Hosea 5:4 - The Scriptures 2009

⁴ “Their deeds do not allow them to turn back to their Elohim, for the spirit of whorings is among them, and they do not know יהוה.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Their doings will not permit them to return to their God, for the spirit of harlotry is within them and they know not the Lord [they do not recognize, appreciate, give heed to, or cherish the Lord].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah.

Common English Bible

⁴ Their deeds don’t allow them to return to their God, because the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don’t know the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ They will not set their thoughts to return to their God, for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ They will not set their thoughts to return to their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.

Hosea 5:4 Cross References

Psalm 78:8

And not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation which did not prepare its heart, Whose spirit was not steadfast to Ěl.

Psalm 9:10

And those who know Your Name trust in You, For You have not forsaken those who seek You, O יהוה.

Jeremiah 24:7

And I shall give them a heart to know Me, that I am יהוה. And they shall be My people and I shall be their Elohim, for they shall turn back to Me with all their heart.

Jeremiah 50:38

“A sword is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up. For it is a land of carved images, and they boast about their idols.

Jeremiah 9:24

but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am יהוה, doing loving-commitment, right-ruling, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” declares יהוה.

Jeremiah 9:6

“You live in the midst of deceit; through deceit they have refused to know Me,” declares יהוה.

Hosea 13:13

“Pains of a woman in labour shall come upon him. He is not a wise son, for it is not the time that he should delay at the breaking forth of children.

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of יהוה, you children of Yisra’ĕl, for יהוה has a case against the inhabitants of the land: “For there is no truth or loving-commitment or knowledge of Elohim in the land.

Hosea 4:11

“Whoring, and wine, and new wine enslave the heart.

Hosea 4:12

“My people ask from their Wood, and their Staff declares to them. For a spirit of whorings has led them astray, and they went whoring from under their Elohim.

Hosea 4:14

“I would not punish your daughters when they commit whoring, nor your brides when they commit adultery, for the men themselves go aside with whores, and slaughter with cult prostitutes – a people that do not understand are thrust down!

Hosea 4:6

“My people have perished for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being priest for Me. Since you have forgotten the Torah of your Elohim, I also forget your children.

Hosea 7:11

“And Ephrayim has become a simple dove without heart, they have called on Mitsrayim, they have gone to Ashshur.

Hosea 8:11

“Since Ephrayim has made many slaughter-places for sin, they have been slaughter-places for sinning to him.

John 16:3

“And this they shall do to you because they did not know the Father, nor Me.

John 8:55

And you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, ‘I do not know Him,’ I shall be like you, a liar. But I do know Him and I guard His Word.

1 Samuel 2:12

And the sons of Ěli were sons of Beliya‛al – they did not know יהוה.