Hosea 6:9
Hosea 6:8-9 The Message (MSG)
“Gilead has become Crime City— blood on the sidewalks, blood on the streets. It used to be robbers who mugged pedestrians. Now it’s gangs of priests Assaulting worshipers on their way to Shechem. Nothing is sacred to them.
Hosea 6:9 King James Version (KJV)
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
Hosea 6:9 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
And as raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed crime.
Hosea 6:9 New Century Version (NCV)
The priests are like robbers waiting to attack people; they murder people on the road to Shechem and do wicked things.
Hosea 6:9 American Standard Version (ASV)
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they have committed lewdness.
Hosea 6:9 New International Version (NIV)
As marauders lie in ambush for a victim, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, carrying out their wicked schemes.
Hosea 6:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man, So the company of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they commit lewdness.
Hosea 6:9 Amplified Bible (AMP)
And as bands of robbers [lie in] wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the road toward Shechem [covering their crimes in that city of refuge]; Certainly they have committed crimes and outrages.