Verse List for HOS 10:4

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OET (OET-RV) They speak mere words. ⇔ They make agreements with worthless promises. ⇔ So judgement springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

OET-LV They _have _spoken words/messages they _have _sworn _an _oath falsehood they _have _made a _covenant and_it _sprouts _up like _(the)_plant justice on the_furrows _of a _field.

ULT They have spoken words, ⇔  swearing oaths of worthlessness, cutting a covenant, ⇔ so judgment sprouts like a poisonous weed ⇔  on the furrows of a field.

UST The people of Israel make false promises; ⇔  they swear empty oaths and make agreements that they do not keep. ⇔ So people accuse each other to the judges ⇔  and the number of these harmful legal disputes is multiplying throughout the land like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.

BSB & MSB They speak mere words; ⇔  with false oaths they make covenants. ⇔ So judgment springs up ⇔  like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

OEB ⇔  Speaking words, perjuring themselves, making agreements, ⇔ and litigation springs up like a poisonous weed in a ploughed field.

WEBBE & WMBB They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. ⇔  Therefore judgement springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

NET They utter empty words, ⇔ taking false oaths and making empty agreements. ⇔ Therefore legal disputes sprout up ⇔ like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.

LSV They have spoken words,
To swear falsehood in making a covenant,
And flourished as a poisonous herb has judgment, on the furrows of a field.

FBV They speak empty words, swearing false promises to make a covenant.[fn] Their “justice” flourishes like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

T4T They falsely promise that they will do many things; ⇔  they solemnly promise and make agreements, ⇔  but they do not do what they promise. ⇔ So people accuse and sue each other in the courts; ⇔  they are like [SIM] poisonous weeds that grow in a plowed field.

LEB • They utter words of vain oaths
• when making covenants ,[fn]
• and judgment blossoms like a poisonous plant
• on the furrows of the field.

BBE Their words are foolish; they make agreements with false oaths, so punishment will come up like a poison-plant in a ploughed field.

Moff Empty words, perjuries, treaties, what do they yield? ⇔ Punishing judgment like poisonous weeds ⇔ in a furrowed field.

JPS They speak words, they swear falsely, they make covenants; thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

ASV They speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

DRA You speak words of an unprofitable vision, and you shall make a covenant: and judgment shall spring up as bitterness in the furrows of the field.

YLT They have spoken words, To swear falsehood in making a covenant, And flourished as a poisonous herb hath judgment, on the furrows of a field.

Drby They speak [mere] words, swearing falsely in making a covenant; therefore shall judgment spring up as hemlock in the furrows of the fields.

RV They speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
(They speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgement springeth/springs up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.)

SLT They spake words swearing falsehood, cutting out a covenant: and judgment broke forth as the head upon the furrows of the field.

Wbstr They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

KJB-1769 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
(They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgement springeth/springs up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.)

KJB-1611 They haue spoken words, swearing falsely in making a couenant: thus iudgement springeth vp as hemlocke in the furrowes of the field.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps They haue spoken wordes, swearyng falslye in makyng a couenaunt: thus iudgement groweth as wormewood in the furrowes of the fielde.
(They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgement groweth as wormwood in the furrows of the field.)

Gnva They haue spoken woordes, swearing falsly in making a couenant: thus iudgement groweth as wormewoode in the furrowes of the fielde.
(They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgement groweth as wormwood in the furrows of the field.)

Cvdl They comon together, and sweare vayne oothes: they be cofederate together, therfore groweth their punyshment, as the wedes in the forowes of the londe.
(They common together, and swear vain oaths: they be confederate together, therefore groweth their punishment, as the weeds in the furrows of the land.)

Wycl Speke ye wordis of vnprofitable visioun, and ye schulen smyte boond of pees with leesyng; and doom as bittirnesse schal burioune on the forewis of the feeld.
(Speak ye/you_all words of unprofitable vision, and ye/you_all should smite/strike bond of peace with falsehood; and judgement as bitterness shall burioune on the furrows of the field.)

Luth Sie schwuren vergeblich und machten einen Bund; und solcher Rat grünete auf allen Furchen im Felde wie Galle.
(They/She swore vain and make a federation/agreement; and such advice green on/in/to all/everyone furrows in_the field as/like bile.)

ClVg Loquimini verba visionis inutilis, et ferietis fœdus; et germinabit quasi amaritudo judicium super sulcos agri.
(Loquimini words vision useless, and ferietis covenant; and will_sprout as_if bitterness judgement over furrows fields.)

UHB דִּבְּר֣וּ דְבָרִ֔ים אָל֥וֹת שָׁ֖וְא כָּרֹ֣ת בְּרִ֑ית וּ⁠פָרַ֤ח כָּ⁠רֹאשׁ֙ מִשְׁפָּ֔ט עַ֖ל תַּלְמֵ֥י שָׂדָֽי׃ ‡

BrLXX λαλῶν ῥήματα προφάσεις ψευδεῖς; διαθήσεται διαθήκην, ἀνατελεῖ ὡς ἄγρωστις κρίμα ἐπὶ χέρσον ἀγροῦ.

BrTr and what should a king do for us, speaking false professions as his words? he will make a covenant: judgment shall spring up as a weed on the soil of the field.