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Hosea 4:9

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— And it will be, like people, like priest; So I will punish them for their ways And repay them for their deeds.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And it shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and will reward them their doings.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And it shall be as the people so the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and recompense to them their doings;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— So doth it come to be—like people, like priest,—therefore will I visit upon him his ways, and, his doings, will I bring back to him;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And it hath been, like people, like priest, And I have charged on it its ways, And its habitual doings I return to it.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And there shall be like people like priest: and I will visit their ways upon them, and I will repay them their devices.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And there shalbe like people, like Priest: for I wil visite their wayes vpon them, and reward them their deedes.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And there shall be like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their wayes, and reward them their doings.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— The priest has become common like the people; and I will punish them for their ways and reward them for their deeds.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And the priest shall be as the people: and I will avenge on them their ways, and I will recompense to them their counsels.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And there shall be, x1961
(1961) Complement
הָיָה
hayah
{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
like people, 5971
{5971} Prime
עַם
`am
{am}
From H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock.
like priest: 3548
{3548} Prime
כֹּהֵן
kohen
{ko-hane'}
Active participle of H3547; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman).
and I will punish 6485
{6485} Prime
פָּקַד
paqad
{paw-kad'}
A primitive root; to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
x5921
(5921) Complement
עַל
`al
{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
them for their ways, 1870
{1870} Prime
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
{deh'-rek}
From H1869; a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of action, often adverbially.
and reward 7725
{7725} Prime
שׁוּב
shuwb
{shoob}
A primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbially again.
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
them their doings. 4611
{4611} Prime
מַעֲלָל
ma`alal
{mah-al-awl'}
From H5953; an act (good or bad).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Hosea 4:9

_ _ like people, like priest — They are one in guilt; therefore they shall be one in punishment (Isaiah 24:2).

_ _ reward them their doings — in homely phrase, “pay them back in their own coin” (Proverbs 1:31).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Hosea 4:6-11.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Hosea 4:9

And there shall be, like people, like (k) priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

(k) Signifying that as they have sinned together, so will they be punished together.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
like people:

Isaiah 9:14-16 Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. ... For the leaders of this people cause [them] to err; and [they that are] led of them [are] destroyed.
Isaiah 24:2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Jeremiah 8:10-12 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, [and] their fields to them that shall inherit [them]: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. ... Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 23:11-12 For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD. ... Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery [ways] in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, [even] the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel 22:26-31 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed [difference] between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. ... Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
Matthew 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

punish:
Heb. visit upon,
Hosea 1:4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little [while], and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
*marg.

reward them:
Heb. cause to return,
Psalms 109:17-18 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. ... As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.
Proverbs 5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Isaiah 3:10 Say ye to the righteous, that [it shall be] well [with him]: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Zechariah 1:6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ps 109:17. Pv 5:22. Is 3:10; 9:14; 24:2. Jr 5:31; 8:10; 23:11. Ezk 22:26. Ho 1:4. Zc 1:6. Mt 15:14.

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