Hosea 9:4 
Context| NET © | They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the Lord; they will not please him with their sacrifices. Their sacrifices will be like bread eaten while in mourning; all those who eat them will make themselves ritually unclean. For their bread will be only to satisfy their appetite; it will not come into the temple of the Lord. |
| NIV © | They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, nor will their sacrifices please him. Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat them will be unclean. This food will be for themselves; it will not come into the temple of the LORD. |
| NASB © | They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the LORD, Their sacrifices will not please Him. Their bread will be like mourners’ bread; All who eat of it will be defiled, For their bread will be for themselves alone; It will not enter the house of the LORD. |
| NLT © | There, far from home, you will not be allowed to pour out wine as a sacrifice to the LORD. None of the sacrifices you offer there will please him. Such sacrifices will be unclean, just as food touched by a person in mourning is unclean. All who present such sacrifices will be defiled. They may eat this food to feed themselves, but they may not offer it to the LORD. |
| MSG © | As refugees in Egypt and Assyria, you won't have much chance to worship GOD--Sentenced to rations of bread and water, and your souls polluted by the spirit-dirty air. You'll be starved for GOD, exiled from GOD's own country. |
| BBE © | They will give no wine offering to the Lord, they will not make offerings ready for him; their bread will be like the bread of those in sorrow; all who take it will be unclean, because their bread will be only for their desire, it will not come into the house of the Lord. |
| NRSV © | They shall not pour drink offerings of wine to the LORD, and their sacrifices shall not please him. Such sacrifices shall be like mourners’ bread; all who eat of it shall be defiled; for their bread shall be for their hunger only; it shall not come to the house of the LORD. |
| NKJV © | They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, Nor shall their sacrifices be pleasing to Him. It shall be like bread of mourners to them; All who eat it shall be defiled. For their bread shall be for their own life; It shall not come into the house of the LORD. |
| KJV | |
| NASB © | They will not pour <05258> out drink <05258> offerings <05258> of wine <03196> to the LORD <03068> , Their sacrifices <02077> will not please <06149> Him. Their bread will be like mourners' <0205> bread <03899> ; All <03605> who eat <0398> of it will be defiled <02930> , For their bread <03899> will be for themselves <05315> alone; It will not enter <0935> the house <01004> of the LORD .<03068> |
| HEBREW | |
| LXXM | |
| NET © [draft] ITL | They will not <03808> pour <05258> out drink offerings of wine <03196> to the Lord <03068> ; they will not <03808> please <06148> him with their sacrifices <02077> . Their sacrifices will be like bread <03899> eaten while in mourning <0205> ; all <03605> those who eat <0398> them will make themselves ritually unclean <02930> . For <03588> their bread <03899> will be only to satisfy their appetite <05315> ; it will not <03808> come <0935> into the temple <01004> of the Lord .<03068> |
| NET © | They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the Lord; they will not please him with their sacrifices. Their sacrifices will be like bread eaten while in mourning; all those who eat them will make themselves ritually unclean. For their bread will be only to satisfy their appetite; it will not come into the temple of the Lord. |
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