Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
But, I, was like a moth, to Ephraim, - and like rotten wood to the house of Judah.
New American Standard Bible
And like rottenness to the house of Judah.
King James Version
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Holman Bible
and like decay to the house of Judah.
International Standard Version
Therefore I will consume Ephraim like a moth, and the house of Judah as rottenness consumes.
A Conservative Version
Therefore I am to Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
American Standard Version
Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Amplified
Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim
And like dry rot to the house of Judah [in My judgment against them].
Bible in Basic English
And so to Ephraim I am like a wasting insect, and a destruction to the children of Judah.
Darby Translation
And I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Julia Smith Translation
And I as a moth to Ephraim, and as rottenness to the house of Judah.
King James 2000
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But I [am] like a maggot to Ephraim and like rottenness to the house of Judah.
Modern King James verseion
Therefore I am as a moth to Ephraim, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as a caterpillar.
NET Bible
I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah.
New Heart English Bible
Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
Webster
Therefore will I be to Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
World English Bible
Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I am as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.
Themes
Moth » Destructive of garments
Moths » Illustrative » Of God in the execution of his judgments
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 5:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Priests Are A Snare
11 Oppressed, is Ephraim, crushed in judgment, - because he hath, wilfully, walked after falsehood. 12 But, I, was like a moth, to Ephraim, - and like rotten wood to the house of Judah. 13 When Ephraim, saw, his injury, and Judah his wound, then went Ephraim unto Assyria, and Judah sent unto a hostile king, - yet, he, cannot heal you, nor will the wound, remove from you.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 51:8
For like a garment, shall they be eaten of the moth, And like wool, shall they he eaten of the larva; But, my righteousness, unto times age-abiding shall continue, And, my salvation, unto the remotest generation.
Job 13:28
And, a man himself, as a rotten thing, weareth out, as a garment which the moth hath eaten.
Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman, is the crown of her husband, but, a veritable decay in his bones, is she that causeth shame.
Isaiah 50:9
Lo! My Lord, Yahweh, will help me, Who is he that shall prove me lawless? Lo! they all, as a garment, shall fall to pieces, the moth shall consume them.
Jonah 4:7
But God appointed a worm, at the uprisings of the dawn, the next day, - and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
Mark 9:43-48
And, if thy hand shall cause thee to stumble, cut it off, - it is, seemly, for thee, maimed, to enter into life, rather than having, the two hands, to depart into the gehenna, into the fire that is not quenched;