12Even if they rear children, I will bereave them of every one. Woe to them when I turn away from them!


In Context

9 They have sunk deep into corruption, as in the days of Gibeah. God will remember their wickedness and punish them for their sins.

10 "When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the desert; when I saw your fathers, it was like seeing the early fruit on the fig tree. But when they came to Baal Peor, they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol and became as vile as the thing they loved.

11 Ephraim's glory will fly away like a bird- no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.

12 Even if they rear children, I will bereave them of every one. Woe to them when I turn away from them!

13 I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place. But Ephraim will bring out their children to the slayer."

14 Give them, O Lord - what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that are dry.

Hosea 9:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:12Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, [that there shall] not [be] a man [left:] yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:12And though they should bring up their children, I will make them without children among men: yea, and woe to them, when I shall depart from them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:12Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, so that not a man shall be left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12For even should they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that not a man remain: for woe also to them when I shall have departed from them!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:12Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there be not a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yes, woe also to them when I depart from them!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:12For though they nourish their sons, I have made them childless — without man, Surely also, woe to them, when I turn aside from them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:12Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yes, woe also to them when I depart from them!