Hosea 4:1 (BBE)

Hosea 4:12 - 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.

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Translations for Hosea 4:12

KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

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.

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

My people ask counsel from their wooden idols,
And their staff informs them.
For the spirit of harlotry has caused them to stray,
And they have played the harlot against their God.

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

They ask a piece of wood for advice!
They think a stick can tell them the future!
Longing after idols
has made them foolish.
They have played the prostitute,
serving other gods and deserting their God.

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

My people consult a wooden idol, and a diviner’s rod speaks to them. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray; they are unfaithful to their God.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

My people inquire of a piece of wood,
and their walking staff gives them oracles.
For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray,
and they have left their God to play the whore.

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

My people consult their wooden idols,

and their divining rods inform them.

For a spirit of promiscuity leads them astray;

they act promiscuously

in disobedience to[fn] their God.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

My people^H5971 consult^H7592 their wooden^H6086 idol, and their diviner’s wand^H4731 informs^H5046 them;

For a spirit^H7307 of infidelity^H2183 has led^H8582 them astray^H8582,

And they have been^H2181 unfaithful^H2181, departing [fn]from their God^H430.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

My people consult their wooden idol, and their diviner’s wand informs them;
For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray,
And they have played the harlot, departing [fn]from their God.

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

My people^H5971 ask^H7592 their wooden^H6086 idol, and their diviner’s wand^H4731 declares^H5046 to them;

For a spirit^H7307 of harlotry^H2183 has led^H8582 them astray^H8582,

And they have played^H2181 the^H2181 harlot^H2181, departing [fn]from their God^H430.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

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.

NETNET (read chapter in 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.

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

My people inquire of a thing of wood, and their staff gives them oracles. For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray, and they have left their God to play the harlot.

ASVASV (read chapter in 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.

YLTYLT (read chapter in 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.

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

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 God:

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

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.

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

My people consult with their wooded 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.

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

populus meus in ligno suo interrogavit et baculus eius adnuntiavit ei spiritus enim fornicationum decepit eos et fornicati sunt a Deo suo

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

فَيَطْلُبُونَ مَشُورَةَ قِطْعَةِ خَشَبٍ وَيَسْأَلُونَ عَصاً! لأَنَّ رُوحَ زِنىً قَدْ أَضَلَّهُمْ فَنَبَذُوا إِلَهَهُمْ وَزَنَوْا وَرَاءَ آخَرَ.

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

עַמִּי֙ בְּעֵצ֣וֹ יִשְׁאָ֔ל וּמַקְל֖וֹ יַגִּ֣יד ל֑וֹ כִּ֣י ר֤וּחַ זְנוּנִים֙ הִתְעָ֔ה וַיִּזְנ֖וּ מִתַּ֥חַת אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

ἐν συμβόλοις ἐπηρώτων καὶ ἐν ῥάβδοις αὐτοῦ ἀπήγγελλον αὐτῷ πνεύματι πορνείας ἐπλανήθησαν καὶ ἐξεπόρνευσαν ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ αὐτῶν

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

شَعْبِي يَسْأَلُ خَشَبَهُ، وَعَصَاهُ تُخْبِرُهُ، لأَنَّ رُوحَ الزِّنَى قَدْ أَضَلَّهُمْ فَزَنَوْا مِنْ تَحْتِ إِلهِهِمْ.

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

They asked counsel by means of signs, and they reported answer to them by their staves: they have gone astray in a spirit of whoredom, and gone grievously a-whoring from their God.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Mi pueblo á su madero pregunta, y su palo le responde: porque espíritu de fornicaciones lo engañó, y fornicaron debajo de sus dioses.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

Mi pueblo a su ídolo de madera pregunta, y el leño le responde; porque espíritu de fornicaciones lo hizo errar, y dejaron a su Dios para fornicar.

BBEBBE (read chapter in 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.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

我的民求問木偶、以為木杖能指示他們、因為他們的淫心使他們失迷、他們就行淫離棄　神、不守約束。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

Mi pueblo consulta a su ídolo de madera, y su palo le declara; porque el espíritu de prostitución le ha engañado, y se prostituyen debajo de su dios.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

내 백성이 나무를 향하여 묻고 그 막대기는 저희에게 고하나니 이는 저희가 음란한 마음에 미혹되어 그 하나님의 수하를 음란하듯 떠났음이니라

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Mon peuple consulte son bois, Et c'est son bâton qui lui parle; Car l'esprit de prostitution égare, Et ils se prostituent loin de leur Dieu.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Mein Volk fragt sein Holz, und sein Stab soll ihm predigen; denn der Hurerei-Geist verführt sie, daß sie wider ihren Gott Hurerei treiben.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

Народ Мой вопрошает свое дерево и жезл его дает ему ответ; ибо дух блуда ввел их в заблуждение, и, блудодействуя, они отступили от Бога своего.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Mi pueblo a su madero pregunta, y su palo le responde, porque espíritu de fornicaciones [lo] engañó, y fornicaron debajo de sus dioses.

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