Hosea 5:3
What does Hosea 5:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Hosea 5:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I have knowledge of Ephraim, and Israel is not secret from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have been false to me, Israel has become unclean.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862I have known Ephraim, And Israel hath not been hid from me, For now thou hast gone a-whoring, Ephraim, Defiled is Israel.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me for now Ephraim hath committed fornication, Israel is defiled.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, Ephraim, thou hast committed whoredom; Israel is defiled.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hosea 12:1
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.
- Hosea 13:1
When Ephraim spake, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
- Ezekiel 23:5
And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,
- Amos 3:2
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
- Deuteronomy 33:17
The firstling of his herd, majesty is his; And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox: With them he shall push the peoples all of them, eventhe ends of the earth: And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh.
- Hosea 6:4
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.
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