Parallel HOS 4:16

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BSB For Israel is as obstinate
⇔ as a stubborn heifer.
 ⇔ Can the LORD now shepherd them
⇔ like lambs in an open meadow?

OEB  ⇔ Like a wilful heifer,
 ⇔ Israel is stubborn.
 ⇔ Can the Lord now feed them
 ⇔ as he would a lamb in a broad pasture?

WEB For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer.
⇔ Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow?

WMB For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer.
⇔ Then how will the LORD feed them like a lamb in a meadow?

NET Israel has rebelled like a stubborn heifer!
 ⇔ Soon the Lord will put them out to pasture
 ⇔ like a lamb in a broad field!

LSV For Israel has turned aside as a stubborn heifer,
Now YHWH feeds them as a lamb in a large place.

FBV For Israel is as stubborn as a stubborn cow. Should the Lord then take care of them like a lamb in a wide pasture?

T4T You people of Israel are as stubborn as [SIM] a young cow.
⇔ So there is no way [RHQ] that I, Yahweh, will provide food for them
 ⇔ like a shepherd provides food for his lambs
⇔ by leading them to a nice meadow.

LEB  •  Israel is stubborn; •  Now Yahweh will feed them, •  like a lamb in broad pasture.[fn]

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BBE For Israel is uncontrolled, like a cow which may not be controlled; now will the Lord give them food like a lamb in a wide place.

MOF  ⇔ Israel is stubborn
 ⇔ as a restive heifer.
 ⇔ How can the Eternal feed them now,
 ⇔ like lambs in a broad pasture?

JPS For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn heifer; now shall the LORD feed them as a lamb in a large place?

ASV For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

DRA For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer: now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place.

YLT For as a refractory heifer hath Israel turned aside, Now doth Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

DBY For Israel is refractory as an untractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide [pasture].

RV For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will the LORD feed them as a lamb in a large place.

WBS For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

KJB For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

BB For Israel is rebellious like an vnrulye heysfer: nowe the Lorde wyll feede them as a lambe in a large place.
  (For Israel is rebellious like an unrulye heysfer: now the Lord will feede them as a lamb in a large place.)

GNV For Israel is rebellious as an vnruly heyfer. Nowe the Lord will feede them as a lambe in a large place.
  (For Israel is rebellious as an unruly heyfer. Now the Lord will feede them as a lamb in a large place. )

CB For Israel is gone backe, like a waton cowe. The LORDE therfore shal make hir fede, as ye labe yt goeth astraye.
  (For Israel is gone backe, like a waton cowe. The LORD therefore shall make her fede, as ye/you_all lamb it goeth/goes astraye.)

WYC For as a wielde cow Israel bowide awei; now the Lord schal fede hem as a lomb in broodnesse.
  (For as a wielde cow Israel bowide away; now the Lord shall fede them as a lamb in broodnesse.)

LUT Denn Israel läuft wie eine tolle Kuh, so wird sie auch der HErr weiden lassen wie ein Lamm in der Irre.
  (Because Israel läuft like one tolle Kuh, so becomes they/she/them also the LORD weiden lassen like a Lamm in the Irre.)

CLV Quoniam sicut vacca lasciviens declinavit Israël; nunc pascet eos Dominus, quasi agnum in latitudine.
  (Quoniam like vacca lasciviens declinavit Israël; now pascet them Master, as_if agnum in latitudine. )

BRN For Israel was maddened like a mad heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a wide place.

BrLXX Διότι ὡς δάμαλις παροιστρῶσα παροίστρησεν Ἰσραήλ· νῦν νεμήσει αὐτοὺς Κύριος ὡς ἀμνὸν ἐν εὐρυχώρῳ.
  (Dioti hōs damalis paroistrōsa paroistraʸsen Israaʸl; nun nemaʸsei autous Kurios hōs amnon en euruⱪōrōi. )