Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And I as a moth to Ephraim, and as rottenness 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.
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.
The Emphasized Bible
But, I, was like a moth, to Ephraim, - and like rotten wood to the house of Judah.
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 Ephraim was oppressed, he was broken in judgment because he was willing to go after the command. 12 And I as a moth to Ephraim, and as rottenness to the house of Judah. 13 And Ephraim will see his disease and Judah his wound, and Ephraim will go to Assur, and he will send to king Jareb: and he will not be able to heal for you, and he will not remove from you the wound.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 51:8
For the moth shall eat them as a garment, and as wool shall the moth eat them: and my justice shall be forever, and my salvation to generation of generations.
Job 13:28
And he as rottenness will fall away; as a garment the moth ate it.
Proverbs 12:4
A woman of strength is a crown to her husband: and she causing shame, as rottenness in his bones.
Isaiah 50:9
Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help for me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, they all shall decay as a garment; the moth shall eat them.
Jonah 4:7
And God will appoint a worm in the going up of the morning for the morrow, and it will strike the gourd, and it will dry up.
Mark 9:43-48
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off; it is good for thee rather to enter into life maimed, than having two hands, to go away into hell, into inextinguishable fire: