8I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness: the beast of the field shall tear them.


In Context

5 I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

6 According to their pasture, they became full; they became full, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.

7 And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;

8 I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness: the beast of the field shall tear them.

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

10 Where then is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? —

Hosea 13:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:8I 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:8Like a bear robbed of her cubs, I will attack them and rip them open. Like a lion I will devour them; a wild animal will tear them apart.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:8I will meet them as a bear that is robbed of her whelps, and I will rend the inner parts of their liver: and I will devour them there as a lion, the beast of the field shall tear them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:8I 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:8I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:8I 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:8I 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:8I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the lobe of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.