Hosea 4:14

Hosea 4:14 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

14“I will not punish your daughters

when they turn to prostitution,

nor your daughters-in-law

when they commit adultery,

because the men themselves consort with harlots

and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes—

a people without understanding will come to ruin!

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

14I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute,

Or your brides when they commit adultery,

Because the men themselves slip away with the prostitutes

And offer sacrifices with temple prostitutes;

So the people without understanding are ruined.

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

14I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute

Or your brides when they commit adultery,

For the men themselves slip away with prostitutes,

And they offer sacrifices with temple prostitutes [who give their bodies in honor of the idol].

So the people without understanding [stumble and fall and] come to ruin.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

14I will not punish your daughters

when they prostitute themselves,

nor your daughters-in-law

when they commit adultery.

For the men themselves go off with prostitutes

and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes.

So a people without understanding

will come to ruin.

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American Standard Version (ASV)

14I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that doth not understand shall be overthrown.

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Geneva Bible (GNV)

14I will not visite your daughters when they are harlots: nor your spouses when they are whores: for they themselues are separated with harlots, and sacrifice with whores: therefore the people that doeth not vnderstand, shall fall.

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World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)

14I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute,

nor your brides when they commit adultery;

because the men consort with prostitutes,

and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes;

so the people without understanding will come to ruin.

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

14“I will not punish your daughters

when they become prostitutes.

I will not judge your daughters-in-law

when they commit adultery.

After all, the men themselves have sex with sinful women.

They offer sacrifices where temple prostitutes earn their living.

People who can’t understand will be destroyed!

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EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)

14But I will not punish them for those sins, because the men are just as guilty! They sleep with prostitutes. They join with prostitutes to offer sacrifices to the false gods.

All of this shows that people who cannot think properly destroy themselves.’

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Literal Standard Version (LSV)

14Therefore your daughters commit whoredom, || And your spouses commit adultery, || I do not see after your daughters when they commit whoredom, || And after your spouses when they commit adultery, || For they with the harlots are separated, || And with the whores they sacrifice, || A people that does not understand kicks.

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