Parallel HOS 4:12

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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 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.

WMBB (Same as above)

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  •  consult[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]

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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:

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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.

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

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 stockes, 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 stockes, and their staff teacheth/teaches them: for the spirit of fornications hath/has caused them to erre, 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 stockes, their staff must tell them. For an whorish mind hath/has deceived them, so it they comitte 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 staf thereof told to it; for the spirit of fornicacioun disseyuede them, and they did fornicacioun 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 fragt his Holz, and his Stab should him predigen; because the/of_the Hurereigeist verführet sie, that they/she/them against your God Hurerei treiben.)

ClVg Populus meus in ligno suo interrogavit, et baculus ejus annuntiavit ei; spiritus enim fornicationum decepit eos, et fornicati sunt a Deo suo.
   (Populus mine in ligno his_own interrogavit, and baculus his annuntiavit ei; spiritus because fornicationum decepit them, and fornicati are from Deo his_own. )