Hosea 10:3
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”
In context
1 Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.
2 Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.
3 Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”
4 They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
5 The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.
Hosea 10:3 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”
- KJV King James Version
- For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
- WEB World English Bible
- Surely now they will say, “We have no king; for we don’t fear the LORD; and the king, what can he do for us?”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- For now they say: We have no king, Because we have not feared Jehovah, And the king — what doth he for us?
- DBY Darby Translation
- For now they will say, We have no king, for we feared not Jehovah; and a king, what can he do for us?
- WBS Webster Bible
- For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?