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King James Bible |
Youngs Literal Translation
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| 6:1 |
Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. |
`Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up. |
| 6:2 |
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. |
He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him. |
| 6:3 |
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. |
And we know -- we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain -- sprinkling earth.' |
| 6:4 |
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. |
What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, O Judah? Your goodness `is' as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early -- going. |
| 6:5 |
Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. |
Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light goeth forth. |
| 6:6 |
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. |
For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings. |
| 6:7 |
But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. |
And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me. |
| 6:8 |
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. |
Gilead `is' a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood. |
| 6:9 |
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. |
And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder -- the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done. |
| 6:10 |
I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. |
In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There `is' the whoredom of Ephraim -- defiled is Israel. |
| 6:11 |
Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people. |
Also, O Judah, appointed is a harvest to thee, In My turning back `to' the captivity of My people! |
