Hosea 4:4
Strong's Lexicon
But
אַ֥ךְ (’aḵ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 389: 1) indeed, surely (emphatic) 2) howbeit, only, but, yet (restrictive)

let no
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference) 1a) do not, let not (with a verb) 1b) let there not be (with a verb understood) 1c) not, no (with substantive) 1d) nothing (as substantive)

man
אִ֛ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: 1) man 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female) 1b) husband 1c) human being, person (in contrast to God) 1d) servant 1e) mankind 1f) champion 1g) great man 2) whosoever 3) each (adjective)

contend;
יָרֵ֖ב (yā·rêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7378: 1) to strive, contend 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to strive 1a1a) physically 1a1b) with words 1a2) to conduct a case or suit (legal), sue 1a3) to make complaint 1a4) to quarrel 1b) (Hiphil) to contend against

let no
וְאַל־ (wə·’al-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference) 1a) do not, let not (with a verb) 1b) let there not be (with a verb understood) 1c) not, no (with substantive) 1d) nothing (as substantive)

man
אִ֑ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: 1) man 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female) 1b) husband 1c) human being, person (in contrast to God) 1d) servant 1e) mankind 1f) champion 1g) great man 2) whosoever 3) each (adjective)

offer reproof;
יוֹכַ֣ח (yō·w·ḵaḥ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3198: 1) to prove, decide, judge, rebuke, reprove, correct, be right 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to decide, judge 1a2) to adjudge, appoint 1a3) to show to be right, prove 1a4) to convince, convict 1a5) to reprove, chide 1a6) to correct, rebuke 1b) (Hophal) to be chastened 1c) (Niphal) to reason, reason together 1d) (Hithp) to argue

for your people [are] like those
וְעַמְּךָ֖ (wə·‘am·mə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred

who contend against
כִּמְרִיבֵ֥י (kim·rî·ḇê)
Preposition-k | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7378: 1) to strive, contend 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to strive 1a1a) physically 1a1b) with words 1a2) to conduct a case or suit (legal), sue 1a3) to make complaint 1a4) to quarrel 1b) (Hiphil) to contend against

a priest.
כֹהֵֽן׃ (ḵō·hên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3548: 1) priest, principal officer or chief ruler 1a) priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah) 1b) pagan priests 1c) priests of Jehovah 1d) Levitical priests 1e) Zadokite priests 1f) Aaronic priests 1g) the high priest

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.

Young's Literal Translation
Only, let no one strive, nor reprove a man, And thy people [are] as those striving with a priest.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But let no one dispute; let no one argue, for My case is against you priests.

New American Standard Bible
Yet let no one find fault, and let none offer reproof; For your people are like those who contend with the priest.

King James Bible
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people [are] as they that strive with the priest.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"But let no one bring a charge, let no one accuse another, for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.

New Living Translation
"Don't point your finger at someone else and try to pass the blame! My complaint, you priests, is with you.

English Standard Version
Yet let no one contend, and let none accuse, for with you is my contention, O priest.

New American Standard Bible
Yet let no one find fault, and let none offer reproof; For your people are like those who contend with the priest.

King James Bible
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But let no one dispute; let no one argue, for My case is against you priests.

International Standard Version
"Let no one fight or bring charges against another, for my dispute is with you, priest.

NET Bible
Do not let anyone accuse or contend against anyone else: for my case is against you priests!

American Standard Version
Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

English Revised Version
Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

Young's Literal Translation
Only, let no one strive, nor reprove a man, And thy people are as those striving with a priest.
















Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:12
And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.

Ezekiel 3:26
And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.

Hosea 4:17
Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

Amos 5:10
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

Amos 5:13
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

Hosea 1:1
The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

Hosea 4:3
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

Hosea 4:2
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Hosea 4:5
Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
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