Hosea 2:2 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
American Standard Version (ASV)
Contend with your mother, contend; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Take up the cause against your mother, take it up, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband; let her put away her loose ways from her face, and her false ways from between her breasts;
Darby English Bible (DBY)
Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
World English Bible (WEB)
Contend with your mother! Contend, for she is not my wife, Neither am I her husband; And let her put away her prostitution from her face, And her adulteries from between her breasts;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Plead ye with your mother -- plead, (For she `is' not My wife, and I `am' not her husband,) And she turneth her whoredoms from before her, And her adulteries from between her breasts,
| Plead | רִ֤יבוּ | rîbû | REE-voo |
| with your mother, | בְאִמְּכֶם֙ | bĕʾimmĕkem | veh-ee-meh-HEM |
| plead: | רִ֔יבוּ | rîbû | REE-voo |
| for | כִּֽי | kî | kee |
| she | הִיא֙ | hîʾ | hee |
| is not | לֹ֣א | lōʾ | loh |
| wife, my | אִשְׁתִּ֔י | ʾištî | eesh-TEE |
| neither | וְאָנֹכִ֖י | wĕʾānōkî | veh-ah-noh-HEE |
| am I | לֹ֣א | lōʾ | loh |
| her husband: | אִישָׁ֑הּ | ʾîšāh | ee-SHA |
| away put therefore her let | וְתָסֵ֤ר | wĕtāsēr | veh-ta-SARE |
| her whoredoms | זְנוּנֶ֙יהָ֙ | zĕnûnêhā | zeh-noo-NAY-HA |
| sight, her of out | מִפָּנֶ֔יה | mippānê | mee-pa-NAY |
| and her adulteries | וְנַאֲפוּפֶ֖יהָ | wĕnaʾăpûpêhā | veh-na-uh-foo-FAY-ha |
| from between | מִבֵּ֥ין | mibbên | mee-BANE |
| her breasts; | שָׁדֶֽיהָ׃ | šādêhā | sha-DAY-ha |