Hosea 5:6
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
KJV
In gregibus suis et in armentis suis vadent ad quærendum Dominum, et non invenient : ablatus est ab eis.
Vulgate
μετὰ προβάτων καὶ μόσχων πορεύσονται τοῦ ἐκζητῆσαι τὸν κύριον, καὶ οὐ μὴ εὕρωσιν αὐτόν, ὅτι ἐκκέκλικεν ἀπ’ αὐτῶν·
LXX
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.
ASV
בְּ/צֹאנָ֣/ם וּ/בִ/בְקָרָ֗/ם יֵֽלְכ֛וּ לְ/בַקֵּ֥שׁ אֶת יְהוָ֖ה וְ/לֹ֣א יִמְצָ֑אוּ חָלַ֖ץ מֵ/הֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 8:6 — He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet ag
- Hos 3:5 — Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
- Hos 8:13 — They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
- Isa 1:11 — To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lamb
- Isa 29:1 — Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
- Jer 7:4 — Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
- Jer 11:14 — Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.
- John 7:34 — Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
- John 7:34 — Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
- Lam 3:44 — Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
- Mal 1:10 — Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offer
- Mic 6:6 — Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
- Prov 1:28 — Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
- Prov 15:8 — The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.