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


In Context

9 They have gone deep — have done corruptly, As in the days of Gibeah, He doth remember their iniquity, He doth inspect their sins.

10 As grapes in a wilderness I found Israel, As the first-fruit in a fig-tree, at its beginning, I have seen your fathers, They — they have gone in to Baal-Peor, And are separated to a shameful thing, And are become abominable like their love.

11 Ephraim is as a fowl, Fly away doth their honour, without birth, And without womb, and without conception.

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

13 Ephraim! when I have looked to the rock, Is planted in comeliness, And Ephraim is to bring out unto a slayer his sons.

14 Give to them, Jehovah — what dost Thou give? Give to them miscarrying womb, and dry breasts.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:12Even if they rear children, I will bereave them of every one. Woe to them when I turn away 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 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!