Hosea 4:16–17
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16“For Israel uis stubborn
Like a stubborn calf;
Now the Lord will let them forage
Like a lamb in 9open country.
17“Ephraim is joined to idols,
vLet him alone.
Footnotes
- 9Lit. a large place
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Copyright 1982 Thomas Nelson, Inc.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Like a stubborn heifer,
Israel is stubborn;
can the Lord now feed them
like a lamb in a broad pasture?
Ephraim is joined to idols;
leave him alone.
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?
Ephraim is joined to idols;
leave him alone!
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
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?
Ephraim is attached to idols;
leave him alone!
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Israel is stubborn,
like a stubborn heifer.
So should the Lord feed her
like a lamb in a lush pasture?
Leave Israel alone,
because she is married to idolatry.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Indeed, like a stubborn heifer,
Israel is stubborn;
Now Yahweh will feed them,
like a lamb in broad pasture.
Ephraim is joined to idols;
let him alone.
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.
Ephraim is joined to idols:
Let him alone.
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