Hosea 5:6
Modern Translations
New International Version
When they go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, they will not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.

New Living Translation
When they come with their flocks and herds to offer sacrifices to the LORD, they will not find him, because he has withdrawn from them.

English Standard Version
With their flocks and herds they shall go to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

Berean Study Bible
They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

New American Standard Bible
They will go with their flocks and herds To seek the LORD, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them.

NASB 1995
They will go with their flocks and herds To seek the LORD, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them.

NASB 1977
They will go with their flocks and herds To seek the LORD, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them.

Amplified Bible
They will go with their flocks and with their herds To seek the LORD [diligently searching for Him], but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them [refusing to hear the prayers of the unrepentant].

Christian Standard Bible
They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD but do not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD but do not find Him; He has withdrawn from them.

Contemporary English Version
You offer sheep and cattle as sacrifices to me, but I have turned away and refuse to be found.

Good News Translation
They take their sheep and cattle to offer as sacrifices to the LORD, but it does them no good. They cannot find him, for he has left them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They go with their sheep and their cattle to search for the LORD, but they can't find him. He has left them.

International Standard Version
They will go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.

NET Bible
Although they bring their flocks and herds to seek the favor of the LORD, They will not find him--he has withdrawn himself from them!
Classic Translations
King James Bible
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

New King James Version
“With their flocks and herds They shall go to seek the LORD, But they will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

King James 2000 Bible
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.

New Heart English Bible
They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they won't find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.

World English Bible
They will go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Yahweh; but they won't find him. He has withdrawn himself from them.

American King James Version
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them.

American Standard Version
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.

A Faithful Version
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find Him. He has withdrawn Himself from them.

Darby Bible Translation
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find [him]: he hath withdrawn himself from them.

English Revised Version
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.

Webster's Bible Translation
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
They shall goe with their sheepe, and with their bullockes to seeke the Lorde: but they shall not finde him: for he hath withdrawne himselfe from them.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
They shall come with their sheepe and bullockes to seeke the Lorde, but they shall not finde hym: for he is gone from them.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
They shall come with their shepe & bullockes to seke ye LORDE, but they shal not fynde him, for he is gone from them.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
With their flock and with their herd, "" They go to seek YHWH, and do not find, "" He has withdrawn from them.

Young's Literal Translation
With their flock and with their herd, They go to seek Jehovah, and do not find, He hath withdrawn from them.

Smith's Literal Translation
With their sheep and with their oxen they will go to seek Jehovah; and they shall not find; he withdrew himself from them.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
With their flocks, and with their herds, they shall go to seek the Lord, and shall not find him: he is withdrawn from them.

Catholic Public Domain Version
With their flocks and their herds, they will go to seek the Lord, and they will not find him. He has taken himself away from them.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
With their sheep and with their oxen they shall go to seek LORD JEHOVAH and they shall not find him, because he has separated himself from them

Lamsa Bible
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him, because he has withdrawn himself from them.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
With their flocks and with their herds they shall go To seek the LORD, but they shall not find Him; He hath withdrawn Himself from them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
They shall go with sheep and calves diligently to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him, for he has withdrawn himself from them.
















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