Hosea 6:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore I have cut them down by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and your judgments are as the light that goes forth.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them with the words of My mouth, and My judgments shine like light.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Therefore have I hewed{H2672} them by the prophets;{H5030} I have slain{H2026} them by the words{H561} of my mouth:{H6310} and thy judgments{H4941} are [as] the light{H216} that goeth forth.{H3318}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Therefore have I hewed{H2672}{(H8804)} them by the prophets{H5030}; I have slain{H2026}{(H8804)} them by the words{H561} of my mouth{H6310}: and thy judgments{H4941} are as the light{H216} that goeth forth{H3318}{(H8799)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Therfore haue I cut downe the prophetes, & letten them be slayne for my wordes sake: so that thy punyshment shal come to light.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Therefore haue I cut downe by the Prophets: I haue slaine them by the wordes of my mouth, and thy iudgements were as the light that goeth forth.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Therfore haue I cut downe the prophetes, and let them be slayne for my wordes sake, so that thy punishment shall come to light.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Therefore have I hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments [are as] the light [that] goeth forth.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light goeth forth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are `as' the light that goeth forth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are [as] the light that goeth forth.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    So I have had it cut in stones; I gave them teaching by the words of my mouth;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Therefore, I will certainly cut you into pieces at the hands of the prophets; I will certainly kill you in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment; for my judgment will come forth like the light of the dawn.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 23:29 : 29 Is not my word like a fire? says the LORD, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
  • Jer 1:10 : 10 See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
  • Jer 5:14 : 14 Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts, Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
  • Heb 4:12 : 12 For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
  • Rev 1:16 : 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his face was like the sun shining in its strength.
  • Rev 2:16 : 16 Repent, or else I will come to you quickly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
  • Rev 9:15 : 15 And the four angels were released, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, to kill a third of mankind.
  • Rev 9:21 : 21 And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.
  • Jer 13:13 : 13 Then you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit on David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
  • Jer 1:18 : 18 For behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.
  • Ezek 3:9 : 9 Like an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead: do not fear them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
  • Ezek 43:3 : 3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision I saw, like the vision I saw when I came to destroy the city; and the visions were like the vision I saw by the River Chebar, and I fell on my face.
  • Zeph 3:5 : 5 The just LORD is in the midst of her; he will not do wrong: every morning he brings his judgment to light, he fails not; but the unjust know no shame.
  • Acts 7:31 : 31 When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him,
  • Rom 2:5 : 5 But because of your hardness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
  • 1 Sam 13:13 : 13 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which he commanded you: for now the LORD would have established your kingdom upon Israel forever.
  • 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 And Samuel said, Does the LORD have as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
  • 1 Kgs 14:6 : 6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, you wife of Jeroboam; why do you pretend to be another? for I am sent to you with heavy tidings.
  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain for these years, except by my word.
  • 1 Kgs 18:17 : 17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Are you he who troubles Israel?
  • 1 Kgs 19:17 : 17 And it shall come to pass, that whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall slay; and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall slay.
  • 2 Kgs 1:16 : 16 And he said to him, Thus says the LORD, Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore, you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but shall surely die.
  • 2 Chr 21:12 : 12 Elijah the prophet sent him a letter, saying, "This is what the LORD, the God of David your father, says: Because you have not followed the ways of Jehoshaphat your father or Asa king of Judah,
  • Job 34:10 : 10 Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God to do wickedness, and from the Almighty to commit iniquity.
  • Ps 37:6 : 6 And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
  • Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembles for fear of You, and I am afraid of Your judgments.
  • Isa 11:4 : 4 But with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
  • Isa 58:1 : 1 Cry aloud, do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

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    4 O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? for your goodness is like a morning cloud, and as the early dew it vanishes.

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    76%

    3 And I will cut off the judge from its midst, and will slay all its princes with him, says the LORD.

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  • Jer 2:29-30
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    29 Why will you plead with me? you all have transgressed against me, says the LORD.

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  • Jer 5:13-14
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    73%

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    19 Hear, O earth; behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

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    72%

    4 Her prophets are light and treacherous people: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

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    24 But let judgment run down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

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    71%

    19 And I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

  • Ezek 22:31
    71%

    31 Therefore have I poured out My indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, says the Lord GOD.

  • Jer 21:12
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    71%

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    11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, says the LORD.

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    5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

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    4 Thus says the LORD my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter.

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    6 Then the LORD said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear the words of this covenant, and do them.

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    8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

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    71%

    13 Therefore I will make you sick by striking you, making you desolate because of your sins.

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    18 And the LORD has given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then you showed me their doings.

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  • Jer 14:15
    71%

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