| NETBible | The company of priests is like a gang of robbers, lying in ambush to pounce on a victim. They commit murder on the road to Shechem; they have done heinous crimes! |
| NIV © |
As marauders lie in ambush for a man, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, committing shameful crimes. |
| NASB © |
And as raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed crime. |
| NLT © |
Its citizens are bands of robbers, lying in ambush for their victims. Gangs of priests murder travelers along the road to Shechem and practice every kind of sin. |
| MSG © |
It used to be robbers who mugged pedestrians. Now it's gangs of priests Assaulting worshipers on their way to Shechem. Nothing is sacred to them. |
| BBE © |
And like a band of thieves waiting for a man, so are the priests watching secretly the way of those going quickly to Shechem, for they are working with an evil design. |
| NRSV © |
As robbers lie in wait for someone, so the priests are banded together; they murder on the road to Shechem, they commit a monstrous crime. |
| NKJV © |
As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man, So the company of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they commit lewdness. |
| KJV | And as troops <01416> of robbers wait <02442> (8763) for a man <0376>_, [so] the company <02267> of priests <03548> murder <07523> (8762) in the way <01870> by consent <07926> (8677) <07927>_: for they commit <06213> (8804) lewdness <02154>_. {by...: Heb. with one shoulder, or, to Shechem} {lewdness: or, enormity} |
| NASB © |
And as raiders <1416> wait <2442> for a man <376> , So a band <2267> of priests <3548> murder <7523> on the way <1870> to Shechem <7927> ; Surely <3588> they have committed <6213> crime .<2154> |
| LXXM | kai <2532> CONJ h <3588> T-NSF iscuv <2479> N-NSF sou <4771> P-GS androv <435> N-GSM peiratou {N-GSM} ekruqan <2928> V-AAI-3P iereiv <2409> N-NPM odon <3598> N-ASF kuriou <2962> N-GSM efoneusan <5407> V-AAI-3P sikima {N-PRI} oti <3754> CONJ anomian <458> N-ASF epoihsan <4160> V-AAI-3P |
| NET [draft] ITL | The company <02267> of priests <03548> is like a gang <01416> of robbers, lying in ambush <02442> to pounce <01870> on a victim. They commit murder <07523> on the road to Shechem <07927> ; they have done <06213> heinous crimes !<02154> |
| HEBREW | wve <06213> hmz <02154> yk <03588> hmks <07927> wxury <07523> Krd <01870> Mynhk <03548> rbx <02267> Mydwdg <01416> sya <0376> ykxkw (6:9) <02442> |