Hosea 11:4

Hosea 11:4 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

4I led them with cords of human kindness,

with ties of love.

To them I was like one who lifts

a little child to the cheek,

and I bent down to feed them.

4I pulled them along with cords of a man, with ropes of love,

And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws;

And I bent down and fed them.

4I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love,

And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws;

And I bent down and fed them.

4I led them gently with cords of a man, with bonds of love [guiding them],

And I was to them as one who lifts up and eases the yoke [of the law] over their jaws;

And I bent down to them and fed them.

4I led them with cords of kindness,

with ropes of love;

I lifted the yoke from their necks

and bent down to feed them.

4I led them with kindness and love.

I was to them like a person who lifts

a little child to their cheek.

I bent down and fed them.