Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version As marauders lie in ambush for a victim, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, carrying out their wicked schemes. New Living Translation Priests form bands of robbers, waiting in ambush for their victims. They murder travelers along the road to Shechem and practice every kind of sin. English Standard Version As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to Shechem; they commit villainy. Berean Standard Bible Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities. King James Bible And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. New King James Version As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man, So the company of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they commit lewdness. New American Standard Bible And as a band of robbers lie in wait for a person, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Certainly they have committed an act of infamy. NASB 1995 And as raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed crime. NASB 1977 And as raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed crime. Legacy Standard Bible And as raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed lewdness. Amplified Bible And as bands of robbers [lie in] wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the road toward Shechem [covering their crimes in that city of refuge]; Certainly they have committed crimes and outrages. Christian Standard Bible Like raiders who wait in ambush for someone, a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem. They commit atrocities. Holman Christian Standard Bible Like raiders who wait in ambush for someone, a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem. They commit atrocities. American Standard Version And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The Priests cooperated in the way and they murdered Shecheem, because they have done evil Brenton Septuagint Translation And thy strength is that of a robber: the priests have hid the way, they have murdered the people of Sicima; for they have wrought iniquity in the house of Israel. Contemporary English Version You priests are like a gang of robbers in ambush. On the road to Shechem you murder and commit other horrible crimes. Douay-Rheims Bible And like the jaws of highway robbers, they conspire with the priests who murder in the way those that pass out Sichem: for they have wrought wickedness. English Revised Version And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness. GOD'S WORD® Translation The priests are like gangs of robbers who lie in ambush for a person. They murder on the road to Shechem. Certainly, they have committed a crime. Good News Translation The priests are like a gang of robbers who wait in ambush for someone. Even on the road to the holy place at Shechem they commit murder. And they do all this evil deliberately! International Standard Version Like a gang of thieves that stalk a man, priests commit murder along the road to Shechem, committing shameful crimes. JPS Tanakh 1917 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, So doth the company of priests; They murder in the way toward Shechem; Yea, they commit enormity. Literal Standard Version And as bands wait for a man, | A company of priests murder—the way to Shechem, | For they have done wickedness. Majority Standard Bible Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities. New American Bible Like brigands lying in wait is the band of priests. They murder on the road to Shechem, indeed they commit a monstrous crime. NET Bible The company of priests is like a gang of robbers, lying in ambush to pounce on a victim. They commit murder on the road to Shechem; they have done heinous crimes! New Revised Standard Version As robbers lie in wait for someone, so the priests are banded together; they murder on the road to Shechem, they commit a monstrous crime. New Heart English Bible As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes. Webster's Bible Translation And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. World English Bible As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes. Young's Literal Translation And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder -- the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Israel and Judah are Unrepentant…8Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood. 9Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities. 10In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.… Cross References Jeremiah 7:9 Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, Jeremiah 7:10 and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, 'We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations'? Jeremiah 11:9 And the LORD told me, "There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem. Ezekiel 22:9 Among you are slanderous men bent on bloodshed; within you are those who eat on the mountain shrines and commit acts of indecency. Ezekiel 22:25 The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her. Ezekiel 23:27 So I will put an end to your indecency and prostitution, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not lift your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.' Hosea 2:10 And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands. Treasury of Scripture And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. as troops. Hosea 7:1 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. Ezra 8:31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. Job 1:15-17 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee… so. Hosea 5:1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. Jeremiah 11:9 And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Ezekiel 22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. by consent. 1 Kings 12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. lewdness. Jump to Previous Ambush Band Banded Bands Commit Committed Committing Company Consent Crimes Design Enormity Evil Lewdness Murder Priests Quickly Raiders Robbers Secretly Shameful Shechem Surely Thieves Together Troops Villainy Wait Waiting Watching Way WorkingJump to Next Ambush Band Banded Bands Commit Committed Committing Company Consent Crimes Design Enormity Evil Lewdness Murder Priests Quickly Raiders Robbers Secretly Shameful Shechem Surely Thieves Together Troops Villainy Wait Waiting Watching Way WorkingHosea 6 1. Exhortations to repent and hope in God.4. A lamentation over those who had sinned after conviction. 5. Reproofs of obstinate sinners, and threats against them. (9) Should be rendered, As a robber lies in wait, so the company of priests murder on the road to Shechem; yea, they execute the plot. Shechem, charged with historic interest (Genesis to Judges), is also a city of refuge, a Levitical city, on the road to Bethel, where the priests of the calves resided. (Comp. Hosea 5:1.) Hebrew Like raidersגְּדוּדִ֗ים (gə·ḏū·ḏîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1416: A band, troop who lie in ambush, וּכְחַכֵּ֨י (ū·ḵə·ḥak·kê) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 2442: To adhere to, to await [so does] a band חֶ֚בֶר (ḥe·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2267: Company, association, spell of priests; כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים (kō·hă·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3548: Priest they murder יְרַצְּחוּ־ (yə·raṣ·ṣə·ḥū-) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7523: To dash in pieces, kill, to murder on the way דֶּ֖רֶךְ (de·reḵ) Noun - common singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action to Shechem; שֶׁ֑כְמָה (šeḵ·māh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 7927: Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor surely כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction they have committed עָשֽׂוּ׃ (‘ā·śū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6213: To do, make atrocities. זִמָּ֖ה (zim·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2154: A plan, device, wickedness Links Hosea 6:9 NIVHosea 6:9 NLT Hosea 6:9 ESV Hosea 6:9 NASB Hosea 6:9 KJV Hosea 6:9 BibleApps.com Hosea 6:9 Biblia Paralela Hosea 6:9 Chinese Bible Hosea 6:9 French Bible Hosea 6:9 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Hosea 6:9 As gangs of robbers wait to ambush (Ho Hs Hos.) |