Hosea 4:16
New International Reader’s Version (1998)Other versions
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16The people of Israel are stubborn.
They are as stubborn as a young cow.
So how can I take care of them
like lambs in a meadow?
Copyright 1998 International Bible Society
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
Like a stubborn heifer,
Israel is stubborn;
can the Lord now feed them
like a lamb in a broad pasture?
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
The Israelites are stubborn,
like a stubborn heifer.
How then can the Lord pasture them
like lambs in a meadow?
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn cow.
Can the Lord now shepherd them
like a lamb in an open meadow?
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NLTNew Living Translation
Israel is stubborn,
like a stubborn heifer.
So should the Lord feed her
like a lamb in a lush pasture?
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Indeed, like a stubborn heifer,
Israel is stubborn;
Now Yahweh will feed them,
like a lamb in broad pasture.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer:
Now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
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