King James Version
Hosea 6:7 in the King James Version says “But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. men: or, Adam” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. men: or, Adam”
Hosea 6:7 · KJV
Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. and: or, that thy judgments might be, etc
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. men: or, Adam
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. polluted: or, cunning for
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent : for they commit lewdness. by: Heb. with one shoulder, or, to Shechem lewdness: or, enormity
KJV Study — Public Domain
“But they like men”
H120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
“have transgressed”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“there have they dealt treacherously”
H898to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
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