Hosea 9:13
What does Hosea 9:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Hosea 9:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949As I have seen a beast whose young have been taken from her, so Ephraim will give birth to children only for them to be put to death.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Ephraim! when I have looked to the rock, Is planted in comeliness, And Ephraim <FI>is<Fi> to bring out unto a slayer his sons.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Ephraim, as I saw, was a Tyre, founded in beauty: and Ephraim shall bring out his children to the murderer.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Ephraim, as I saw [him], was a Tyre planted in a beautiful place; but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the slayer.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hosea 9:16
Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.
- Hosea 13:8
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.
- Ezekiel 26:1
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the firstdayof the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
- Hosea 10:14
Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces with her children.
- Amos 7:17
therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou thyself shalt die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.
- 2 Kings 15:16
Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the borders thereof, from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
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