Hosea 9:11
What does Hosea 9:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Hosea 9:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.
KJV
King James Version · 1611As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949As for Ephraim, their glory will go in flight like a bird: there will be no birth and no one with child and no giving of life.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Ephraim <FI>is<Fi> as a fowl, Fly away doth their honour, without birth, And without womb, and without conception.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752As for Ephraim, their glory hath flown away like bird from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away as a bird, — no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!
Context
v.10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first-ripe in the fig-tree at its first season: but they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves unto the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.
v.11This passage
v.12Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, so that not a man shall be left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Genesis 48:16
the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
- Psalms 58:8
Let them beas a snail which melteth and passeth away, Likethe untimely birth of a woman, that hath not seen the sun.
- Amos 1:13
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border.
- Hosea 10:5
The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in terror for the calves of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced over it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
- Job 18:18
He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
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