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Hosea 4:12

My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

KJV

Populus meus in ligno suo interrogavit, et baculus ejus annuntiavit ei ; spiritus enim fornicationum decepit eos, et fornicati sunt a Deo suo.

Vulgate

ἐν συμβόλοις ἐπηρώτων, καὶ ἐν ῥάβδοις αὐτοῦ ἀπήγγελλον αὐτῷ· πνεύματι πορνείας ἐπλανήθησαν καὶ ἐξεπόρνευσαν ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ αὐτῶν.

LXX

My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, departing from under their God.

ASV

עַמִּ/י֙ בְּ/עֵצ֣/וֹ יִשְׁאָ֔ל וּ/מַקְל֖/וֹ יַגִּ֣יד ל֑/וֹ כִּ֣י ר֤וּחַ זְנוּנִים֙ הִתְעָ֔ה וַ/יִּזְנ֖וּ מִ/תַּ֥חַת אֱלֹהֵי/הֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
v
noun · 18×
זְנוּנִים֙
znvnym
noun · 12×
זוֹנָ֔ה
zvnh
verb · 92×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יִּשְׁאַ֤ל
ysh'l
verb · 176×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 51×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

6. At last when the dragon could not even thus overthrow Antony, but saw himself thrust out of his heart, gnashing his teeth as it is written, and as it were beside himself, he appeared to Antony like a black boy, taking a visible shape in accordance with the color of his mind. And cringing to him, as it were, he plied him with thoughts no longer, for guileful as he was, he had…

Cross-references

  • Deut 31:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, a
  • Hab 2:19 — Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
  • Heb 3:10 — Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
  • Heb 9:7 — But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
  • Hos 4:6 — My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will
  • Hos 5:4 — They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
  • Hos 5:4 — They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
  • Hos 9:1 — Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
  • Isa 44:18 — They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
  • Isa 44:20 — He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
  • Jer 2:27 — Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, a
  • Judg 18:5 — And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
  • Lev 20:6 — And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
  • Num 15:39 — And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye