3And I was like a foster father to Ephraim, I carried them in my arms: and they knew not that I healed them.


In Context

1 As the morning passeth, so hath the king of Israel Israel was a child, and I loved him: and I called my son out of Egypt.

2 As they called them, they went away from before their face: they offered victims to Baalim, and sacrificed to idols.

3 And I was like a foster father to Ephraim, I carried them in my arms: and they knew not that I healed them.

4 I will draw them with the cords of Adam, with the bands of love : and I will be to them as one that taketh off the yoke on their jaws: and I put his meat to him that he might eat.

5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king: because they would not be converted.

Hosea 11:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:3I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:3It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms; but they did not realize it was I who healed them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:3Yet I taught Ephraim to walk; I took them on my arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:3And I it was that taught Ephraim to walk, He took them upon his arms, but they knew not that I healed them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:3Yet I taught Ephraim to go; I took them on my arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:3I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:3Yet I taught Ephraim to walk. I took them by his arms; but they didn't know that I healed them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:3And I have caused Ephraim to go on foot, Taking them by their arms, And they have not known that I strengthened them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:3I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.