Hosea 4:2

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adulterie, they breake out, and blood toucheth blood.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

{There is} swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery. They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
- American Standard Version (1901)

There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.
- Basic English Bible

Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, -- they break out; and blood toucheth blood.
- Darby Bible

Cursing, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery have overflowed, and blood hath touched blood.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
- English Revised Version

There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for Hosea 4:2

4:2 Break out - As waters that swell above all banks. Toucheth blood - Slaughters are multiplied; so that the end of one is the beginning of another.