Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

In fact, they are now saying,
“We have no king!
For we do not fear the Lord.
What can a king do for us?”

New American Standard Bible

Surely now they will say, “We have no king,
For we do not revere the Lord.
As for the king, what can he do for us?”

King James Version

For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

International Standard Version

From now on they will say, "We have no king, because we did not fear the LORD and what would a king do for us?'

A Conservative Version

Surely now they shall say, We have no king, for we fear not LORD. And the king, what can he do for us?

American Standard Version

Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?

Amplified


Surely now they will say [in despair], “We have no [true] king,
For we do not revere the Lord;
And as for the king, what can he do for us [to rescue us]?”

Bible in Basic English

Now, truly, they will say, We have no king, we have no fear of the Lord; and the king, what is he able to do for us?

Darby Translation

For now they will say, We have no king, for we feared not Jehovah; and a king, what can he do for us?

Julia Smith Translation

For now they will say, No king to us because we feared not Jehovah; and what shall the king do to us?

King James 2000

For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then could a king do for us?

Lexham Expanded Bible

For now they will say, "We have no king; indeed, we did not fear Yahweh, and what can a king do for us?"

Modern King James verseion

For now they shall say, We have no king because we did not fear Jehovah; what then should a king do to us?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then shall they say, "We have no king. For why? We have not feared the LORD. And what shall then the king do to us?"

NET Bible

Very soon they will say, "We have no king since we did not fear the Lord. But what can a king do for us anyway?"

New Heart English Bible

Surely now they will say, "We have no king; for we do not fear the LORD; and the king, what can he do for us?"

The Emphasized Bible

For, now, will they say, We have no king, - for we revere not Yahweh, and what could, a king, do for us?

Webster

For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

World English Bible

Surely now they will say, "We have no king; for we don't fear Yahweh; and the king, what can he do for us?"

Youngs Literal Translation

For now they say: We have no king, Because we have not feared Jehovah, And the king -- what doth he for us?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
We have no king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

not the Lord

Usage: 0

מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

Context Readings

Israel Is Punished

2 Their hearts are devious;
now they must bear their guilt.
The Lord will break down their altars
and demolish their sacred pillars.
3 In fact, they are now saying,
“We have no king!
For we do not fear the Lord.
What can a king do for us?”
4 They speak mere words,
taking false oaths while making covenants.
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.


Cross References

Hosea 10:7

Samaria’s king will disappear
like foam on the surface of the water.

Hosea 10:15

So it will be done to you, Bethel,
because of your extreme evil.
At dawn the king of Israel will be totally destroyed.

Genesis 49:10

The scepter will not depart from Judah
or the staff from between his feet
until He whose right it is comes
and the obedience of the peoples belongs to Him.

Hosea 3:4

For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or household idols.

Hosea 11:5

Israel will not return to the land of Egypt
and Assyria will be his king,
because they refused to repent.

Hosea 13:11

I give you a king in My anger
and take away a king in My wrath.

Micah 4:9

Now, why are you shouting loudly?
Is there no king with you?
Has your counselor perished
so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?

John 19:15

But they shouted, “Take Him away! Take Him away! Crucify Him!”

Pilate said to them, “Should I crucify your king?”

“We have no king but Caesar!” the chief priests answered.

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