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


In Context

6 Cut off have been My people for lack of knowledge, Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me, And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!

7 According to their abundance so they sinned against Me, Their honour into shame I change.

8 The sin of My people they do eat, And unto their iniquity lift up their soul.

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

10 And they have eaten, and are not satisfied, They have gone a-whoring, and increase not, For they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.

11 Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,

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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.

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.