Hosea 4:12

Hosea 4:12 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

12My people consult a wooden idol,

and a diviner’s rod speaks to them.

A spirit of prostitution leads them astray;

they are unfaithful to their God.

12My people consult their wooden idol, and their diviner’s wand informs them;

For a spirit of infidelity has led them astray,

And they have been unfaithful, departing 4:12 Lit from underfrom their God.

12My people consult their wooden idol, and their diviner’s wand informs them;

For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray,

And they have played the harlot, departing from their God.

12My people consult their [lifeless] wooden idol, and their [diviner’s] wand gives them oracles.

For a spirit of prostitution has led them astray [morally and spiritually],

And they have played the prostitute, withdrawing themselves from their God.

12My people consult their wooden idols,

and their divining rods inform them.

For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray

and they have played the harlot against their God.

12My people ask a wooden statue of a god for advice.

They get answers from a stick of wood.

They are as unfaithful as prostitutes.

They are not faithful to their God.