Verse List for HOS 4:12

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OET (OET-RV) My people consult their wooden idols, ⇔ ≈ and their divining rods inform them, ⇔ because a spirit of unfaithfulness has led them astray, ⇔ ≈ and they’ve played the loose woman, departing from their god.

OET-LV People _of_my by_wood _of_his he _enquires and_stick _of_his it _tells to_him/it if/because a _spirit _of prostitution(s) it _has _misled and_they _have _prostituted _themselves from_under god _of_their.

ULT My people inquires of his wood, ⇔  and his staff declares to him, ⇔ for a spirit of prostitutions has led astray, ⇔  and they have prostituted, themselves from under their God.

UST ⇔  My people ask their wooden idols to guide them, ⇔  and they think that a wooden stick will answer them. ⇔ They do this because they have strongly desired to be unfaithful sexually and so they are also unfaithful spiritually, ⇔  and because they are unfaithful in these ways, their God no longer directs or protects them.

BSB & MSB My people consult their wooden idols, ⇔  and their divining rods inform them. ⇔ For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray ⇔  and they have played the harlot against their God.

OEB My own people ask counsel of a piece of wood! ⇔ A stick gives them advice! ⇔ For a spirit of prostitution has led them astray, ⇔ they commit adultery against their God.

WEBBE & WMBB My people consult with their wooden idol, ⇔  and answer to a stick of wood. ⇔ Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, ⇔  and they have been unfaithful to their God.

NET They consult their wooden idols, ⇔ and their diviner’s staff answers with an oracle. ⇔ The wind of prostitution blows them astray; ⇔ they commit spiritual adultery against their God.

LSV My people at its staff asks and its rod declares to it,
For a spirit of whoredoms has caused to err,
And they go whoring from under their God.

FBV My people consult their wooden idols and their divining rods give them answers, for a spirit of prostitution makes them go astray. Prostituting themselves, they have deserted their God.

T4T “You my people request wooden idols ⇔  to tell you what you should do! ⇔ Like prostitutes who have left/abandoned their husbands,

LEB
  • My people,
• consult their wooden idols ,[fn]
  • and their divining rod gives them oracles;
• because a spirit of whoredom led them astray,
  • and they played the whore from under their God.[fn]

BBE My people get knowledge from their tree, and their rod gives them news; for a false spirit is the cause of their wandering, and they have been false to their God.

Moff ⇔  My people ask a piece of wood to guide them, ⇔ a pole gives them their oracles! ⇔ For a harlot-spirit has let them astray, ⇔ they have left their God for a faithless way;

JPS My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of harlotry hath caused them to err, and they have gone astray from under their God.

ASV My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, departing from under their God.

DRA My people have consulted their stocks, and their staff hath declared unto them: for the spirit of fornication hath deceived them, and they have committed fornication against their God.

YLT My people at its staff asketh and its rod declareth to it, For a spirit of whoredoms hath caused to err, And they go a-whoring from under their God.

Drby My people ask counsel of their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredoms causeth [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their [fn]God:

RV My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
(My people ask council/counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredom/prostitution hath/has caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.)

SLT My people will ask in their counsel, and with their rod they will announce to them: for the spirit of fornications caused to err, and they will commit fornication from under their God.

Wbstr My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth to them: for the spirit of lewdness hath caused them to err, and they have gone astray from under their God.

KJB-1769 ¶ My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
(¶ My people ask council/counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms/prostitutions hath/has caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.)

KJB-1611 ¶ My people aske counsel at their stocks, and their staffe declareth vnto them: for the spirit of whordomes hath caused them to erre, and they haue gone a whoring from vnder their God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps My people aske counsell at their stockes, and their staffe teacheth them: for the spirite of fornication hath caused them to go astray, and they haue committed fornication against their God.
(My people ask council/counsel at their stocks, and their staff teacheth/teaches them: for the spirit of fornication hath/has caused them to go astray, and they have committed fornication against their God.)

Gnva My people aske counsell at their stockes, and their staffe teacheth them: for the spirite of fornications hath caused them to erre, and they haue gone a whoring from vnder their God.
(My people ask council/counsel at their stocks, and their staff teacheth/teaches them: for the spirit of fornications hath/has caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.)

Cvdl My people axe councel at their stockes, their staffe must tell them. For an whorish mynde hath disceaued them, so yt they comitte fornicacion agaynst their God.
(My people axe council/counsel at their stocks, their staff must tell them. For an whorish mind hath/has deceived them, so it they commit fornication against their God.)

Wycl My puple axide in his tre, and the staf therof telde to it; for the spirit of fornicacioun disseyuede hem, and thei diden fornicacioun fro her God.
(My people asked in his tree, and the staff thereof told to it; for the spirit of fornication deceived_or_dissuaded hem, and they did fornication from her God.)

Luth Mein Volk fragt sein Holz, und sein Stab soll ihm predigen; denn der Hurereigeist verführet sie, daß sie wider ihren GOtt Hurerei treiben.
(My people asks be wood, and be rod/staff should him preaching; because/than the/of_the spirit_of_fornication seduced they/she/them, that they/she/them against your(pl) God fornication to_drive.)

ClVg Populus meus in ligno suo interrogavit, et baculus ejus annuntiavit ei; spiritus enim fornicationum decepit eos, et fornicati sunt a Deo suo.
(People mine in/into/on wood his_own asked, and staff/walking-stick his/her announced to_him; spirit because fornication I_was_deceivedt them, and fornicati are from to_God his_own.)

UHB עַמִּ⁠י֙ בְּ⁠עֵצ֣⁠וֹ יִשְׁאָ֔ל וּ⁠מַקְל֖⁠וֹ יַגִּ֣יד ל֑⁠וֹ כִּ֣י ר֤וּחַ זְנוּנִים֙ הִתְעָ֔ה וַ⁠יִּזְנ֖וּ מִ⁠תַּ֥חַת אֱלֹהֵי⁠הֶֽם׃ ‡

BrLXX ἐν συμβόλοις ἐπηρώτων, καὶ ἐν ῥάβδοις αὐτοῦ ἀπήγγελλον αὐτῷ· πνεύματι πορνείας ἐπλανήθησαν, καὶ ἐξεπόρνευσαν ἀπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ αὐτῶν.

BrTr They asked counsel by means of signs, and they reported answer to them by their staves: they have gone astray in a spirit of whoredom, and gone grievously a-whoring from their God.