Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
they are like a faulty bow.
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of the cursing of their tongue.
They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt.
New American Standard Bible
They are like a
Their princes will fall by the sword
Because of the
This will be their
King James Version
They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
International Standard Version
They return but not to the Most High. They are like a defective weapon. Their princes will fall by the sword because of their raging tongue, and they will be a laughingstock in the land of Egypt."
A Conservative Version
They return, but not to [him] on high. They are like a deceitful bow. Their rulers shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
American Standard Version
They return, but not to him that is on high; they are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Amplified
They turn, but they do not turn upward to the Most High.
They are like a poorly crafted bow [that misses the mark];
Their princes shall fall by the sword
Because of the insolence of their tongue.
This will be cause for their mockery and disdain in the land of Egypt.
Bible in Basic English
They have gone to what is of no value; they are like a false bow; their captains will come to destruction by the sword, and their ruler by my wrath; for this, the land of Egypt will make sport of them.
Darby Translation
They return, but not to the Most High: they are like a deceitful bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Julia Smith Translation
They will turn back not to the Highest: they were as a bow of deceit: their chiefs shall fall by the sword from the wrath of their tongue: this their derision in the land of Egypt
King James 2000
They return, but not to the most High: they are like a treacherous bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the insolence of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They turn, not to the Most High, like a slack bow; their officials will fall by the sword because of the anger of their tongue. This [is] their scorn in the land of Egypt.
Modern King James verseion
They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a deceitful bow; their rulers shall fall by the sword from the rage of their tongue. This shall be their scorn in the land of Egypt.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They turn themselves, but not aright, and are become as a broken bow. Their princes shall be slain with the sword for the malice of their tongues, such blasphemies have they learned in the land of Egypt.
NET Bible
They turn to Baal; they are like an unreliable bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because their prayers to Baal have made me angry. So people will disdain them in the land of Egypt.
New Heart English Bible
They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
The Emphasized Bible
They would return - not to him who is on high! They have become like a deceitful bow, their rulers, shall fall by the sword, for the rage of their tongue, this, shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Webster
They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
World English Bible
They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Youngs Literal Translation
They turn back -- not to the Most High, They have been as a deceitful bow, Fall by sword do their princes, From the insolence of their tongue, This is their derision in the land of Egypt!
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 7:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ephraim's Guilt
15
but they plot evil against Me.
they are like a faulty bow.
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of the cursing of their tongue.
They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt.
Cross References
Psalm 78:57
they became warped like a faulty bow.
Hosea 9:3
Instead, Ephraim will return to Egypt,
and they will eat unclean food
Psalm 73:9
and their tongues strut across the earth.
Ezekiel 23:32
This is what the Lord God says:
which is deep and wide.
You will be an object of
for it holds so much.
Psalm 12:4
our lips are our own—who can be our master?”
Hosea 9:6
Egypt will gather them, and Memphis will bury them.
Thistles will take possession of their precious silver;
thorns will invade their tents.
Psalm 52:2
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.
Psalm 57:4
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.
Psalm 78:37
and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
Isaiah 3:8
and Judah has fallen
because they have spoken and acted against the Lord,
defying His glorious presence.
Jeremiah 3:10
Yet in spite of all this, her treacherous sister Judah didn’t return to Me with all her heart
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Jeremiah 18:18
Then certain ones said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah,
Ezekiel 36:20
When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name,
Hosea 6:4
What am I going to do with you, Judah?
Your loyalty is like the morning mist
and like the early dew that vanishes.
Hosea 7:13
destruction to them, for they rebelled against Me!
Though I want to redeem them,
they speak lies against Me.
Hosea 8:13-14
and eat the flesh,
the Lord does not accept them.
Now He will remember their guilt
and punish their sins;
they will return to Egypt.
Hosea 11:7
Though they call to Him on high,
He will not exalt them at all.
Matthew 12:36
Luke 8:13
Luke 11:24-26
James 3:5
So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things.
2 Peter 2:8
(for as he lived among them, that righteous man tormented himself day by day with the lawless deeds he saw and heard
Revelation 13:5
A mouth was given to him to speak boasts and blasphemies.