Parallel Verses
NET Bible
I will have no pity on her children, because they are children conceived in adultery.
New American Standard Bible
Because they are
King James Version
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
Holman Bible
because they are the children of promiscuity.
International Standard Version
Furthermore, I'll not show pity on her children, since they are children of prostitution.
A Conservative Version
Yea, I will have no mercy upon her sons, for they are sons of whoredom,
American Standard Version
Yea, upon her children will I have no mercy; for they are children of whoredom;
Amplified
“Also, I will have no mercy on her children,
Because they are the children of prostitution.
Bible in Basic English
And I will have no mercy on her children, for they are the children of her loose ways.
Darby Translation
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are the children of whoredoms.
Julia Smith Translation
And her sons I will not compassionate, for they are the sons of fornications
King James 2000
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are the children of harlotry.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will not have pity on her children, because [they are] children of whoredom.
Modern King James verseion
And I will not have mercy on her sons, for they are the sons of adulteries.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I shall have no pity also upon her children, for they be the children of fornication.
New Heart English Bible
Indeed, on her children I will have no mercy; for they are children of unfaithfulness;
The Emphasized Bible
And, on her children, not have compassion, - because, the children of paramours, they are.
Webster
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are the children of lewdness.
World English Bible
Indeed, on her children I will have no mercy; for they are children of unfaithfulness;
Youngs Literal Translation
And her sons I do not pity, For sons of whoredoms are they,
Interlinear
Racham
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 2:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Adultery Rebuked
3 Otherwise, I will strip her naked, and expose her like she was when she was born. I will turn her land into a wilderness and make her country a parched land, so that I might kill her with thirst. 4 I will have no pity on her children, because they are children conceived in adultery. 5 For their mother has committed adultery; she who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, "I will seek out my lovers; they are the ones who give me my bread and my water, my wool, my flax, my olive oil, and my wine.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 13:14
And I will smash them like wine bottles against one another, children and parents alike. I will not show any pity, mercy, or compassion. Nothing will keep me from destroying them,' says the Lord."
Ezekiel 8:18
Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them."
Hosea 1:2
When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, he said to him, "Go marry a prostitute who will bear illegitimate children conceived through prostitution, because the nation continually commits spiritual prostitution by turning away from the Lord."
Hosea 1:6
She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to him, "Name her 'No Pity' (Lo-Ruhamah) because I will no longer have pity on the nation of Israel. For I will certainly not forgive their guilt.
2 Kings 9:22
When Jehoram saw Jehu, he asked, "Is everything all right, Jehu?" He replied, "How can everything be all right as long as your mother Jezebel promotes idolatry and pagan practices?"
Isaiah 27:11
When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.
Isaiah 57:3
But approach, you sons of omen readers, you offspring of adulteresses and prostitutes!
Jeremiah 16:5
"Moreover I, the Lord, tell you: 'Do not go into a house where they are having a funeral meal. Do not go there to mourn and express your sorrow for them. For I have stopped showing them my good favor, my love, and my compassion. I, the Lord, so affirm it!
Ezekiel 9:10
But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare them; I hereby repay them for what they have done."
Zechariah 1:12
The angel of the Lord then asked, "Lord who rules over all, how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years?"
John 8:41
You people are doing the deeds of your father." Then they said to Jesus, "We were not born as a result of immorality! We have only one Father, God himself."
Romans 9:18
So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.
Romans 11:22
Notice therefore the kindness and harshness of God -- harshness toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness toward you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
James 2:13
For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.