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LXX

Hosea 4:16

For Israel was maddened like a mad heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a wide place.

Parallel Translations

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)
KJVView canonical →
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
King James Version
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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