Books of the Bible / Hosea
Random Verse from Hosea
Roll a random verse from Hosea -- 14 chapters, 197 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son, for when it is time, he doesn’t come to the opening of the womb.”
Hosea 13:13
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About Hosea (summary)
Hosea is book 28 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the Old Testament. It runs 14 chapters and 197 verses in the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- both counts computed directly from this site's own copy of that data, the same pool this roller draws from, not entered by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Hosea compared to other books of the Bible?
Hosea is the 35th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 197 verses across 14 chapters -- an average of 14.1 verses per chapter.
What translation is the text drawn from?
The World English Bible (WEB) — public domain, a public-domain English translation, so every verse can be quoted here in full without a license. The reference and wording are looked up from this site's own copy of that same text, not paraphrased.
Where does Hosea sit among the other Old Testament books?
Hosea is book 28 of 39 in the Old Testament, and book 28 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after Hosea?
Daniel comes directly before it (12 chapters). Joel comes directly after it (3 chapters).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 197 verses in Hosea -- not a pseudo-random Math.random() draw, and not weighted toward well-known verses, so an obscure genealogy verse has exactly the same chance of coming up as a famous one.