Hosea 4:16–17
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16Like a stubborn heifer,
Israel is stubborn;
can the Lord now feed them
like a lamb in a broad pasture?
17Ephraim is joined to idols,
let him alone.
Copyright 1965, 1966 Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
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?
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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