Verse List for HOS 1:2

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OET (OET-RV) When Yahweh first spoke through Hoshea, he told him, “Go and get yourself a prostitute for a wife and have children from her, because the country is committing flagrant prostitution by forsaking Yahweh.”

OET-LV the_beginning _of (of)_when_he _spoke YHWH by_Hōshēˊa and_ YHWH _he/it _said to Hōshēˊa go take to/for_yourself(m) a _wife _of prostitution(s) and_children _of prostitution(s) if/because continually _(prostitute _itself) it _prostitutes _itself the_earth/land from_after YHWH.

ULT The beginning of, when Yahweh spoke through Hosea. And Yahweh said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitutions and children of prostitutions, for prostituting, the land prostitutes, itself from after Yahweh.”

UST When Yahweh first spoke through Hosea, Yahweh said to him, “Go and marry a prostitute. Some of her children will result from her sexual relations with other men. Do this to show how the people of this land have been very unfaithful to me, as though they were an unfaithful wife who has abandoned her husband in favor of other men.”

BSB & MSB When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself [by departing] from the LORD.”

OEB When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, he said to him: ⇔ ‘Go marry an unfaithful woman ⇔ who will bear you children by her adultery, ⇔ for like an adulterous wife the land is unfaithful to the Lord.’

CSB When the LORD first spoke to Hosea, he said this to him: Go and marry a woman of promiscuity, and have children of promiscuity, for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuity by abandoning the LORD.

NLT When the LORD first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him, “Go and marry a prostitute, so that some of her children will be conceived in prostitution. This will illustrate how Israel has acted like a prostitute by turning against the LORD and worshiping other gods.”

NIV When the LORD began to speak through Hosea, the LORD said to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the LORD.”

CEV The LORD said, "Hosea, Israel has betrayed me like an unfaithful wife. Marry such a woman and have children by her."

ESV When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, “Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the LORD.”

NASB When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, “Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for the land commits flagrant harlotry, forsaking the LORD.”

LSB When Yahweh first spoke through Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for the land commits flagrant harlotry, forsaking Yahweh.”

WEBBE & WMBB When the LORD spoke at first by Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking the LORD.”

MSG This Whole Country Has Become a Whorehouse The first time God spoke to Hosea he said: “Find a whore and marry her. Make this whore the mother of your children. And here’s why: This whole country has become a whorehouse, unfaithful to me, God.”

NET When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, he said to him, “Go marry a prostitute who will bear illegitimate children conceived through prostitution, because the nation continually commits spiritual prostitution by turning away from the Lord.”

LSV The commencement of YHWH’s speaking by Hosea. And YHWH says to Hosea, “Go, take a woman of whoredoms for yourself, and children of whoredoms, for the land goes utterly whoring from after YHWH.”

FBV The Lord began speaking through Hosea by telling him, “Go and take a wife who is a prostitute and have children born to a prostitute,[fn] because those living in this land have committed terrible prostitution by turning away from the Lord.”

T4T When Yahweh first began to give messages to me to tell to the people of Israel, he said to me, “Go and marry a prostitute. But some of her children will be born as a result of her having sex with men to whom she is not married. That will illustrate how the people of Israel have turned away from me and worship ◄idols/other gods►.”

LEB
• At the beginning when Yahweh spoke[fn] through Hosea,
• Yahweh said to Hosea,
  • “Go, take for yourself a wife and children of whoredom,
  • because the land commits great whoredom
   • forsaking Yahweh .”[fn]

NRSV When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the LORD.”

NKJV When the LORD began to speak by Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea: “Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry And children of harlotry, For the land has committed great harlotry By departing from the LORD.”

NAB When the LORD began to speak with Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea: Go, get for yourself a woman of prostitution and children of prostitution, for the land prostitutes itself, turning away from the LORD.

BBE The start of the word of the Lord by Hosea: And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take for yourself a wife of loose ways, and children of the same, for the land has been untrue to the Lord.

Moff Here begin the words of the Eternal to Hosea. The Eternal said to Hosea, ‘‘Go and marry a harlot of a woman and have children of a harlot—for the land has played the harlot in forsaking the Eternal.”

JPS When the LORD spoke at first with Hosea, the LORD said unto Hosea: 'Go, take unto thee a wife of harlotry and children of harlotry; for the land doth commit great harlotry, departing from the LORD.'

ASV When Jehovah spake at the first by Hosea, Jehovah said unto Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredom and children of whoredom; for the land doth commit great whoredom, departing from Jehovah.

DRA The beginning of the Lord’s speaking by Osse: and the Lord said to Osee: Go, take thee a wife of fornications, and have of her children of fornications: for the land by fornication shall depart from the Lord.

YLT The commencement of Jehovah's speaking by Hosea. And Jehovah saith unto Hosea, 'Go, take to thee a woman of whoredoms, and children of whoredoms, for utterly go a-whoring doth the land from after Jehovah.'

Drby The beginning of the word of Jehovah through Hosea. And Jehovah said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms, and children of whoredoms; for the land is entirely given up to whoredom, away from Jehovah.

RV When the LORD spake at the first by Hosea, the LORD said unto Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredom and children of whoredom: for the land doth commit great whoredom, departing from the LORD.
(When the LORD spake at the first by Hosea, the LORD said unto Hosea, Go, take unto thee/you a wife of whoredom/prostitution and children of whoredom/prostitution: for the land doeth/does commit great whoredom/prostitution, departing from the LORD.)

SLT The beginning of the word of Jehovah by Hosea. And Jehovah will say to Hosea, Go, take to thee a wife of fornication and children of fornication; for the land committing fornication, will commit fornication from after Jehovah.

Wbstr The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go take to thee a wife addicted to lewdness and children of lewdness; for the land hath committed great lewdness, departing from the LORD.

KJB-1769 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.
(The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee/you a wife of whoredoms/prostitutions and children of whoredoms/prostitutions: for the land hath/has committed great whoredom/prostitution, departing from the LORD.)

KJB-1611 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea: and the LORD sayd to Hosea, Goe, take vnto thee a wife of whoredomes, and children of whoredomes: for the land hath committed great whoredome, departing from the LORD.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps When the Lord spake first vnto Osea, he sayd vnto hym: Go, take vnto thee a wife of fornications, and chyldren of fornications: for the lande hath committed great fornication departing from the Lorde.
(When the Lord spake first unto Osea, he said unto him: Go, take unto thee/you a wife of fornications, and children of fornications: for the land hath/has committed great fornication departing from the Lord.)

Gnva At the beginning the Lord spake by Hosea, and the Lord said vnto Hosea, Goe, take vnto thee a wife of fornications, and children of fornications: for the lande hath committed great whoredome, departing from the Lord.
(At the beginning the Lord spake by Hosea, and the Lord said unto Hosea, Go, take unto thee/you a wife of fornications, and children of fornications: for the land hath/has committed great whoredom/prostitution, departing from the Lord.)

Cvdl First, when the LORDE spake vnto Oseas, he saide vnto him: Go thy waye, take an harlot to thy wife, and get childre by her: for the lode hath comitted greate whordome agaynst the LORDE.
(First, when the LORD spake unto Oseas, he said unto him: Go thy/your way, take an harlot to thy/your wife, and get children by her: for the land hath/has committed great whoredom/prostitution against the LORD.)

Wycl The bigynnyng of the spekyng to the Lord in Osee. And the Lord seide to Osee, Go thou, take to thee a wijf of fornycaciouns, and make to thee sones of fornycaciouns, for the lond doynge fornicacioun schal do fornicacioun fro the Lord.
(The beginning of the speaking to the Lord in Osee. And the Lord said to Osee, Go thou/you, take to thee/you a wife of fornications, and make to thee/you sons of fornications, for the land doing fornication shall do fornication from the Lord.)

Luth Und da der HErr anfing zu reden durch Hosea, sprach er zu ihm: Gehe hin und nimm ein Hurenweib und Hurenkinder; denn das Land läuft vom HErr’s der Hurerei nach.
(And there the/of_the LORD started to/for talk(v) through Hosea, spoke he to/for him: Go there/therefore and take a whore_woman and whore_children; because/than the country running from_the LORD’s the/of_the fornication after.)

ClVg Principium loquendi Domino in Osee. Et dixit Dominus ad Osee: Vade, sume tibi uxorem fornicationum, et fac tibi filios fornicationum, quia fornicans fornicabitur terra a Domino.
(Principium to_speak Master in/into/on Osee. And he/she_said Master to Osee: Go, take to_you wife fornication, and do to_you children fornication, because fornicans will_fornicate earth/land from Master.)

UHB תְּחִלַּ֥ת דִּבֶּר־יְהוָ֖ה בְּ⁠הוֹשֵׁ֑עַ פ וַ⁠יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־הוֹשֵׁ֗עַ לֵ֣ךְ קַח־לְ⁠ךָ֞ אֵ֤שֶׁת זְנוּנִים֙ וְ⁠יַלְדֵ֣י זְנוּנִ֔ים כִּֽי־זָנֹ֤ה תִזְנֶה֙ הָ⁠אָ֔רֶץ מֵֽ⁠אַחֲרֵ֖י יְהוָֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἀρχὴ λόγου Κυρίου ἐν Ὠσῆέ· καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Ὠσηὲ, βάδιζε, λάβε σεαυτῷ γυναῖκα πορνείας, καὶ τέκνα πορνείας, διότι ἐκπορνεύουσα ἐκπορνεύσει ἡ γῆ ἀπὸ ὄπισθεν τοῦ Κυρίου.

BrTr The beginning of the word of the Lord by Osee. And the Lord said to Osee, Go, take to thyself a wife of fornication, and children of fornication: for the land will surely go a-whoring in departing from the Lord.