Hosea 5:4
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.
Hosea 5:4 in other translations
| BSB | 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. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | 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 | 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. |
| DARBY | 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. |
| BBE | Their works will not let them come back to their God, for a false spirit is in them and they have no knowledge of the Lord. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Hosea 5:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 5:1-7
The Divine judgments against Israel. (Hos. 5:1-7) Approaching desolations threatened. (Hos. 5:8-15) Verses 1-7 The piercing eye of God saw secret liking and disposition to sin, the love the house of Israel had to their sins, and the dominion their sins had over them. Pride makes men obstinate in other sins. And as Judah was treading in the same steps, they would fall with Israel. By dealing treacherously with the…
Hosea 5:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Hosea 5:4
- Hosea 4:12
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.
- 1 John 2:3-4
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
- Jeremiah 22:15-16
Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.
- Jeremiah 24:7
And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
- John 8:55
Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
- Jeremiah 50:38
A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
- Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
- John 3:19-20
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
- Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
- John 16:3
And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
- Jeremiah 9:24
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ps 36:1-4; 78:8; Joh 3:19,20; 2Th 2:11,12
for.
4:12; Jer 50:38
and.
4:1; 1Sa 2:12; Ps 9:10; Jer 9:6,24; 22:15,16; 24:7; Joh 8:55; 16:3
1Jo 2:3,4
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Context
- Hosea 5:3
I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
- Hosea 5:4
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.
- Hosea 5:5
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.
Hosea 5:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No pondrán sus pensamientos en volverse á su Dios, porque espíritu de fornicación está en medio de ellos, y no conocen á Jehová. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Leurs méfaits ne leur permettent pas de retourner à leur Dieu; car l’esprit de fornication est au milieu d’eux et ils ne connaissent pas l’ Éternel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ihre Handlungen gestatten ihnen nicht, zu ihrem Gott umzukehren; denn der Geist der Hurerei ist in ihrem Innern, und Jehova kennen sie nicht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non dabunt cogitationes suas ut revertantur ad Deum suum, quia spiritus fornicationum in medio eorum, et Dominum non cognoverunt. |