Hosea 4:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

Young's Literal Translation
Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery—have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.

King James Bible
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Hebrew
Cursing
אָלֹ֣ה (’ā·lōh)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 422: To adjure, imprecate

and lying,
וְכַחֵ֔שׁ (wə·ḵa·ḥêš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 3584: To disappoint, deceive, fail, grow lean

murder
וְרָצֹ֥חַ (wə·rā·ṣō·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 7523: To dash in pieces, kill, to murder

and stealing,
וְגָנֹ֖ב (wə·ḡā·nōḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 1589: To thieve, to deceive

and adultery
וְנָאֹ֑ף (wə·nā·’ōp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 5003: To commit adultery, to apostatize

are rampant;
פָּרָ֕צוּ (pā·rā·ṣū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 6555: To break through

one act of bloodshed
וְדָמִ֥ים (wə·ḏā·mîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

follows another.
נָגָֽעוּ׃ (nā·ḡā·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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