Hosea 6:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsHosea 6:4 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 →
מָ֤ה
mâh
H4100
what
אֶֽעֱשֶׂה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
לְּךָ֙
אֶפְרַ֔יִם
ʼEphrayim
H669
Ephraim
מָ֥ה
mâh
H4100
what
אֶעֱשֶׂה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
לְּךָ֖
יְהוּדָ֑ה
Yᵉhûwdâh
H3063
Judah
וְחַסְדְּכֶם֙
chêçêd
H2617
kindness
כַּֽעֲנַן
ʻânân
H6051
cloud
בֹּ֔קֶר
bôqer
H1242
morning
וְכַטַּ֖ל
ṭal
H2919
dew
מַשְׁכִּ֥ים
shâkam
H7925
to rise early
הֹלֵֽךְ
hâlak
H1980
to walk
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
"Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, And like the dew that disappears early.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
What shall I do for you, Ephraim? What shall I do for you, Judah? And your covenant faithfulness like a cloud of the morning, and like the dew rising early going
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