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


In Context

6 They are from Israel! This calf-a craftsman has made it; it is not God. It will be broken in pieces, that calf of Samaria.

7 "They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up.

8 Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like a worthless thing.

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

10 Although they have sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them together. They will begin to waste away under the oppression of the mighty king.

11 "Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning.

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 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 English Revised 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 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!