Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
KJV

Hosea 4:16

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

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
For Israel was maddened like a mad heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a wide place.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
For Israel was maddened like a mad heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a wide place.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
WEBView canonical →
For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow?
World English Bible

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