Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For she is
And let her put away her
And her adultery from between her breasts,
King James Version
Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Holman Bible
For she is not My wife and I am not her husband.
Let her remove the promiscuous look from her face
and her adultery from between her breasts.
International Standard Version
"Call your mother to account, call her for she is not my wife, and I'm not her husband. Let her do away with her seductive looks and remove her adultery from between her breasts.
A Conservative Version
Contend with your mother. Contend, for she is not my wife, nor am I her husband. And let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts,
American Standard Version
Contend with your mother, contend; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Amplified
“Contend with your mother (nation); contend,
For she is not my wife and I am not her husband;
And have her remove her [marks of] prostitution from her face
And her adultery from between her breasts
Bible in Basic English
Take up the cause against your mother, take it up, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband; let her put away her loose ways from her face, and her false ways from between her breasts;
Darby Translation
Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Julia Smith Translation
Contend with your mother, contend ye, for she is not my wife, and I not her husband: for she shall put away her fornications from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
King James 2000
Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her harlotry out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Plead with your mother, plead-- because she [is] not my wife, and I [am] not her husband. Let her put away her whoring {from before her}, and her adultery from between her breasts.
Modern King James verseion
Contend! Contend with your mother, for she is not my wife, nor am I her husband. Let her therefore put away her fornications out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As for your mother, ye shall chide with her, and reprove her: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband, unless she put away her whoredoms out of my sight, and her adultery from her breasts.
NET Bible
Plead earnestly with your mother (for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband), so that she might put an end to her adulterous lifestyle, and turn away from her sexually immoral behavior.
New Heart English Bible
Contend with your mother. Contend, for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
The Emphasized Bible
Contend ye with your mother, contend, for she is no wife of mine, and I am no husband of hers, Let her then put away her paramours from before her, and her partners in adultery, from her embraces:
Webster
Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her prostitutions out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
World English Bible
Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her prostitution from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Youngs Literal Translation
Plead ye with your mother -- plead, (For she is not My wife, and I am not her husband,) And she turneth her whoredoms from before her, And her adulteries from between her breasts,
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 2:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Adultery Rebuked
1
For she is
And let her put away her
And her adultery from between her breasts,
And expose her as on the
I will also
Make her like desert land
And slay her with
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 50:1
Thus says the Lord,
“Where is the
By which I have
Or to whom of My creditors did I
Behold, you were sold for your
And for your
Ezekiel 23:45
But they, righteous men, will
Jeremiah 3:1
And she goes from him
And belongs to another man,
Will he still return to her?
Will not that land be completely
But you
Yet you
Jeremiah 3:13
That you have transgressed against the Lord your God
And have
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ declares the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:25
You built yourself a high place at the top of
Hosea 1:2
When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “
Isaiah 58:1
Raise your voice like a trumpet,
And declare to My people their
And to the house of Jacob their sins.
Jeremiah 2:2
“Go and
“I remember concerning you the
The love of your betrothals,
Through a land not sown.
Jeremiah 3:6-9
Then the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She
Jeremiah 19:3
and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O
Ezekiel 16:20
“Moreover, you took your sons and daughters whom you had borne to
Ezekiel 20:4
Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man?
Ezekiel 23:43
“Then I said concerning her who was
Hosea 2:5
She who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, ‘
Who
My wool and my flax, my
Matthew 23:37-39
Acts 7:51-53
“You men who are
2 Corinthians 5:16
Therefore from now on we recognize no one