Hosea 10:3

NETBible

Very soon they will say, “We have no king since we did not fear the Lord. But what can a king do for us anyway?”

NIV ©

Then they will say, "We have no king because we did not revere the LORD. But even if we had a king, what could he do for us?"

NASB ©

Surely now they will say, "We have no king, For we do not revere the LORD. As for the king, what can he do for us?"

NLT ©

Then they will say, "We have no king because we didn’t fear the LORD. But what’s the difference? What could a king do for us anyway?"

MSG ©

They go around saying, "Who needs a king? We couldn't care less about GOD, so why bother with a king? What difference would he make?"

BBE ©

Now, truly, they will say, We have no king, we have no fear of the Lord; and the king, what is he able to do for us?

NRSV ©

For now they will say: "We have no king, for we do not fear the LORD, and a king—what could he do for us?"

NKJV ©

For now they say, "We have no king, Because we did not fear the LORD. And as for a king, what would he do for us?"

KJV
For now they shall say
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We have no king
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because we feared
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not the LORD
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what then should a king
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do
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to us?
NASB ©
Surely
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now
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they will say
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, "We have
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no
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king
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, For we do not revere
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the LORD
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. As for the king
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, what
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can he do
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for us?"
LXXM
dioti
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CONJ
nun
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ADV
erousin {V-FAI-3P} ouk
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ADV
estin
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V-PAI-3S
basileuv
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N-NSM
hmin
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P-DP
oti
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CONJ
ouk
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ADV
efobhyhmen
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V-API-1P
ton
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T-ASM
kurion
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N-ASM
o
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T-NSM
de
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PRT
basileuv
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N-NSM
ti
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I-ASN
poihsei
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V-FAI-3S
hmin
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P-DP
NET [draft] ITL
Very soon
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they will say
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, “We have no
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king
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since
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we did not
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fear
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the Lord
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. But what
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can a king
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do
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for us anyway?”
HEBREW
wnl
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hvey
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Klmhw
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hwhy
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ta
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wnary
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yk
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wnl
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Klm
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Nya
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wrmay
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hte
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yk (10:3)
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