Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Therefore I am as a moth to Ephraim, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
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 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 is crushed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. 12 Therefore I am as a moth to Ephraim, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim went to the Assyrian and sent to King Jareb. Yet he could not heal you nor cure you of your wound.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 51:8
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but My righteousness shall be forever, and My salvation from generation to generation.
Job 13:28
And he wears out like a rotten thing, like a garment that a moth eats.
Proverbs 12:4
A woman of virtue is a crown to her husband, but she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.
Isaiah 50:9
Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help Me; who is he who shall condemn Me? Lo, they all shall wear out like a garment; the moth shall eat them.
Jonah 4:7
But God prepared a worm as the morning dawned the next day. And it struck the plant, and it withered.
Mark 9:43-48
And if your hand offends you, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than to have two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched