Devine Scripture

Hosea 13:8

Hosea chapter 13 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.

Context

v.7Therefore am I unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;

v.8This passage

v.9It is thy destruction, O Israel, that thou art against me, against thy help.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Amos 9:1

    I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.

  • Proverbs 17:12

    Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

  • 2 Samuel 17:8

    Hushai said moreover, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field; and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

  • Psalms 50:22

    Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:

  • Isaiah 5:29

    their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.

  • Psalms 80:13

    The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.