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Hosea 6:6-11 ESV
(6) For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
(7) But like Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.
(8) Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.
(9) As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to Shechem; they commit villainy.
(10) In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's whoredom is there; Israel is defiled.
(11) For you also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore the fortunes of my people.
Hosea 6:6-11 GW
(6) I want your loyalty, not your sacrifices. I want you to know me, not to give me burnt offerings.
(7) "Like Adam, you rejected the promise. You were unfaithful to me.
(8) Gilead is a city filled with troublemakers. It is stained with bloody footprints.
(9) The priests are like gangs of robbers who lie in ambush for a person. They murder on the road to Shechem. Certainly, they have committed a crime.
(10) "I have seen horrible things in the nation of Israel. Ephraim is acting like a prostitute, and Israel is unclean.
(11) "Yet, Judah, I have set a harvest time for you when I bring my people back from captivity.
Hosea 6:6-11 NWT
6 For in loving-kindness I have taken delight, and not in sacrifice; and in the knowledge of God rather than in whole burnt offerings. 7 But they themselves, like earthling man, have overstepped [the] covenant. There is where they have dealt treacherously with me. 8 Gilead is a town of practicers of what is harmful; their footprints are blood. 9 And as in the lying in wait for a man, the association of priests are marauding bands. By the wayside they commit murder at Shechem, because they have carried on nothing but loose conduct. 10 In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing. There there is fornication on the part of Ephraim. Israel has defiled itself. 11 Furthermore, O Judah, a harvest has been fixed for you, when I gather back the captive ones of my people."
Hosea 6:6-11 ASV
(6) For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
(7) But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
(8) Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.
(9) And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.
(10) In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: there whoredom is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
(11) Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee, when I bring back the captivity of my people.
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The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
KJV - King James Version
MKJV - Modern King James Version
NWT - New World Translation
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
RV - Revised Version
YLT - Young's Literal Translation