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 · 2000

As 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 · 1611

As 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 · 1901

As 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 · 1949

As 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 · 1862

Ephraim <FI>is<Fi> as a fowl, Fly away doth their honour, without birth, And without womb, and without conception.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

As for Ephraim, their glory hath flown away like bird from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

As 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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