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Hosea 6:9

As robbers rlie in wait for a man,

so the priests band together;

they murder on the way to sShechem;

they commit villainy.

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Hosea 6:9 — The New International Version (NIV)

As marauders lie in ambush for a victim,

so do bands of priests;

they murder on the road to Shechem,

carrying out their wicked schemes.

Hosea 6:9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And as troops of robbers wait for a man,

So the company of priests murder in the way by consent:

For they commit lewdness.

Hosea 6:9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Priests form bands of robbers,

waiting in ambush for their victims.

They murder travelers along the road to Shechem

and practice every kind of sin.

Hosea 6:9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man,

So the company of priests murder on the way to Shechem;

Surely they commit lewdness.

Hosea 6:9 — New Century Version (NCV)

The priests are like robbers waiting to attack people;

they murder people on the road to Shechem

and do wicked things.

Hosea 6:9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.

Hosea 6:9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way of Shechem; yea, they commit lewdness.

Hosea 6:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The priests are like gangs of robbers who lie in ambush for a person. 

They murder on the road to Shechem. 

Certainly, they have committed a crime. 

Hosea 6:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Like raiders who wait in ambush for someone,

a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem.

They commit atrocities.

Hosea 6:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

As robbers lie in wait for someone,

so the priests are banded together;

they murder on the road to Shechem,

they commit a monstrous crime.

Hosea 6:9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Like bandits lying in wait,

so is a band of priests;

they murder on the road to Shechem;

indeed, they commit a monstrous crime.

Hosea 6:9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

On the road to Shechem, groups of priests act like robbers.

They hide and wait to attack people.

They murder them

and commit other shameful crimes.

Hosea 6:9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

And as raiders wait for a man,

So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem;

Surely they have committed crime.


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