Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Ephraim, he mixeth himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
New American Standard Bible
Ephraim has become a cake not turned.
King James Version
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Holman Bible
Ephraim is unturned bread baked on a griddle.
International Standard Version
"Ephraim compromises with the nations; he's a half-baked cake.
A Conservative Version
Ephraim, he mixes himself among the peoples. Ephraim is a cake not turned.
American Standard Version
Ephraim, he mixeth himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Amplified
Ephraim mixes himself with the [Gentile] nations [seeking favor with one country, then another];
Ephraim is a cake not turned [worthless; ready to be thrown away].
Bible in Basic English
Ephraim is mixed with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Julia Smith Translation
Ephraim will mingle himself among my people; Ephraim was a cake not turned.
King James 2000
Ephraim, he has mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Ephraim mixes himself with the nations; Ephraim is a bread cake not turned over.
Modern King James verseion
Ephraim mixed himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore must Ephraim be mixed among the Heathen. Ephraim is become like a cake that no man turneth:
NET Bible
Ephraim has mixed itself like flour among the nations; Ephraim is like a ruined cake of bread that is scorched on one side.
New Heart English Bible
Ephraim, he mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.
The Emphasized Bible
As for Ephraim! with the peoples, hath he been mingling himself, - Ephraim, is a cake not turned.
Webster
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
World English Bible
Ephraim, he mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.
Youngs Literal Translation
Ephraim! among peoples he mixeth himself, Ephraim hath been a cake unturned.
Interlinear
'Ephrayim
אפרים
'Ephrayim
Usage: 180
Balal
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 7:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ephraim's Guilt
7 They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. 8 Ephraim, he mixeth himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not; yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not.
Cross References
Psalm 106:35
But they mingled with the nations, and learned their works;
Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his sore, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb; but he was unable to heal you, nor hath he removed your sore.
1 Kings 18:21
Then Elijah drew near to all the people, and said, How long do ye halt between two opinions? if Jehovah be God, follow him; and if Baal, follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
Ezra 9:1
Now when these things were completed, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites;
Ezra 9:12
Now therefore give not your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity for ever; that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
Nehemiah 13:23-25
In those days also I saw Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab.
Ezekiel 23:4-11
And their names were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister; and they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names: Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.
Hosea 5:7
They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they havebegotten strange children: now shall the new moon devour them, with their allotted possessions.
Hosea 8:2-4
They shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee; we, Israel.
Hosea 9:3
They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria shall they eat that which is unclean.
Zephaniah 1:5
and them that bow down to the host of the heavens upon the housetops; and them that bow down to Jehovah, that swear by him, and swear by Malcham;
Malachi 2:11
Judah hath dealt unfaithfully, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the sanctuary of Jehovah which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Revelation 3:15-16
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot.