Verse Comparison: Hosea 4:2
American Standard Version
There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Amplified® Bible
There is nothing but [false] swearing and breaking faith and killing and stealing and committing adultery; they break out [into violence], one [deed of] bloodshed following close on another.
Contemporary English Version
Cursing, dishonesty, murder, robbery, unfaithfulness-- these happen all the time. Violence is everywhere.
Darby English Version
Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, -- they break out; and blood toucheth blood.
Good News Bible
They make promises and break them; they lie, murder, steal, and commit adultery. Crimes increase, and there is one murder after another.
King James Version
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
New American Standard Bible
{There is} swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery. They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed.
New International Version
There is only cursing, lying and murder,
stealing and adultery;
they break all bounds,
and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
New King James Version
By swearing and lying,
Killing and stealing and committing adultery,
They break all restraint,
With bloodshed upon bloodshed.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
We see swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed.
Revised Standard Version
there is swearing, lying, killing, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds and murder follows murder.
Young's Literal Translation
Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery -- have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.
