Hosea 5:4
King James Version (KJV)
They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
In context
2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
Hosea 5:4 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
- WEB World English Bible
- Their deeds won’t allow them to turn to their God, for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don’t know the LORD.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms [is] in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Their doings do not allow them to return unto their God; for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they know not Jehovah.
- WBS Webster Bible
- They will not frame their doings to turn to their God: for the spirit of lewdness is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.