HOS 6:5 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) That’s why I’ve cut them to pieces by means of the prophets.
⇔ ≈I’ve killed them with the messages that I’ve spoken.
⇔ My judgement is like the light that shines out.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Διὰ τοῦτο ἀπεθέρισα τοὺς προφήτας ὑμῶν· ἀπέκτεινα αὐτοὺς ἐν ῥήματι στόματός μου· καὶ τὸ κρίμα μου ὡς φῶς ἐξελεύσεται.
(Dia touto apetherisa tous profaʸtas humōn; apekteina autous en ɽaʸmati stomatos mou; kai to krima mou hōs fōs exeleusetai. )

BrTr Therefore have I mown down your prophets; I have slain them with the word of my mouth: and my judgment shall go forth as the light.

ULT Therefore I have cut them to pieces by the prophets,
⇔ I have killed them with the words of my mouth.
⇔ My judgments are like the light that goes forth.

UST I sent my prophets to you,
⇔ and it was as though I had cut you into pieces when they spoke the messages I gave them.
⇔ You were devastated by what they said to you.
⇔ It was as though I had killed you with the words I spoke to you.
⇔ I spoke about how I would punish you.
⇔ I told you by the prophets that I was angry with you, and they told you this.”
⇔ “Yahweh, you will punish them by commanding that it happen;
⇔ your words are like lightning bolts.”

BSB Therefore I have hewn [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.
⇔ 
⇔ 

OEB That is why I have hewn them by the prophets,
⇔ I have slain them by the words of my mouth.
⇔ My judgment is like the light that goes forth,

WEBBE Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets;
⇔ I killed them with the words of my mouth.
⇔ Your judgements are like a flash of lightning.

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(4-7)“What am I to do with you, Ephraim?
  What do I make of you, Judah?
Your declarations of love last no longer
  than morning mist and predawn dew.
That’s why I use prophets to shake you to attention,
  why my words cut you to the quick:
To wake you up to my judgment
  blazing like light.
I’m after love that lasts, not more religion.
  I want you to know God, not go to more prayer meetings.
You broke the covenant—just like Adam!
  You broke faith with me—ungrateful wretches!

NET Therefore, I will certainly cut you into pieces at the hands of the prophets;
⇔ I will certainly kill you in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment;
⇔ for my judgment will come forth like the light of the dawn.

LSV Therefore I have hewed by prophets,
I have slain them by sayings of My mouth,
And My judgments go forth to the light.

FBV So I cut you down through the prophets; I killed you with my words. My judgment shines out like a light.

T4T I warned [HYP] you by the messages that I gave to the prophets,
⇔ but you did not pay attention to my messages.
⇔ Therefore I will completely destroy you;
⇔ the punishment that I give you will strike you like lightning.

LEB No LEB HOS book available

BBE So I have had it cut in stones; I gave them teaching by the words of my mouth;

Moff So I instruct them by my words,
⇔ this precept shines out plain:

JPS Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth; and thy judgment goeth forth as the light.

ASV Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.

DRA For this reason have I hewed them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments shall go forth as the light.

YLT Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light goeth forth.

Drby Therefore have I hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and my judgment goeth forth as the light.

RV Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
(Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain/killed them by the words of my mouth: and thy/your judgements are as the light that goeth/goes forth. )

SLT For this I cut off by the prophets; I slew them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments the light going forth.

Wbstr Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.

KJB-1769 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.[fn]
(Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain/killed them by the words of my mouth: and thy/your judgements are as the light that goeth/goes forth. )

6.5 and…: or, that thy judgments might be, etc

KJB-1611 [fn]Therefore haue I shewed them by the Prophets: I haue slaine them by the wordes of my mouth, and thy iudgements are as the light that goeth foorth.
(Therefore have I showed them by the Prophets: I have slain/killed them by the words of my mouth, and thy/your judgements are as the light that goeth/goes forth.)

6:5 Or, that thy iudgements might be, &c.

Bshps No Bshps HOS book available

Gnva Therefore haue I cut downe by the Prophets: I haue slaine them by the wordes of my mouth, and thy iudgements were as the light that goeth forth.
(Therefore have I cut down by the Prophets: I have slain/killed them by the words of my mouth, and thy/your judgements were as the light that goeth/goes forth. )

Cvdl No Cvdl HOS book available

Wycl No Wycl HOS book available

Luth No Luth HOS book available

ClVg Propter hoc dolavi in prophetis; occidi eos in verbis oris mei: et judicia tua quasi lux egredientur.
(Because this dolavi in/into/on prophets; occidi them in/into/on with_words mouth my/mine: and judgements your as_if light they_will_come_out. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT HOS book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) So I have cut them to pieces by the prophets

(Some words not found in UHB: on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so hewn in/on/at/with,prophets killed,them in/on/at/with,words_of mouth_of,my and,judgment_of,you light goes_forth )

Through his prophets, Yahweh has pronounced destruction on the rebellious nation. The destruction, here called “cutting to pieces,” is as sure as the condemnation.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

(Occurrence 0) Your decrees are like the light that shines out

Here the prophet Hosea is speaking to God. He may mean that when God gives the command for someone to die as punishment, it is like a bolt of lightning that strikes. Or he may mean that God’s commandments allow people to know the truth, just as light makes objects visible.

(Occurrence 0) Your decrees

Alternate translation: “Yahweh’s commands”

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