Hosea 4:12

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BSB

My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.

KJV

My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

WEB

My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.

ASV

My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, [departing] from under their God.

DARBY

My people ask counsel of their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredoms causeth [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God:

BLB

My people consult with a piece of wood, and their staff declares [it] to them; for the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have prostituted themselves from under their God.

ÅB

Mitt folk spør sitt trestykke til råds, og dets kjepp gir det svar; for utuktens ånd har forvillet dem, så de driver hor og ikke vil stå under sin Gud.

OTB

Mitt folk spør sitt tre om råd, og deres spådomsstav gir dem svar; en ånd av utroskap har ført dem vill, og de har vært utro mot sin Gud.

B1930

Mitt folk spør sitt trestykke til råds, og dets kjepp gir det svar; for utuktens ånd har forvillet dem, så de driver hor og ikke vil stå under sin Gud.

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