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Hosea 9:4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 4 They will no longer pour out wine offerings to Jehovah;+
  Their sacrifices will not please him.+
  
  They are like the bread of mourning;
  All those eating it will defile themselves.
  
  For their bread is for themselves alone;*
  It will not come into the house of Jehovah.

Hosea 9:4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 4 They will no longer pour out wine offerings to Jehovah;+
  Their sacrifices will not please him.+
  
  They are like the bread of mourning;
  All those eating it will defile themselves.
  
  For their bread is for themselves alone;*
  It will not come into the house of Jehovah.

Hosea 9:4

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 4 They will not continue pouring out wine to Jehovah.+ And their sacrifices will not be gratifying to him;+ they are like the bread of times of mourning+ to them; all those eating it will defile themselves. For their bread is for their own soul;* it will not come into the house of Jehovah.+

Hosea 9:4

The Bible in Living English
- 4 ** They shall not pour libations of wine to Jehovah, not lay out their sacrifices for him; their sacrifices shall be to them like trouble-bread, whose eaters all become unclean, because their bread is for their appetites, it is not to come into Jehovah’s house.

Hosea 9:4

American Standard Version
- 4 They shall not pour out wine-offerings to Jehovah, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted; for their bread shall be for their appetite; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah.

Hosea 9:4

The Emphasized Bible
- 4 They shall not pour out to Yahweh—wine Neither shall they be pleasing to him, Their sacrifices are as the food of mourning to them, All that eat thereof shall defile themselves, Because their food for their appetite entereth not into the house of Yahweh.