Hosea 4:12

King James Version (KJV)

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.

Translations

Hosea 4:12 - Amplified Bible

My people [habitually] ask counsel of their [senseless] wood [idols], and their staff [of wood] gives them oracles {and} instructs them. For the spirit of harlotry has led them astray and they have played the harlot, withdrawing themselves from subjection to their God.

Hosea 4:12 - American Standard Version

My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, departing from under their God.

Hosea 4:12 - Bible in Basic English

My people get knowledge from their tree, and their rod gives them news; for a false spirit is the cause of their wandering, and they have been false to their God.

Hosea 4:12 - Darby Bible

My people ask counsel of their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredoms causeth [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God:

Hosea 4:12 - English Standard Version

My people inquire of a piece of wood, and their walking staff gives them oracles. For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray, and they have left their God to play the whore.

Hosea 4:12 - King James Version

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.

Hosea 4:12 - La Biblia de las Americas

Mi pueblo consulta a su ìdolo de madera, y su vara les informa;
porque un espìritu de prostituciòn los ha descarriado,
y se han prostituido, apartándose de su Dios.

Hosea 4:12 - The Message

Hosea 4:12 - New American Standard Bible

My people consult their wooden idol, and their {diviner's} wand informs them; For a spirit of harlotry has led {them} astray, And they have played the harlot, {departing} from their God.

Hosea 4:12 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Mi pueblo consulta a su ìdolo de madera, y su vara les informa;
Porque un espìritu de prostituciòn los ha descarriado,
Y se han prostituido, apartándose de su Dios.

Hosea 4:12 - World English Bible

My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declares to them; for the spirit of prostitution has caused them to err, and they have played the prostitute, [departing] from under their God.

Hosea 4:12 - Young's Living Translation

My people at its staff asketh and its rod declareth to it, For a spirit of whoredoms hath caused to err, And they go a-whoring from under their God.

Hosea 4:12 - Additional Comments

God, through Hosea's marrying a harlot, is trying to show him how He feels when Israel go after wooden idols. Both are harlotry, and both are painful. See also vs 13.

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