Hosea 2:7 — compare English translations
Compare translationsHosea 2:7 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְרִדְּפָ֤ה
râdaph
H7291
to pursue
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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מְאַהֲבֶ֨יהָ֙
ʼâhab
H157
to love
וְלֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
תַשִּׂ֣יג
nâsag
H5381
to overtake
אֹתָ֔ם
ʼêth
H853
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וּבִקְשָׁ֖תַם
bâqash
H1245
to seek
וְלֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
תִמְצָ֑א
mâtsâʼ
H4672
to find
וְאָמְרָ֗ה
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֵלְכָ֤ה
yâlak
H3212
to walk
וְאָשׁ֨וּבָה֙
shûwb
H7725
to return
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אִישִׁ֣י
ʼîysh
H376
man
הָֽרִאשׁ֔וֹן
riʼshôwn
H7223
first
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
ט֥וֹב
ṭôwb
H2896
good
לִ֛י
אָ֖ז
ʼâz
H227
then
מֵעָֽתָּה
ʻattâh
H6258
now
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World English Bible Public Domain
She will follow after her lovers, But she won't overtake them; And she will seek them, But won't find them. Then she will say, 'I will go and return to my first husband; For then was it better with me than now.'
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King James Version Public Domain
And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And she will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them, and she will seek them, but she will not find. And she will say, “Let me go and return to my first husband, for better for me then than now.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).