Hosea 4:16 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

For as a refractory heifer hath Israel turned aside, Now doth Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

English ASV

For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

English Amplified

For Israel has behaved stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. How then should he expect to be fed and treated by the Lord like a lamb in a large pasture?

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

For Israel has behaved stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. How then should he expect to be fed and treated by the Lord like a lamb in a large pasture?

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the Lord now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn cow. Can the LORD now shepherd them like a lamb in an open meadow?

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

For Israel is refractory as an untractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide [pasture].

English EASY 2024

Israel's people have turned against the Lord. They are like a young cow that refuses to obey its owner. So how can the Lord take care of them? Will he put them in a big field to eat the grass like lambs?

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The Lord has given many things to Israel. He is like a shepherd who takes his sheep to a large field with plenty of grass. But Israel is stubborn like a young cow that runs away again and again.

Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the LORD now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The people of Israel are as stubborn as mules. How can I feed them like lambs in a meadow?

English God's Word - GW 1995

"The people of Israel are as stubborn as a bull. How can the Lord feed them like lambs in an open pasture?

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn cow. Can the LORD now shepherd them like a lamb in an open meadow?

English KJV 1611

For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

English LSB

Since Israel is stubborn Like a stubborn heifer, Can Yahweh now feed them Like a lamb in a large field?

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn. Now will the Lord feed them like a lamb in a wide pasture?

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Since Israel is stubborn Like a stubborn heifer, Can the LORD now pasture them Like a lamb in a large field?

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

For Israel is as stubborn as a heifer; will the LORD now give them broad pastures as though they were lambs?

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Israel has rebelled like a stubborn heifer! Soon the LORD will put them out to pasture like a lamb in a broad field!

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The people of Israel are stubborn. They are as stubborn as a young cow. So how can I take care of them like lambs in a meadow?

English NIV

The Israelites are stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. How then can the LORD pasture them like lambs in a meadow?

English NKJ 1982

“For Israel is stubborn Like a stubborn calf; Now the Lord will let them forage Like a lamb in open country.

English NLT

Israel is as stubborn as a heifer, so the LORD will put her out to pasture. She will stand alone and unprotected, like a helpless lamb in an open field.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the LORD now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

for Israel is as stubborn as a mule. So do they really think that I, Yahweh, am going to pasture them like an obedient lamb in a broad meadow?

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the Lord now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Don't be like Israel, stubborn as a heifer, resisting the Lord's attempts to lead her in green pastures.

English Tyndale 1537

For Israel is gone back like a wanton cow. The LORD therefore shall make her feed, as the lamb that goeth astray.

Hosea 4:16 — Compare Translations