Hosea 2:7

Hosea 2:7 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

7She will chase after her lovers but not catch them;

she will look for them but not find them.

Then she will say,

‘I will go back to my husband as at first,

for then I was better off than now.’

7“And she will pursue her lovers, but she will not reach them;

And she will seek them, but will not find them.

Then she will say, ‘I will go back to my first husband,

Because it was better for me then than now!’

7She will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them;

And she will seek them, but will not find them.

Then she will say, ‘I will go back to my first husband,

For it was better for me then than now!’

7“She will [passionately] pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them;

And she will seek them, but will not find them.

Then she will say, ‘Let me go and return to my first husband,

For it was better for me then than now!’

7She will pursue her lovers but not catch them;

she will seek them but not find them.

Then she will say,

‘I will return to my first husband,

for then I was better off than now.’

7She will still chase after her lovers.

But she won’t catch them.

She’ll look for them.

But she won’t find them.

Then she’ll say,

‘I’ll go back to my husband.

That’s where I was at first.

I was better off then than I am now.’