9For they — they have gone up to Asshur, A wild ass alone by himself is Ephraim, They have hired lovers!


In Context

6 For even it is of Israel; an artificer made it, And it is not God, For the calf of Samaria is fragments!

7 For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none — a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield — strangers do swallow it up.

8 Israel hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight.

9 For they — they have gone up to Asshur, A wild ass alone by himself is Ephraim, They have hired lovers!

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

11 Because Ephraim did multiply altars to sin, They have been to him altars 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 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.