Hosea 8 - Compare Translations
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Hosea 8:1
KJVSet the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
WEB“Put the trumpet to your lips!
YLT`Unto thy mouth -- a trumpet, As an eagle against the house of Jehovah, Because they transgressed My covenant, And against My law they have rebelled.
Hosea 8:2
KJVIsrael shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
WEBThey cry to me, ‘My God, we Israel acknowledge you!’
YLTTo Me they cry, `My God, we -- Israel -- have known Thee.'
Hosea 8:3
KJVIsrael hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
WEBIsrael has cast off that which is good.
YLTCast off good hath Israel, an enemy pursueth him.
Hosea 8:4
KJVThey have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
WEBThey have set up kings, but not by me.
YLTThey have made kings, and not by Me, They have made princes, and I have not known, Their silver and their gold they have made to them idols, So that they are cut off.
Hosea 8:5
KJVThy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
WEBLet Samaria throw out his calf idol!
YLTCast off hath thy calf, O Samaria, Burned hath Mine anger against them, Till when are they not capable of purity?
Hosea 8:6
KJVFor from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
WEBFor this is even from Israel!
YLTFor even it [is] of Israel; an artificer made it, And it [is] not God, For the calf of Samaria is fragments!
Hosea 8:7
KJVFor they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
WEBFor they sow the wind,
YLTFor wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none -- a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield -- strangers do swallow it up.
Hosea 8:8
KJVIsrael is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
WEBIsrael is swallowed up.
YLTIsrael hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight.
Hosea 8:9
KJVFor they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
WEBFor they have gone up to Assyria,
YLTFor they -- they have gone up [to] Asshur, A wild ass alone by himself [is] Ephraim, They have hired lovers!
Hosea 8:10
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Hosea 8:11
KJVBecause Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
WEBBecause Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning,
YLTBecause Ephraim did multiply altars to sin, They have been to him altars to sin.
Hosea 8:12
KJVI have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
WEBI wrote for him the many things of my law;
YLTI write for him numerous things of My law, As a strange thing they have been reckoned.
Hosea 8:13
KJVThey sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the Lord accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
WEBAs for the sacrifices of my offerings,
YLTThe sacrifices of Mine offerings! They sacrifice flesh, and they eat, Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin, They -- [to] Egypt they turn back.
Hosea 8:14
KJVFor Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
WEBFor Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;
YLTAnd forget doth Israel his Maker, and buildeth temples, And Judah hath multiplied cities of defence, And I have sent a fire into his cities, And it hath consumed their palaces!
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