Hosea 7:16 They return, but not upward; they are like a treacherous bow; their princes shall fall by the sword because of the insolence of their tongue. This shall be t...

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English Standard Version - They return, but not upward; they are like a treacherous bow; their princes shall fall by the sword because of the insolence of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
新标点和合本 - 他们归向，却不归向至上者；他们如同翻背的弓。他们的首领必因舌头的狂傲倒在刀下；这在埃及地必作人的讥笑。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他们归向，但不是归向至上者；终究必如松弛的弓。他们的领袖必因舌头的狂傲倒在刀下，这在埃及地必成为人的笑柄。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他们归向，但不是归向至上者；终究必如松弛的弓。他们的领袖必因舌头的狂傲倒在刀下，这在埃及地必成为人的笑柄。
当代译本 - 他们回转，却不肯转向至高者，他们就像无用的弓。他们的首领要因出言狂妄而丧身刀下，在埃及成为人们的笑柄。
圣经新译本 - 他们转向巴力，成了不可靠的弓。他们的领袖因自己舌头上的狂傲倒在刀下，这在埃及地必成为被人讥笑的对象。”
现代标点和合本 - 他们归向，却不归向至上者，他们如同翻背的弓。他们的首领必因舌头的狂傲倒在刀下，这在埃及地必做人的讥笑。
和合本（拼音版） - 他们归向，却不归向至上者；他们如同翻背的弓。他们的首领必因舌头的狂傲倒在刀下，这在埃及地必作人的讥笑。”
New International Version - They do not turn to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of their insolent words. For this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
New International Reader's Version - I am the Most High God. But they do not turn to me. They are like a bow that does not shoot straight. Their leaders will be killed by swords. They will die because they have spoken too proudly. The people of Egypt will make fun of them.”
New Living Translation - They look everywhere except to the Most High. They are as useless as a crooked bow. Their leaders will be killed by their enemies because of their insolence toward me. Then the people of Egypt will laugh at them.
Christian Standard Bible - They turn, but not to what is above; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of their insolent tongue. They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt.
New American Standard Bible - They turn, but not upward, They are like a loose bow; Their officials will fall by the sword Because of the insolence of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
New King James Version - They return, but not to the Most High; They are like a treacherous bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword For the cursings of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Amplified Bible - They turn, but they do not turn upward to the Most High. They are like a poorly crafted bow [that misses the mark]; Their princes shall fall by the sword Because of the insolence of their tongue. This will be cause for their mockery and disdain in the land of Egypt.
American Standard Version - They return, but not to him that is on high; they are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
King James Version - They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
New English Translation - They turn to Baal; they are like an unreliable bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because their prayers to Baal have made me angry. So people will disdain them in the land of Egypt.
World English Bible - They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
新標點和合本 - 他們歸向，卻不歸向至上者；他們如同翻背的弓。他們的首領必因舌頭的狂傲倒在刀下；這在埃及地必作人的譏笑。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他們歸向，但不是歸向至上者；終究必如鬆弛的弓。他們的領袖必因舌頭的狂傲倒在刀下，這在埃及地必成為人的笑柄。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他們歸向，但不是歸向至上者；終究必如鬆弛的弓。他們的領袖必因舌頭的狂傲倒在刀下，這在埃及地必成為人的笑柄。
當代譯本 - 他們回轉，卻不肯轉向至高者，他們就像無用的弓。他們的首領要因出言狂妄而喪身刀下，在埃及成為人們的笑柄。
聖經新譯本 - 他們轉向巴力，成了不可靠的弓。他們的領袖因自己舌頭上的狂傲倒在刀下，這在埃及地必成為被人譏笑的對象。”
呂振中譯本 - 他們轉向於巴力；如同乖張的弓；他們的首領必因其舌頭之傲氣而倒斃於刀下：這在埃及地必成了人們嗤笑的對象。
現代標點和合本 - 他們歸向，卻不歸向至上者，他們如同翻背的弓。他們的首領必因舌頭的狂傲倒在刀下，這在埃及地必做人的譏笑。
文理和合譯本 - 彼雖回轉、然不向上、有若偏反之弓、其牧伯口出狂言、必仆於刃、在埃及地為人姍笑、
文理委辦譯本 - 彼所歸誠者、非至上之主、如弦絕弓反、口出妄言、諸牧伯亡於鋒刃、為埃及人姍笑。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 彼所歸誠者、非至上之主、彼如已翻之弓、其侯伯殞亡於刃、因其口出狂言、必因此為伊及國之人所姍笑、
Nueva Versión Internacional - No se vuelven al Altísimo; son como un arco engañoso. Sus autoridades caerán a filo de espada por sus palabras insolentes, y en la tierra de Egipto se burlarán de ellos.
현대인의 성경 - 그들이 돌아와도 가장 높은 신인 나를 바라보지 않으니 그들은 굽은 화살과 같다. 그들의 지도자들은 오만한 말 때문에 칼날에 쓰러질 것이다. 그러므로 그들은 이집트 땅에서 조소를 당할 것이다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Они обращаются, но не к Всевышнему. Они – как неверный лук. Вожди их падут от меча из-за своих дерзких слов. За это над ними будут смеяться в земле Египта.
Восточный перевод - Они обращаются, но не к Высочайшему; они – как неверный лук. Вожди их падут от меча из-за своих дерзких слов. За это над ними будут смеяться в земле Египта.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Они обращаются, но не к Высочайшему; они – как неверный лук. Вожди их падут от меча из-за своих дерзких слов. За это над ними будут смеяться в земле Египта.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Они обращаются, но не к Высочайшему; они – как неверный лук. Вожди их падут от меча из-за своих дерзких слов. За это над ними будут смеяться в земле Египта.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ils ne reviennent pas vers le Très-Haut , ils sont tous devenus ╵comme un arc qui serait faussé ; aussi leurs chefs ╵tomberont par l’épée à cause de leurs propos insolents. Et l’on rira d’eux en Egypte.
リビングバイブル - 彼らはあたり一帯を見回すが、いと高き神がいる天には目を向けない。まるで、いつも的をはずす、曲がった弓のようだ。指導者たちは、わたしへの傲慢な態度のために敵の剣に倒れる。こうして全エジプトが彼らをあざ笑うようになる。
Nova Versão Internacional - Eles não se voltam para o Altíssimo; são como um arco defeituoso. Seus líderes serão mortos à espada por causa de suas palavras insolentes. E por isso serão ridicularizados no Egito.
Hoffnung für alle - Sie wenden sich an alle möglichen Helfer, nur nicht an mich! Sie sind wie ein schlaffer Bogen, mit dem man nicht schießen kann. Ihre führenden Männer werden im Krieg fallen, weil sie Hass und Lüge verbreiten. In ganz Ägypten wird man über sie spotten!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúng cầu cứu khắp nơi trừ ra Đấng Chí Cao. Chúng vô dụng như cây cung phản trắc. Các lãnh đạo của chúng sẽ bị kẻ thù giết chết vì chúng thốt lời phạm thượng Ta. Rồi người Ai Cập sẽ cười nhạo chúng.”
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พวกเขาไม่ได้หันมาหาองค์ผู้สูงสุด พวกเขาเหมือนคันธนูที่บิดเบี้ยว ผู้นำของพวกเขาจะล้มลงด้วยดาบ เพราะถ้อยคำอวดดี ด้วยเหตุนี้พวกเขาจะถูกเย้ยหยัน ในดินแดนอียิปต์
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Psalms 78:37 - Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant.
Revelation 13:5 - And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months.
Psalms 57:4 - My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
Hosea 11:7 - My people are bent on turning away from me, and though they call out to the Most High, he shall not raise them up at all.
Jeremiah 3:10 - Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, declares the Lord.”
Isaiah 3:8 - For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence.
2 Peter 2:8 - (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard);
Hosea 6:4 - What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.
Hosea 8:13 - As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
Hosea 8:14 - For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces, and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; so I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour her strongholds.
Ezekiel 36:20 - But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.’
James 3:5 - So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
Luke 11:24 - “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’
Luke 11:25 - And when it comes, it finds the house swept and put in order.
Luke 11:26 - Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And the last state of that person is worse than the first.”
Jeremiah 18:18 - Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”
Luke 8:13 - And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away.
Matthew 12:36 - I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
Psalms 52:2 - Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
Hosea 7:13 - Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against me.
Psalms 12:4 - those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
Hosea 9:6 - For behold, they are going away from destruction; but Egypt shall gather them; Memphis shall bury them. Nettles shall possess their precious things of silver; thorns shall be in their tents.
Ezekiel 23:32 - Thus says the Lord God: “You shall drink your sister’s cup that is deep and large; you shall be laughed at and held in derision, for it contains much;
Psalms 73:9 - They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.
Hosea 9:3 - They shall not remain in the land of the Lord, but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
Psalms 78:57 - but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow.

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English Standard Version - They return, but not upward; they are like a treacherous bow; their princes shall fall by the sword because of the insolence of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
新标点和合本 - 他们归向，却不归向至上者；他们如同翻背的弓。他们的首领必因舌头的狂傲倒在刀下；这在埃及地必作人的讥笑。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他们归向，但不是归向至上者；终究必如松弛的弓。他们的领袖必因舌头的狂傲倒在刀下，这在埃及地必成为人的笑柄。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他们归向，但不是归向至上者；终究必如松弛的弓。他们的领袖必因舌头的狂傲倒在刀下，这在埃及地必成为人的笑柄。
当代译本 - 他们回转，却不肯转向至高者，他们就像无用的弓。他们的首领要因出言狂妄而丧身刀下，在埃及成为人们的笑柄。
圣经新译本 - 他们转向巴力，成了不可靠的弓。他们的领袖因自己舌头上的狂傲倒在刀下，这在埃及地必成为被人讥笑的对象。”
现代标点和合本 - 他们归向，却不归向至上者，他们如同翻背的弓。他们的首领必因舌头的狂傲倒在刀下，这在埃及地必做人的讥笑。
和合本（拼音版） - 他们归向，却不归向至上者；他们如同翻背的弓。他们的首领必因舌头的狂傲倒在刀下，这在埃及地必作人的讥笑。”
New International Version - They do not turn to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of their insolent words. For this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
New International Reader's Version - I am the Most High God. But they do not turn to me. They are like a bow that does not shoot straight. Their leaders will be killed by swords. They will die because they have spoken too proudly. The people of Egypt will make fun of them.”
New Living Translation - They look everywhere except to the Most High. They are as useless as a crooked bow. Their leaders will be killed by their enemies because of their insolence toward me. Then the people of Egypt will laugh at them.
Christian Standard Bible - They turn, but not to what is above; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of their insolent tongue. They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt.
New American Standard Bible - They turn, but not upward, They are like a loose bow; Their officials will fall by the sword Because of the insolence of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
New King James Version - They return, but not to the Most High; They are like a treacherous bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword For the cursings of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
Amplified Bible - They turn, but they do not turn upward to the Most High. They are like a poorly crafted bow [that misses the mark]; Their princes shall fall by the sword Because of the insolence of their tongue. This will be cause for their mockery and disdain in the land of Egypt.
American Standard Version - They return, but not to him that is on high; they are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
King James Version - They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
New English Translation - They turn to Baal; they are like an unreliable bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because their prayers to Baal have made me angry. So people will disdain them in the land of Egypt.
World English Bible - They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a faulty bow. Their princes will fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt.
新標點和合本 - 他們歸向，卻不歸向至上者；他們如同翻背的弓。他們的首領必因舌頭的狂傲倒在刀下；這在埃及地必作人的譏笑。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他們歸向，但不是歸向至上者；終究必如鬆弛的弓。他們的領袖必因舌頭的狂傲倒在刀下，這在埃及地必成為人的笑柄。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他們歸向，但不是歸向至上者；終究必如鬆弛的弓。他們的領袖必因舌頭的狂傲倒在刀下，這在埃及地必成為人的笑柄。
當代譯本 - 他們回轉，卻不肯轉向至高者，他們就像無用的弓。他們的首領要因出言狂妄而喪身刀下，在埃及成為人們的笑柄。
聖經新譯本 - 他們轉向巴力，成了不可靠的弓。他們的領袖因自己舌頭上的狂傲倒在刀下，這在埃及地必成為被人譏笑的對象。”
呂振中譯本 - 他們轉向於巴力；如同乖張的弓；他們的首領必因其舌頭之傲氣而倒斃於刀下：這在埃及地必成了人們嗤笑的對象。
現代標點和合本 - 他們歸向，卻不歸向至上者，他們如同翻背的弓。他們的首領必因舌頭的狂傲倒在刀下，這在埃及地必做人的譏笑。
文理和合譯本 - 彼雖回轉、然不向上、有若偏反之弓、其牧伯口出狂言、必仆於刃、在埃及地為人姍笑、
文理委辦譯本 - 彼所歸誠者、非至上之主、如弦絕弓反、口出妄言、諸牧伯亡於鋒刃、為埃及人姍笑。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 彼所歸誠者、非至上之主、彼如已翻之弓、其侯伯殞亡於刃、因其口出狂言、必因此為伊及國之人所姍笑、
Nueva Versión Internacional - No se vuelven al Altísimo; son como un arco engañoso. Sus autoridades caerán a filo de espada por sus palabras insolentes, y en la tierra de Egipto se burlarán de ellos.
현대인의 성경 - 그들이 돌아와도 가장 높은 신인 나를 바라보지 않으니 그들은 굽은 화살과 같다. 그들의 지도자들은 오만한 말 때문에 칼날에 쓰러질 것이다. 그러므로 그들은 이집트 땅에서 조소를 당할 것이다.”
Новый Русский Перевод - Они обращаются, но не к Всевышнему. Они – как неверный лук. Вожди их падут от меча из-за своих дерзких слов. За это над ними будут смеяться в земле Египта.
Восточный перевод - Они обращаются, но не к Высочайшему; они – как неверный лук. Вожди их падут от меча из-за своих дерзких слов. За это над ними будут смеяться в земле Египта.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Они обращаются, но не к Высочайшему; они – как неверный лук. Вожди их падут от меча из-за своих дерзких слов. За это над ними будут смеяться в земле Египта.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Они обращаются, но не к Высочайшему; они – как неверный лук. Вожди их падут от меча из-за своих дерзких слов. За это над ними будут смеяться в земле Египта.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ils ne reviennent pas vers le Très-Haut , ils sont tous devenus ╵comme un arc qui serait faussé ; aussi leurs chefs ╵tomberont par l’épée à cause de leurs propos insolents. Et l’on rira d’eux en Egypte.
リビングバイブル - 彼らはあたり一帯を見回すが、いと高き神がいる天には目を向けない。まるで、いつも的をはずす、曲がった弓のようだ。指導者たちは、わたしへの傲慢な態度のために敵の剣に倒れる。こうして全エジプトが彼らをあざ笑うようになる。
Nova Versão Internacional - Eles não se voltam para o Altíssimo; são como um arco defeituoso. Seus líderes serão mortos à espada por causa de suas palavras insolentes. E por isso serão ridicularizados no Egito.
Hoffnung für alle - Sie wenden sich an alle möglichen Helfer, nur nicht an mich! Sie sind wie ein schlaffer Bogen, mit dem man nicht schießen kann. Ihre führenden Männer werden im Krieg fallen, weil sie Hass und Lüge verbreiten. In ganz Ägypten wird man über sie spotten!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Chúng cầu cứu khắp nơi trừ ra Đấng Chí Cao. Chúng vô dụng như cây cung phản trắc. Các lãnh đạo của chúng sẽ bị kẻ thù giết chết vì chúng thốt lời phạm thượng Ta. Rồi người Ai Cập sẽ cười nhạo chúng.”
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Psalms 78:37 - Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant.
Revelation 13:5 - And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months.
Psalms 57:4 - My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
Hosea 11:7 - My people are bent on turning away from me, and though they call out to the Most High, he shall not raise them up at all.
Jeremiah 3:10 - Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, declares the Lord.”
Isaiah 3:8 - For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence.
2 Peter 2:8 - (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard);
Hosea 6:4 - What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that goes early away.
Hosea 8:13 - As for my sacrificial offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it, but the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
Hosea 8:14 - For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces, and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; so I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour her strongholds.
Ezekiel 36:20 - But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.’
James 3:5 - So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
Luke 11:24 - “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’
Luke 11:25 - And when it comes, it finds the house swept and put in order.
Luke 11:26 - Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and dwell there. And the last state of that person is worse than the first.”
Jeremiah 18:18 - Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.”
Luke 8:13 - And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away.
Matthew 12:36 - I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
Psalms 52:2 - Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
Hosea 7:13 - Woe to them, for they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against me.
Psalms 12:4 - those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
Hosea 9:6 - For behold, they are going away from destruction; but Egypt shall gather them; Memphis shall bury them. Nettles shall possess their precious things of silver; thorns shall be in their tents.
Ezekiel 23:32 - Thus says the Lord God: “You shall drink your sister’s cup that is deep and large; you shall be laughed at and held in derision, for it contains much;
Psalms 73:9 - They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.
Hosea 9:3 - They shall not remain in the land of the Lord, but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
Psalms 78:57 - but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow.