Hosea 6:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests are banded together; they murder on the way to Shechem, yea, they commit villainy.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder on the road toward Shechem; yes, they commit villainy and outrages.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.

Common English Bible

⁹ As robbers lie in wait for someone, so the priests are in league with each other; they murder on the road to Shechem; they have done evil things.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And, like those who rob with skillful words, they, by conspiring with the priests, bring a death sentence to travelers on a pilgrimage from Shechem; for they have been performing evil deeds.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And like the jaws of highway robbers, they conspire with the priests who murder in the way those that pass out Sichem: for they have wrought wickedness.

Hosea 6:9 Cross References

Genesis 12:6

Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.

1 Kings 12:25

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and dwelt there; and he went out from there and built Penuel.

Ezra 8:31

Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes by the way.

Jeremiah 11:9

Again the Lord said to me, “There is revolt among the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 22:25

Her princes in the midst of her are like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of her.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.

Ezekiel 22:9

There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and men in you who eat upon the mountains; men commit lewdness in your midst.

Ezekiel 23:27

Thus I will put an end to your lewdness and your harlotry brought from the land of Egypt; so that you shall not lift up your eyes to the Egyptians or remember them any more.

Hosea 2:10

Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one shall rescue her out of my hand.

Hosea 4:2

there is swearing, lying, killing, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds and murder follows murder.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Hearken, O house of the king! For the judgment pertains to you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

Hosea 5:2

And they have made deep the pit of Shittim; but I will chastise all of them.

Hosea 7:1

when I would heal Israel, the corruption of Ephraim is revealed, and the wicked deeds of Samaria; for they deal falsely, the thief breaks in, and the bandits raid without.

Micah 3:9

Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and pervert all equity,

Micah 7:2

The godly man has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts his brother with a net.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her officials within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till the morning.

Mark 14:1

It was now two days before the Passover and the feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth, and kill him;

John 11:47

So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council, and said, “What are we to do? For this man performs many signs.

Acts 4:24

And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who didst make the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them,