King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
They [are] all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, [who] ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
Complete Jewish Bible:
They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker, who doesn't stoke the fire from kneading time till the dough has risen.
Berean Standard Bible:
They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.
American Standard Version:
They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceaseth to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough, until it be leavened.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
They are all adulterers{H5003}, as an oven{H8574} heated{H1197} by the baker{H644}, who ceaseth{H7673} from raising{H5782} after he hath kneaded{H3888} the dough{H1217}, until it be leavened{H2556}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Jeremiah 9:2
- Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they [be] all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Hosea 4:2
- By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Hosea 4:12
- ¶ 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.
Hosea 7:6
- For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
Hosea 7:7
- They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: [there is] none among them that calleth unto me.
James 4:4
- Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Jeremiah 5:7
- How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by [them that are] no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
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Commentary for Hosea 7:4
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H5003
There are 26 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נָאַף
Transliteration: nâʼaph
Pronunciation: naw-af'
Description: a primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize; adulterer(-ess), commit(-ing) adultery, woman that breaketh wedlock. - Strong's Number: H8574
There are 15 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: תַּנּוּר
Transliteration: tannûwr
Pronunciation: tan-noor'
Description: from נִיר; a fire-pot; furnace, oven. - Strong's Number: H1197
There are 90 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בָּעַר
Transliteration: bâʻar
Pronunciation: baw-ar'
Description: a primitive root; also as denominative from בַּעַר; to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish; be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste. - Strong's Number: H644
There are 1966 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אָפָה
Transliteration: ʼâphâh
Pronunciation: aw-faw'
Description: a primitive root; to cook, especially to bake; bake(-r, (-meats)). - Strong's Number: H7673
There are 67 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׁבַת
Transliteration: shâbath
Pronunciation: shaw-bath'
Description: a primitive root; to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific); (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away. - Strong's Number: H5782
There are 65 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עוּר
Transliteration: ʻûwr
Pronunciation: oor
Description: a primitive root (rather identical with through the idea of opening the eyes); to wake (literally or figuratively); (a-) wake(-n, up), lift up (self), [idiom] master, raise (up), stir up (self). - Strong's Number: H3888
There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: לוּשׁ
Transliteration: lûwsh
Pronunciation: loosh
Description: a primitive root; to knead; knead. - Strong's Number: H1217
There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בָּצֵק
Transliteration: bâtsêq
Pronunciation: baw-tsake'
Description: from בָּצֵק; dough (as swelling by fermentation); dough, flour. - Strong's Number: H2556
There are 8 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָמֵץ
Transliteration: châmêts
Pronunciation: khaw-mates'
Description: a primitive root; to be pungent; i.e. in taste (sour, i.e. literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling); cruel (man), dyed, be grieved, leavened.