Hosea 7:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

They return, but not to the Most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their ridicule in the land of Egypt.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword because of their insolent words. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    They return,{H7725} but not to [him that is] on high;{H5920} they are like a deceitful{H7423} bow;{H7198} their princes{H8269} shall fall{H5307} by the sword{H2719} for the rage{H2195} of their tongue:{H3956} this{H2097} shall be their derision{H3933} in the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    They return{H7725}{(H8799)}, but not to the most High{H5920}: they are like a deceitful{H7423} bow{H7198}: their princes{H8269} shall fall{H5307}{(H8799)} by the sword{H2719} for the rage{H2195} of their tongue{H3956}: this{H2097} shall be their derision{H3933} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    They turne them selues, but not a right, & are become as a broken bowe. Their prynces shalbe slayne wt the swearde, for the malice of their tunges, soch blasphemies haue they lerned in the londe of Egipte.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    They returne, but not to the most high: they are like a deceitfull bowe: their princes shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongues: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    They turne them selues, but not to the most hyest, and are become as a broken bowe, their princes shalbe slayne with the sworde for the malice of their tongues: this shalbe their derision in the lande of Egypt.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    They return, [but] not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this [shall be] their derision in the land of Egypt.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    They turn back -- not to the Most High, They have been as a deceitful bow, Fall by sword do their princes, From the insolence of their tongue, This `is' their derision in the land of Egypt!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    They return, but not to `him that is' on high; they are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    They return, but not to [him that is] on high; they are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    They have gone to what is of no value; they are like a false bow; their captains will come to destruction by the sword, and their ruler by my wrath; for this, the land of Egypt will make sport of them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They turn to Baal; they are like an unreliable bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because their prayers to Baal have made me angry. So people will disdain them in the land of Egypt.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 78:57 : 57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
  • Hos 9:3 : 3 They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
  • Ps 73:9 : 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
  • Ezek 23:32 : 32 Thus says the Lord GOD; You shall drink of your sister's cup, deep and large: you shall be laughed to scorn and held in derision; it contains much.
  • Ps 12:4 : 4 Who have said, With our tongue we will prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
  • Hos 9:6 : 6 For behold, they are gone because of destruction; Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them; nettles shall possess their precious silver places; thorns shall be in their tents.
  • Hos 11:7 : 7 And my people are determined to backslide from me; though they called them to the Most High, none at all would exalt him.
  • Matt 12:36 : 36 But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account for in the day of judgment.
  • Luke 8:13 : 13 They on the rock are they, who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
  • Luke 11:24-26 : 24 When the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, I will return to my house from which I came. 25 And when he comes, he finds it swept and cleaned. 26 Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
  • Jas 3:5 : 5 Even so, the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles!
  • 2 Pet 2:8 : 8 For that righteous man, dwelling among them, was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds.
  • Rev 13:5 : 5 And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given to him to continue for forty-two months.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions, and I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Ps 78:37 : 37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant.
  • Isa 3:8 : 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen, because their speech and their actions are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of His glory.
  • Jer 3:10 : 10 And yet for all this, her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to me with her whole heart, but in pretension, says the LORD.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
  • Ezek 36:20 : 20 And when they entered among the nations, wherever they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone out of his land.
  • Hos 6:4 : 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.
  • Hos 7:13 : 13 Woe to them! for they have fled from me: destruction to them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
  • Hos 8:13-14 : 13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of my offerings, and eat it, but the LORD does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity and visit their sins. They shall return to Egypt. 14 For Israel has forgotten his Maker, and builds temples; and Judah has multiplied fortified cities, but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces there.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Hos 7:15
    78%

    15 Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet they imagine mischief against me.

  • Ps 78:57
    77%

    57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

  • Jer 9:3
    75%

    3 And they bend their tongues like a bow for lies; but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says the LORD.

  • Isa 19:13-14
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    74%

    13 The princes of Zoan are become fools; the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they who are the foundation of its tribes.

    14 The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in its midst, and they have caused Egypt to err in every work, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

  • Isa 30:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 Who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

    3 Therefore, the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

  • Hos 11:5-7
    3 verses
    73%

    5 He shall not return to the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

    6 And the sword shall remain on his cities, and shall destroy his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

    7 And my people are determined to backslide from me; though they called them to the Most High, none at all would exalt him.

  • Ezek 30:6
    72%

    6 Thus says the LORD; Those who uphold Egypt will fall; and the pride of her power will come down: from the tower of Syene they will fall by the sword, says the Lord GOD.

  • Hos 7:3
    71%

    3 They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

  • Ps 21:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11 For they intended evil against you: they devised a mischievous scheme, which they are not able to perform.

    12 Therefore, you shall make them turn their back; you shall make ready your arrows on your strings against their face.

  • Ps 78:9
    71%

    9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

  • Hos 7:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10 And the pride of Israel bears witness to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.

    11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

  • Isa 30:7
    71%

    7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

  • Ps 37:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14 The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay those who are of upright conduct.

    15 Their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

  • Ps 64:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly they shall be wounded.

    8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves; all who see them shall flee away.

  • Ezek 29:14
    70%

    14 And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a lowly kingdom.

  • Hos 8:13
    70%

    13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of my offerings, and eat it, but the LORD does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity and visit their sins. They shall return to Egypt.

  • Isa 31:1
    70%

    1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD!

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    70%

    8 Egypt rises up like a flood, and his waters move like the rivers; and he says, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.

  • Jer 46:21
    69%

    21 Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also have turned back, and have fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity has come upon them, and the time of their visitation.

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    69%

    10 They scoff at kings, and the princes are scorned by them; they deride every stronghold, for they heap up dust and take it.

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    69%

    6 Indeed, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt, which if a man leans on, it will pierce his hand. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

  • Jer 44:28
    69%

    28 Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.

  • Jer 42:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17 So shall it be with all the men who set their faces to go into Egypt to live there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.

    18 For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As my anger and my fury have been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when you shall enter into Egypt: and you shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.

  • Hos 7:13
    69%

    13 Woe to them! for they have fled from me: destruction to them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

  • Ezek 30:11
    69%

    11 He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, will be brought to destroy the land: they will draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

  • Ps 59:7
    69%

    7 Behold, they belch out with their mouths; swords are in their lips, for who, they say, hears?

  • Ezek 32:12
    69%

    12 By the swords of the mighty will I cause your multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall plunder the pomp of Egypt, and all its multitude shall be destroyed.

  • Ezek 20:8
    69%

    8 But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me: they did not cast away every man the abominations of their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

  • Jer 22:27
    69%

    27 But to the land where they desire to return, there shall they not return.

  • Isa 31:3
    69%

    3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both he who helps will fall, and he who is helped will fall down, and they all will fail together.

  • Jer 46:16
    69%

    16 He made many to fall, yes, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.

  • Isa 10:4
    69%

    4 Without me, they shall bow down among the prisoners, and they shall fall among the slain. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • Jer 37:7
    69%

    7 'Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which has come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt, to their own land.

  • Jer 44:8
    69%

    8 In that you provoke me to wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to dwell, that you might cut yourselves off, and that you might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

  • 2 Kgs 18:21
    69%

    21 Now behold, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt, which if a man leans, will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

  • Jer 44:12
    69%

    12 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

  • Ps 59:12
    69%

    12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lying which they speak.

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    69%

    3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words.

  • Hos 7:7
    68%

    7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings have fallen: there is none among them that calls unto me.

  • Jer 9:8
    68%

    8 Their tongue is like an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.

  • Isa 22:3
    68%

    3 All your rulers have fled together, they are captured by the archers: all who are found in you are captured together, who have fled from afar.