Hosea 10:4

King James Version (KJV)

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

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2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.

3 For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.

6 It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

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Hosea 10:4 in every translation

KJV King James Version: They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
WEB World English Bible: They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
ASV American Standard Version: They speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: They have spoken words, To swear falsehood in making a covenant, And flourished as a poisonous herb hath judgment, on the furrows of a field.
DBY Darby Translation: They speak [mere] words, swearing falsely in making a covenant; therefore shall judgment spring up as hemlock in the furrows of the fields.
WBS Webster Bible: They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.