New International Version (NIV)
4They are all adulterers,
burning like an oven
whose fire the baker need not stir
from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
Hosea 7:4
Hosea 7:4 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
4They are all adulterers,
Like an oven heated by the baker,
Who stops 7:4 Lit stirring upstoking the fire
From the time the dough is kneaded until it is leavened.
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
4They are all adulterers,
Like an oven heated by the baker
Who ceases to stir up the fire
From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
4They are all adulterers;
Like the heat of an oven
When the baker ceases to stir the fire, [their passion smolders]
From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
4They are all adulterers,
like an oven heated by a baker
who needs not stoke the fire
from the kneading to the rising of the dough.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
4But all the people are unfaithful to the king.
Their anger against him burns
like the coals in an oven.
The baker does not even need to stir up the fire
until the dough is ready.”