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Hosea 7:16

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.

KJV

Reversi sunt ut essent absque jugo ; facti sunt quasi arcus dolosus : cadent in gladio principes eorum, a furore linguæ suæ. Ista subsannatio eorum in terra Ægypti.

Vulgate

ἀπεστράφησαν εἰς οὐθέν, ἐγένοντο ὡς τόξον ἐντεταμένον· πεσοῦνται ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ οἱ ἄρχοντες αὐτῶν δι’ ἀπαιδευσίαν γλώσσης αὐτῶν· οὗτος ὁ φαυλισμὸς αὐτῶν ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ.

LXX

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.

ASV

יָשׁ֣וּבוּ לֹ֣א עָ֗ל הָיוּ֙ כְּ/קֶ֣שֶׁת רְמִיָּ֔ה יִפְּל֥וּ בַ/חֶ֛רֶב שָׂרֵי/הֶ֖ם מִ/זַּ֣עַם לְשׁוֹנָ֑/ם ז֥וֹ לַעְגָּ֖/ם בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
ז֥וֹ
zv
pronoun · 1×
זַ֔עַם
z'm
noun · 21×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
לַּ֥עַג
l'g
noun · 7×
ם
m
noun · 116×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
עָ֔ל
'l
noun · 4×
קֶ֣שֶׁת
qsht
noun · 76×
רְמִיָּֽה
rmyh
noun · 15×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Ezek 23:32 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
  • Hos 9:3 — They shall not dwell in the LORD’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
  • Hos 9:6 — For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacl
  • Hos 9:6 — For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacl
  • Hos 11:5 — He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
  • Hos 11:7 — And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
  • Isa 3:8 — For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
  • Matt 12:36 — But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
  • Ps 12:4 — Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
  • Ps 73:9 — They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
  • Ps 78:37 — For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
  • Ps 78:57 — But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
  • Ps 78:57 — But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.