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Hosea 4:12

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 12 My people consult their wooden idols,
  Doing what their staff* tells them;
  Because the spirit of prostitution* causes them to go astray,
  And by their prostitution* they refuse to submit to their God.

Hosea 4:12

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 12 My people consult their wooden idols,
  Doing what their staff* tells them;
  Because the spirit of prostitution* causes them to go astray,
  And by their prostitution* they refuse to submit to their God.

Hosea 4:12

The Bible in Living English
- 12 My people puts questions to its bit of wood, and its staff informs it, because a spirit of prostitution has misled them and they have gone from under Jehovah into prostitution.

Hosea 4:12

American Standard Version
- 12 My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, departing from under their God.

Hosea 4:12

The Emphasized Bible
- 12 My people of their Wood do ask,—Let their Staff then tell them,—For the spirit of unchastity hath led them astray, And they have unchastely departed from under their God.

Hosea 4:12

King James Version
- 12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.