American King James Version
"By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood touches blood. "
— Hosea 4:2, American King James Version
“By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.”
“There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood. ”
“There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.”
“There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.”
“Cursing, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery, have overflowed, and blood hath touched blood.”
“There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.”
“By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.”
Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel: for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood touches blood.
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwells therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yes, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for your people are as they that strive with the priest.
Therefore shall you fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with you in the night, and I will destroy your mother. ¶