7Samaria and its king will float away like a twig on the surface of the waters.


In Context

4 They make many promises, take false oaths and make agreements; therefore lawsuits spring up like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.

5 The people who live in Samaria fear for the calf-idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it, and so will its idolatrous priests, those who had rejoiced over its splendor, because it is taken from them into exile.

6 It will be carried to Assyria as tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced; Israel will be ashamed of its wooden idols.

7 Samaria and its king will float away like a twig on the surface of the waters.

8 The high places of wickedness will be destroyed- it is the sin of Israel. Thorns and thistles will grow up and cover their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, "Cover us!" and to the hills, "Fall on us!"

9 "Since the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?

Hosea 10:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:7[As for] Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:7Samaria hath made her king to pass as froth upon the face of the water.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:7As for'samaria, her king is cut off, as foam upon the water.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:7As for Samaria her king is cut off as chips upon the face of the waters.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:7As for Samaria, her king is cut off, as foam upon the water.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:7As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:7Samaria and her king float away, like a twig on the water.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:7Cut off is Samaria! Its king is as a chip on the face of the waters.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:7As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam on the water.