9For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.


In Context

6 For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God: yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

7 For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing corn; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

8 Israel is swallowed up: now are they among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

9 For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

10 Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be minished by reason of the burden of the king of princes.

11 Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars have been unto him to sin.

Hosea 8:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:9For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:9For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath given gifts to his lovers.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:9For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9For they are gone up to Assyria as a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for himself.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:9For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim has hired lovers.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:9For they — they have gone up to Asshur, A wild ass alone by himself is Ephraim, They have hired lovers!