Hosea 4:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel, for the LORD has a dispute with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel! For the LORD has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: there is no truth, no steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Heare ye worde of the LORDE, o ye children of Israel: For the LORDE must punysh the, yt dwel in the londe. And why? There is no faithfulnesse, there is no mercy, there is no knowlege of God in the lode:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Heare the worde of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controuersie with the inhabitants of the lande, because there is no trueth nor mercie nor knowledge of God in the lande.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Heare the worde of the Lorde O ye chyldren of Israel, for the Lord hath a controuersie with the inhabitauntes of the lande: for there is no trueth, there is no mercy, there is no knowledge of God in the lande.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Hear the word of Yahweh, you children of Israel; For Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "Indeed there is no truth, Nor goodness, Nor knowledge of God in the land.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `Hear a word of Jehovah, sons of Israel, For a strife `is' to Jehovah with inhabitants of the land, For there is no truth, nor kindness, Nor knowledge of God, in the land,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Give ear to the word of the Lord, O children of Israel; for the Lord has a cause against the people of this land, because there is no good faith in it, and no mercy and no knowledge of God in the land.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Hear the word of Yahweh, you children of Israel; for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Lord’s Covenant Lawsuit against the Nation Israel Listen to the LORD’s message, you Israelites! For the LORD has a covenant lawsuit against the people of Israel. For there is neither faithfulness nor loyalty in the land, nor do they acknowledge God.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are senseless children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
  • Mic 6:2 : 2 Hear, O mountains, the LORD'S dispute, and you strong foundations of the earth, for the LORD has a dispute with His people, and He will plead with Israel.
  • Isa 3:13-14 : 13 The LORD stands up to plead and stands to judge the people. 14 The LORD will enter into judgment with the elders of His people, and their princes: for you have eaten up the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
  • Jer 5:4 : 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
  • Jer 25:31 : 31 A noise shall come to the ends of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with the nations, He will plead with all flesh; He will give those who are wicked to the sword, says the LORD.
  • Hos 12:2 : 2 The LORD also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds will He recompense him.
  • Amos 7:16 : 16 Now therefore hear the word of the LORD: You say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not preach against the house of Isaac.
  • Jer 34:4 : 4 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus says the LORD concerning you, You shall not die by the sword.
  • Hos 5:1 : 1 Listen to this, O priests; and pay attention, O house of Israel; and give ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
  • Mic 7:2-5 : 2 The good man has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt each his brother with a net. 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. 4 The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of your watchmen and your visitation comes; now shall be their perplexity. 5 Do not trust in a friend, put no confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom.
  • John 8:55 : 55 Yet you have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I do not know him, I shall be a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
  • 1 Cor 15:34 : 34 Awake to righteousness and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
  • Rev 2:11 : 11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.
  • Rev 2:29 : 29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
  • Jer 6:13 : 13 For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.
  • Jer 7:2-6 : 2 Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim this word there, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah, who enter these gates to worship the LORD. 3 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will allow you to dwell in this place. 4 Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. 5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your deeds; if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor; 6 If you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your harm;
  • Jer 7:28 : 28 But you shall say to them, This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the LORD their God, nor receive correction: truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
  • Jer 9:20 : 20 Yet hear the word of the LORD, O you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation.
  • Jer 19:3 : 3 And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring disaster upon this place, which whoever hears of it, his ears shall tingle.
  • Jer 4:28 : 28 For this the earth shall mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not relent, nor will I turn back from it.
  • 1 Kgs 22:19 : 19 And he said, Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
  • Isa 1:10 : 10 Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.
  • Isa 1:18 : 18 Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
  • Isa 5:3 : 3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard.
  • Isa 28:14 : 14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, who rule this people who are in Jerusalem.
  • Isa 34:1 : 1 Come near, O nations, to hear; and listen, O people: let the earth hear, and all that is in it; the world, and all things that come forth from it.
  • Isa 34:8 : 8 For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompense for the controversy of Zion.
  • Isa 59:13-15 : 13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord, and departing from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. 14 And judgment is turned backward, and justice stands far off: for truth has fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 15 Yes, truth fails; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
  • Isa 66:5 : 5 Hear the word of the LORD, you that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
  • Jer 2:4 : 4 Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:

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