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Hosea 10:4

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4They utter tmere words;

with empty2 oaths they make covenants;

so ujudgment springs up like poisonous weeds

vin the furrows of the field.

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Footnotes

  1. 2Or vain (see Exodus 20:7)

Cross references

  1. t[ch. 4:2]
  2. uAmos 5:7; 6:12
  3. vch. 12:11

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They make many promises,

take false oaths

and make agreements;

therefore lawsuits spring up

like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They speak mere words,

taking false oaths while making covenants.

So lawsuits break out

like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

NLTNew Living Translation

They spout empty words

and make covenants they don’t intend to keep.

So injustice springs up among them

like poisonous weeds in a farmer’s field.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They utter words of vain oaths

when making covenants,

and judgment blossoms like a poisonous plant

on the furrows of the field.

KJV 1900King James Version

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant:

Thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.