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Hosea 7:3

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— With their wickedness they make the king glad, And the princes with their lies.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— By their wickedness, they gladden a king, and, by their flatteries,—rulers.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— With their wickedness they make glad a king, And with their lies—princes.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— They have made the king glad with their wickedness: and the princes with their lies.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— They make the King glad with their wickednesse, and the princes with their lies.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— They make the king glad with their wickednesse, and the princes with their lies.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— They have made the kings glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— They gladdened kings with their wickedness, and princes with their lies.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
They make the king y4428
[4428] Standard
מֶּלֶךְ
melek
{meh'-lek}
From H4427; a king.
glad 8055
{8055} Prime
שָׂמַח
samach
{saw-makh'}
A primitive root; probably to brighten up, that is, (figuratively) be (causatively make) blithe or gleesome.
z8762
<8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447
x4428
(4428) Complement
מֶּלֶךְ
melek
{meh'-lek}
From H4427; a king.
with their wickedness, 7451
{7451} Prime
רָע
ra`
{rah}
From H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (naturally or morally). This includes the second (feminine) form; as adjective or noun.
and the princes 8269
{8269} Prime
שַׂר
sar
{sar}
From H8323; a head person (of any rank or class).
with their lies. 3585
{3585} Prime
כַּחַשׁ
kachash
{kakh'-ash}
From H3584; literally a failure of flesh, that is, emaciation; figuratively hypocrisy.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Hosea 7:3

_ _ Their princes, instead of checking, “have pleasure in them that do” such crimes (Romans 1:32).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Hosea 7:1-7.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hosea 7:3

They — The courtiers in particular make it their work to invent pleasing wickedness, and to acquaint the king with it. With their lies — With false accusations against the innocent.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Hosea 7:3

They make the (b) king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

(b) They esteem their wicked king Jeroboam above God, and seek how to flatter and please him.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Hosea 5:11 Ephraim [is] oppressed [and] broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
1 Kings 22:6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king.
1 Kings 22:13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets [declare] good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak [that which is] good.
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 9:2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they [be] all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Jeremiah 28:1-4 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, [and] in the fifth month, [that] Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which [was] of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, ... And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
Jeremiah 37:19 Where [are] now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
Amos 7:10-13 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. ... But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it [is] the king's chapel, and it [is] the king's court.
Micah 6:16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
Micah 7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Romans 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
1 John 4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

1K 22:6, 13. Jr 5:31; 9:2; 28:1; 37:19. Ho 5:11. Am 7:10. Mi 6:16; 7:3. Ro 1:32. 1Jn 4:5.

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