4All of them are adulterers, Like a burning oven of a baker, He ceaseth from stirring up after kneading the dough, till its leavening.


In Context

1 'When I give healing to Israel, Then revealed is the iniquity of Ephraim, And the wickedness of Samaria, For they have wrought falsehood, And a thief doth come in, Stript off hath a troop in the street,

2 And they do not say to their heart, That all their evil I have remembered, Now compassed them have their doings, Over-against My face they have been.

3 With their wickedness they make glad a king, And with their lies — princes.

4 All of them are adulterers, Like a burning oven of a baker, He ceaseth from stirring up after kneading the dough, till its leavening.

5 A day of our king! Princes have polluted themselves with the poison of wine, He hath drawn out his hand with scorners.

6 For they have drawn near, As an oven is their heart, In their lying in wait all the night sleep doth their baker, Morning! he is burning as a flaming fire.

Hosea 7:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:4They [are] all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, [who] ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:4They are all adulterers, burning like an oven whose fire the baker need not stir from the kneading of the dough till it rises.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:4They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker: the city rested a little from the mingling of the leaven, till the whole was leavened.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:4They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceaseth to stir the fire , from the kneading of the dough, until it be leavened.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4They all practise adultery, as an oven heated by the baker: he ceaseth from stirring the fire after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:4They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceaseth to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough until it be leavened.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it is leavened.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:4They are all adulterers. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:4They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceases from raising after he has kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.