back unto My first husband, For — better to me then than now.

8 And she knew not that I had given to her, The corn, and the new wine, and the oil. Yea, silver I did multiply to her, And the gold they prepared for Baal.

Hosea 2:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:6Therefore I will block her path with thornbushes; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:6Wherefore behold I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will stop it up with a wall, and she shall not find her paths.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6Therefore behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns; and I will fence her in with a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will make a fence against her, that she shall not find her paths.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she can't find her way.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.