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Hosea 4:18

18  When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring;

stheir rulers3 dearly love shame.

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Hosea 4:18 — The New International Version (NIV)

18 Even when their drinks are gone,

they continue their prostitution;

their rulers dearly love shameful ways.

Hosea 4:18 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually:

Her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

Hosea 4:18 — New Living Translation (NLT)

18 When the rulers of Israel finish their drinking,

off they go to find some prostitutes.

They love shame more than honor.

Hosea 4:18 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

18 Their drink is rebellion,

They commit harlotry continually.

Her rulers dearly love dishonor.

Hosea 4:18 — New Century Version (NCV)

18 When they finish their drinking,

they completely give themselves to being prostitutes;

they love these disgraceful ways.

Hosea 4:18 — American Standard Version (ASV)

18 Their drink is become sour; they play the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame.

Hosea 4:18 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

18 Their drink is sour; they give themselves up to whoredom; her great men passionately love their shame.

Hosea 4:18 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

18 When they’re done drinking their wine, 

they continue to have sex with the prostitutes. 

Their rulers dearly love to act shamefully. 

Hosea 4:18 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

18 When their drinking is over,

they turn to promiscuity.

Israel’s leaders fervently love disgrace.

Hosea 4:18 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

18 When their drinking is ended, they indulge in sexual orgies;

they love lewdness more than their glory.

Hosea 4:18 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

18 When their drinking has ended,

they surely indulge in sexual orgies.

They love lewdness more than their glory.

Hosea 4:18 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

18 They continue to be unfaithful to me

even when their drinks are gone.

And their rulers love to do shameful things.

Hosea 4:18 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

18 Their liquor gone,

They play the harlot continually;

Their rulers dearly love shame.


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