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


In Context

6 For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if it shall yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

8 Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel in which is no pleasure.

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

10 Yes, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

11 Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be to 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 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 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!