Hosea 10:3 “Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the L…”

Hosea 10:3

Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Surely now they will say, “We have no king; for we don’t fear the LORD; and the king, what can he do for us?”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For now they shall say, We haue no King because we feared not the Lord: and what should a King doe to vs?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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?

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Cross references

“We have”

Hosea 10:15 Hosea 10:7 Hosea 13:11 Hosea 3:4 Genesis 49:10 Micah 4:9

Hosea 10:15 · BSB

Thus it will be done to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness. When the day dawns, the king of Israel will be utterly cut off.

Hosea 10:7 · BSB

Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water.

Hosea 13:11 · BSB

So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.

Hosea 3:4 · BSB

For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.

Genesis 49:10 · BSB

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

Micah 4:9 · BSB

Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.

4They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Read Hosea 10