Hosea 10:3 Parallel Translations

So they'll say, "We have no king because we didn't fear the LORD. Even if we had a king, he couldn't do anything for us."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

ASV:

Surely now shall they say, We have no king; for we fear not Jehovah; and the king, what can he do for us?

BBE:

Now, truly, they will say, We have no king, we have no fear of the Lord; and the king, what is he able to do for us?

DBY:

For now they will say, We have no king, for we feared not Jehovah; and a king, what can he do for us?

ERV:

Surely now shall they say, We have no king: for we fear not the LORD; and the king, what can he do for us?

JPS:

Surely now shall they say: 'We have no king; for we feared not the LORD; and the king, what can he do for us?'

WBS:

For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?

WEB:

Surely now they will say, "We have no king; for we don't fear Yahweh; and the king, what can he do for us?"

YLT:

For now they say: We have no king, Because we have not feared Jehovah, And the king -- what doth he for us?

Hosea 10:3 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 12:4 Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?"

Isaiah 5:19 Who say, "Let Him make speed, let Him hasten His work, that we may see it; And let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near And come to pass, that we may know it!" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

10:3 For now they shall say, We have no {d} king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
(d) The day will come that God will take away their king, and then they will feel the fruit of their sins, and how they trusted in him in vain; 2Ki 17:6-7.

WES:

10:3 Say - See and feel. No king - Either no king at all, or no such king as we expected. What then - For kings are not able to save without the God of kings.

MHC:

10:1-8 A vine is only valuable for its fruit; but Israel now brought no fruit to perfection. Their hearts were divided. God is the Sovereign of the heart; he will have all, or none. Were the stream of the heart wholly after God, it would run strongly, and bear down all before it. Their pretences to covenant with God were false. Even the proceeding of justice was as poisonous hemlock. Alas, how empty a vine is the visible church even at this day! But all earthly prosperity is but a collection of bubbles, soon destroyed like foam upon the water. Sinners will in vain seek shelter from that Judge, whom they now despise as a Saviour.

CONC:

Able Fear Feared Revere Surely Truly

Able Fear Feared Revere Surely

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