16For as a refractory heifer hath Israel turned aside, Now doth Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.


In Context

13 On tops of the mountains they do sacrifice, And on the hills they make perfume, Under oak, and poplar, and terebinth, For good is its shade.

14 Therefore commit whoredom do your daughters, And your spouses commit adultery, I do not see after your daughters when they commit whoredom, And after your spouses when they commit adultery, For they with the harlots are separated, And with the whores they do sacrifice, A people that doth not understand kicketh.

15 Though a harlot thou art, O Israel, Let not Judah become guilty, And come not ye in to Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-Aven, Nor swear ye, Jehovah liveth.

16 For as a refractory heifer hath Israel turned aside, Now doth Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

17 Joined to idols is Ephraim, let him alone.

18 Sour is their drink, They have gone diligently a-whoring, Her protectors have loved shame thoroughly.

Hosea 4:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:16The Israelites are stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. How then can the Lord pasture them like lambs in a meadow?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:16For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer: now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:16For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16For Israel is refractory as an untractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide pasture.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:16For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will the LORD feed them as a lamb in a large place.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16For Israel slides back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.