2Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery — have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.


In Context

1 Hear a word of Jehovah, sons of Israel, For a strife is to Jehovah with inhabitants of the land, For there is no truth, nor kindness, Nor knowledge of God, in the land,

2 Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery — have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.

3 Therefore mourn doth the land, And weak is every dweller in it, With the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens, And the fishes of the sea — they are removed.

4 Only, let no one strive, nor reprove a man, And thy people are as those striving with a priest.

Hosea 4:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:2There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:2Cursing, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery have overflowed, and blood hath touched blood.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:2There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out; and blood toucheth blood.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:2There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood touches blood.