Hosea 6:9
King James Version (KJV)
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
In context
7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
Hosea 6:9 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
- WEB World English Bible
- As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder — the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way of Shechem; yea, they commit lewdness.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.