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Hosea 2:6

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

KJV

Propter hoc ecce ego sepiam viam tuam spinis, et sepiam eam maceria, et semitas suas non inveniet.

Vulgate

διὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ φράσσω τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτῆς ἐν σκόλοψιν, καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσω τὰς ὁδοὺς καὶ τὴν τρίβον αὐτῆς οὐ μὴ εὕρῃ·

LXX

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.

ASV

וְ/אֶת בָּנֶ֖י/הָ לֹ֣א אֲרַחֵ֑ם כִּֽי בְנֵ֥י זְנוּנִ֖ים הֵֽמָּה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
זְנוּנִים֙
znvnym
noun · 12×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 45×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 42:16 — And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do
  • Job 3:23 — Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
  • Job 19:8 — He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
  • Job 19:8 — He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
  • Lam 3:7 — He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
  • Lam 3:7 — He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
  • Luke 15:18 — I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
  • Num 22:26 — And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
  • Ps 119:67 — Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
  • Zech 1:6 — But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according