9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knew it not: yea, grey hairs also are spread about upon him, and he is ignorant of it.


In Context

6 Because they have applied their heart like an oven, when he laid snares for them: he slept all the night baking them, in the morning he himself was heated as a flaming fire.

7 They were all heated like an oven, and have devoured their judges : all their kings have fallen: there is none amongst them that calleth unto me.

8 Ephraim himself is mixed among the nations: Ephraim is become as bread baked under the ashes, that is not turned.

9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knew it not: yea, grey hairs also are spread about upon him, and he is ignorant of it.

10 And the pride of Israel shall be humbled before his face: and they have not returned to the Lord their God, nor have they sought him in all these.

11 And Ephraim is become as a dove that is decoyed, not having a heart: they called upon Egypt, they went to the Assyrians.

Hosea 7:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth [it] not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:9Foreigners sap his strength, but he does not realize it. His hair is sprinkled with gray, but he does not notice.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not; yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yes, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn't realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, and he doesn't realize it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:9Devoured have strangers his power, And he hath not known, Also old age hath sprinkled itself on him, And he hath not known.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:9Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knows it not: yes, gray hairs are here and there on him, yet he knows not.