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Hosea 4:12
New King James Version
Hosea 4:12
New King James Version
12 My people ask counsel from their (A)wooden idols,
And their [a]staff informs them.
For (B)the spirit of harlotry has caused them to stray,
And they have played the harlot against their God.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:12 Diviner’s rod
Hosea 4:12
New American Standard Bible
Hosea 4:12
New American Standard Bible
12 My people (A)consult their wooden idol, and their diviner’s wand informs them;
For a spirit of infidelity has led them astray,
And they have been unfaithful, departing [a]from their God.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:12 Lit from under
Hosea 4:12
Amplified Bible
Hosea 4:12
Amplified Bible
12
My people consult their [lifeless] wooden idol, and their [diviner’s] wand gives them oracles.
For a spirit of prostitution has led them astray [morally and spiritually],
And they have played the prostitute, withdrawing themselves from their God.
Hosea 4:12
King James Version
Hosea 4:12
King James Version
12 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.
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