Hosea 14:3

Hosea 14:3 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

3Assyria cannot save us;

we will not mount warhorses.

We will never again say ‘Our gods’

to what our own hands have made,

for in you the fatherless find compassion.”

3“Assyria will not save us,

We will not ride on horses;

Nor will we say again, ‘Our god’

To the work of our hands;

For in You the 14:3 Or fatherlessorphan finds mercy.”

3Assyria will not save us,

We will not ride on horses;

Nor will we say again, ‘Our god,’

To the work of our hands;

For in You the orphan finds mercy.”

3“Assyria will not save us;

We will not ride on horses [relying on military might],

Nor will we say again to [the idols who are] the work of our hands,

‘You are our gods.’

For in You [O Lord] the orphan finds love and compassion and mercy.”

3Assyria will not save us,

nor will we ride on horses.

We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’

to the work of our own hands.

For in You the fatherless find compassion.”

3Assyria can’t save us.

We won’t trust in our war horses.

Our own hands have made statues of gods.

But we will never call them our gods again.

We are like children whose fathers have died.

But you show us your tender love.”