Hosea 4:12
Hosea 4:12 — The New International Version (NIV)
12 My people consult a wooden idol,
and a diviner’s rod speaks to them.
A spirit of prostitution leads them astray;
they are unfaithful to their God.
Hosea 4:12 — English Standard Version (ESV)
12 My people inquire of a piece of wood,
and their walking staff gives them oracles.
For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray,
and they have left their God to play the whore.
Hosea 4:12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
12 My people ask counsel at their stocks,
And their staff declareth unto them:
For the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err,
And they have gone a whoring from under their God.
Hosea 4:12 — New Living Translation (NLT)
12 They ask a piece of wood for advice!
They think a stick can tell them the future!
Longing after idols
has made them foolish.
They have played the prostitute,
serving other gods and deserting their God.
Hosea 4:12 — New Century Version (NCV)
12 “My people ask wooden idols for advice;
they ask those sticks of wood to advise them!
Like prostitutes, they have chased after other gods
and have left their own God.
Hosea 4:12 — American Standard Version (ASV)
12 My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, departing from under their God.
Hosea 4:12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
12 My people ask counsel of their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredoms causeth them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God:
Hosea 4:12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
12 My people ask their wooden idols for help.
A piece of wood tells them what to do.
A spirit of prostitution leads them astray.
They commit adultery
by giving themselves to other gods.
Hosea 4:12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
12 My people consult their wooden idols,
and their divining rods inform them.
For a spirit of promiscuity leads them astray;
they act promiscuously
in disobedience to their God.
Hosea 4:12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
12 My people consult a piece of wood,
and their divining rod gives them oracles.
For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray,
and they have played the whore, forsaking their God.
Hosea 4:12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
12 My people,
consult their wooden idols,
and their divining rod gives them oracles;
because a spirit of whoredom led them astray,
and they played the whore from under their God.
Hosea 4:12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
12 They ask a wooden statue of a god for advice.
They expect to get answers from a stick of wood.
They act like prostitutes.
That leads them down the wrong path.
I am their God.
But they are not faithful to me.
Hosea 4:12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
12 My people consult their wooden idol, and their diviner’s wand informs them;
For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray,
And they have played the harlot, departing from their God.