Hosea 4:16 - Revised Version 1885

For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will the LORD feed them as a lamb in a large place.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For Israel has behaved stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. How then should he expect to be fed and treated by the Lord like a lamb in a large pasture?

American Standard Version (1901)

For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

Common English Bible

Like a stubborn cow Israel is stubborn. Now the LORD will tend them, as the LORD tends a lamb in a pasture.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For Israel has gone astray like a wanton heifer; so now the Lord will pasture them like a young lamb in a wide expanse.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer: now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place.

Hosea 4:16 Cross References