Hosea Chapter 4 verse 4 Holy Bible
Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
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Let no man go to law or make protests, for your people are like those who go to law with a priest.
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Yet let no man strive, and let no man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
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Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
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"Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; For your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.
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Only, let no one strive, nor reprove a man, And thy people `are' as those striving with a priest.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another.--Better, Nevertheless, let no one contend, let no one reprove, for the voices of wise counsel, the warnings of the prophet, will be silenced. Ephraim will in his obstinate wrong-doing be left alone. The last clause of the verse is rendered by nearly all versions and commentators, Though thy people are as those who contend with a priest--i.e., are as guilty as those who transgress the teaching of the Torah by defying the injunctions of the priest (Deuteronomy 17:12-13; Numbers 15:33). But the Speaker's Commentary gives a different rendering, which is better adapted to the denunciations of the priest in the following verses (comp. Hosea 6:9). By a slight change in the punctuation of the Hebrew we obtain the interpretation, "And thy people, O priest, are as my adversaries." The position of the vocative in Hebrew, and the absence of the article, are, no doubt, objections to such a construction, but they are not insuperable, and the compensating advantage to exegesis is manifest.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewButאַ֥ךְ (’aḵ)AdverbStrong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surelylet noאַל־ (’al-)AdverbStrong's 408: Notmanאִ֛ישׁ (’îš)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 376: A man as an individual, a male personcontend;יָרֵ֖ב (yā·rêḇ)Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singularStrong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defendlet noוְאַל־ (wə·’al-)Conjunctive waw | AdverbStrong's 408: Notmanאִ֑ישׁ (’îš)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 376: A man as an individual, a male personoffer reproof;יוֹכַ֣ח (yō·w·ḵaḥ)Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singularStrong's 3198: To be right, reciprocal, to argue, to decide, justify, convictfor your people [are] like thoseוְעַמְּךָ֖ (wə·‘am·mə·ḵā)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flockwho contend againstכִּמְרִיבֵ֥י (kim·rî·ḇê)Preposition-k | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural constructStrong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defenda priest.כֹהֵֽן׃ (ḵō·hên)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3548: PriestJump to PreviousAccuse Charge Charges Contend Contention Fault Find Law Offer Priest Protests Reproof Reprove Strive Striving
