Parallel HOS 5:4

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BSB  ⇔ Their deeds do not permit them
 ⇔ to return to their God,
 ⇔ for a spirit of prostitution is within them,
 ⇔ and they do not know the LORD.

OEB Their deeds do not permit them
 ⇔ to return to their God.
 ⇔ For the spirit of prostitution is within them,
 ⇔ they do not know the Lord.

WEB Their deeds won’t allow them to turn to their God,
 ⇔ for the spirit of prostitution is within them,
 ⇔ and they don’t know Yahweh.

WMB Their deeds won’t allow them to turn to their God,
 ⇔ for the spirit of prostitution is within them,
 ⇔ and they don’t know the LORD.

NET Their wicked deeds do not allow them to return to their God;
 ⇔ because a spirit of idolatry controls their heart,
 ⇔ and they do not acknowledge the Lord.

LSV They do not give up their habitual doings,
To turn back to their God,
For a spirit of whoredoms [is] in their midst,
And YHWH they have not known.

FBV Your actions stop you from coming back to your God for a spirit of prostitution is within you and you do not know the Lord.

T4T Because they like to do evil things,
 ⇔ they will not return to me, their God.
 ⇔ Like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands [MET], they have [IDM] abandoned [MET] me;
 ⇔ they do not even know me, Yahweh.

LEB  •  to return them to God. •  Because a spirit of whoredom is in their midst, •  they do not know Yahweh.

BBE Their works will not let them come back to their God, for a false spirit is in them and they have no knowledge of the Lord.

Moff Their doings will not suffer them
 ⇔ to come back to their God;
 ⇔ for a harlot-spirit possesses them,
 ⇔ and the Eternal they do not understand.

JPS Their doings will not suffer them to return unto their God; for the spirit of harlotry is within them, and they know not the LORD.

ASV Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah.

DRA They will not set their thoughts to return to their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.

YLT They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms [is] in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known.

Drby Their doings do not allow them to return unto their [fn]God; for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they know not Jehovah.

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RV Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not the LORD.

Wbstr They will not frame their doings to turn to their God: for the spirit of lewdness is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

KJB-1769 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.[fn][fn]

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KJB-1611 [fn][fn]They will not frame their doings to turne vnto their God: for the spirit of whoredomes is in the midst of them, and they haue not knowen the LORD.
   (They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredomes is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.)

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Bshps They wyll not geue their myndes to turne vnto their God: for the spirite of fornication is in the middest of them, and they haue not knowen the Lorde.
   (They will not give their minds to turn unto their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the middest of them, and they have not known the Lord.)

Gnva They will not giue their mindes to turne vnto their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the middes of them, and they haue not knowen the Lord.
   (They will not give their minds to turn unto their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the middes of them, and they have not known the Lord.)

Cvdl They are not mynded to turne vnto their God, for they haue an whorish herte, so yt they can not knowe the LORDE.
   (They are not mindd to turn unto their God, for they have an whorish heart, so it they cannot know the LORD.)

Wyc Thei schulen not yiue her thouytis, that thei turne ayen to her God; for the spirit of fornicacioun is in the myddis of hem, and thei knewen not the Lord.
   (They should not yiue her thouytis, that they turn again to her God; for the spirit of fornicacioun is in the myddis of them, and they knew not the Lord.)

Luth Sie denken nicht danach, daß sie sich kehreten zu ihrem GOtt; denn sie haben einen Hurengeist in ihrem Herzen und lehren vom HErr’s nicht.
   (They/She denken not danach, that they/she/them itself/yourself/themselves kehreten to their God; because they/she/them have a Hurengeist in their hearten and lehren from_the LORD’s nicht.)

ClVg Non dabunt cogitationes suas ut revertantur ad Deum suum, quia spiritus fornicationum in medio eorum, et Dominum non cognoverunt.
   (Non dabunt cogitationes their_own as revertantur to God his_own, because spiritus fornicationum in in_the_middle their, and Dominum not/no cognoverunt.)

BrTr They have not framed their counsels to return to their God, for the spirit of fornication is in them, and they have not known the Lord.

BrLXX Οὐκ ἔδωκαν τὰ διαβούλια αὐτῶν τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν αὐτῶν, ὅτι πνεῦμα πορνίας ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐστίν· τὸν δὲ Κύριον οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν.
   (Ouk edōkan ta diaboulia autōn tou epistrepsai pros ton Theon autōn, hoti pneuma pornias en autois estin; ton de Kurion ouk epegnōsan.)