Hosea 7 · Verse 5

Hosea 7:5

In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
Hosea 7:5, King James Version

Hosea 7:5 in other translations

BSBThe princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.
WEBOn the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.
ASVOn the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers.
YLTA day of our king! Princes have polluted themselves with the poison of wine, He hath drawn out his hand with scorners.
DARBYIn the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine: he stretched out his hand to scorners.
BBEOn the day of our king, the rulers made him ill with the heat of wine; his hand was stretched out with the men of pride.
WebsterIn the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

What does Hosea 7:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. the day of our king--his birthday or day of inauguration. have made him sick--namely, the king. Maurer translates, "make themselves sick." with bottles of wine--drinking not merely glasses, but bottles. Maurer translates, "Owing to the heat of wine." he stretched out his hand with scorners--the gesture of revellers in holding out the cup and in drinking to one another's health. Scoffers were the king's boon companions.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 7:1-7

The manifold sins of Israel. (Hos. 7:1-7) Their senselessness and hypocrisy. (Hos. 7:8-16) Verses 1-7 A practical disbelief of God's government was at the bottom of all israel's wickedness; as if God could not see it or did not heed it. Their sins appear on every side of them. Their hearts were inflamed by evil desires, like a heated oven. In the midst of their troubles as a nation, the people never thought of…

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Hosea 7:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

י֣וֹםYom[the] day ofH3117
מַלְכֵּ֔נוּmal.Ke.nuking ourH4428
הֶחֱל֥וּhe.che.Luthey became sickH2470
שָׂרִ֖יםsa.RimprincesH8269
חֲמַ֣תcha.MatfeverH2534
מִיָּ֑יִןmi.Ya.yinfrom wineH3196
מָשַׁ֥ךְma.Shakhhe stretched outH4900
יָד֖וֹya.Dohand hisH3027
אֶת\־'et-withH854
לֹצְצִֽים\׃lo.tze.TzimscornersH3887

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Cross references for Hosea 7:5

  • 1 Peter 4:3-4

    For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

  • Isaiah 28:1

    Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

  • Psalms 1:1

    Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

  • Ephesians 5:18

    And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

  • Daniel 5:23

    But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

  • Genesis 40:20

    And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

  • Proverbs 20:1

    Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

  • Daniel 5:1-4

    Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

  • Proverbs 13:20

    He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

  • Isaiah 5:22-23

    Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  • Isaiah 5:11-12

    Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.

  • Habakkuk 2:15-16

    Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the Lord’s right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the day.
Ge 40:20; Da 5:1-4; Mt 14:6; Mr 6:21
made.
Pr 20:1; Isa 5:11,12,22,23; 28:1,7,8; Hab 2:15,16; Eph 5:18
1Pe 4:3,4
bottles of wine. or, heat through wine. he stretched.
1Ki 13:4
with scorners.
Ps 1:1; 69:12; Pr 13:20; 23:29-35; Da 5:4,23

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Context

  • Hosea 7:4

    They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.

  • Hosea 7:5

    In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

  • Hosea 7:6

    For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

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Hosea 7:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El día de nuestro rey los príncipes lo hicieron enfermar con vasos de vino: extendió su mano con los escarnecedores.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Au jour de notre roi, les princes se sont rendus malades par l’ardeur du vin; il a tendu sa main aux moqueurs.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Am Tage unseres Königs machen sich die Fürsten krank von der Glut des Weines; er streckt seine Hand aus mit den Spöttern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dies regis nostri: cœperunt principes furere a vino; extendit manum suam cum illusoribus.