Hosea 10

NET

4 They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.


Darby

4 They speak [mere] words, swearing falsely in making a covenantD6183; therefore shall judgment spring up as hemlock in the furrows of the fields.


Darby Bible Notes

covenant - Or 'they pronounce words, they swear falsely, they make a covenant.'


KJV

4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.