10But although they sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them; and they begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of mighty ones.


In Context

7 For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.

8 Israel is swallowed up. Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing.

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

10 But although they sold themselves among the nations, I will now gather them; and they begin to waste away because of the oppression of the king of mighty ones.

11 Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they became for him altars for sinning.

12 I wrote for him the many things of my law; but they were regarded as a strange thing.

Hosea 8:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:10Yea, 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:10Although 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:10But even though they shall have hired the nations, now will I gather them together: and they shall rest a while from the burden of the king, and the princes.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:10Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:10Although they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened under the burden of the king of princes.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:10Yea, 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:10Yes, 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:10Also though they hire among nations, Now I gather them, and they are pained a little, From the burden of a king of princes.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:10Yes, 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.