Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

Ephraim is mixed with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

New American Standard Bible

Ephraim mixes himself with the nations;
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 has allowed himself to get mixed up with the nations.
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].

Darby Translation

Ephraim, he mixeth himself 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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אפרים 
'Ephrayim 
אפרים 
'Ephrayim 
Usage: 180
Usage: 180

עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

is a cake
עגּה 
`uggah 
Usage: 7

References

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

Ephraim's Guilt

7 They are all heated like an oven, and they put an end to their judges; all their kings have been made low; not one among them makes prayer to me. 8 Ephraim is mixed with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Men from other lands have made waste his strength, and he is not conscious of it; grey hairs have come on him here and there, and he has no knowledge of it.

Cross References

Psalm 106:35

But they were joined to the nations, learning their works.

Hosea 5:13

When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king; but he is not able to make you well or give you help for your wound.

1 Kings 18:21

And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go on balancing between two opinions? if the Lord is God, then give worship to him; but if Baal, give worship to him. And the people said not a word in answer.

Ezra 9:1

Now after these things were done, the captains came to me and said, The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not kept themselves separate from the people of the lands, but have taken part in the disgusting ways of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Ezra 9:12

So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or do anything for their peace or well-being for ever; so that you may be strong, living on the good of the land, and handing it on to your children for a heritage for ever.

Nehemiah 13:23-25

And in those days I saw the Jews who were married to women of Ashdod and Ammon and Moab:

Ezekiel 23:4-11

Their names were Oholah, the older, and Oholibah, her sister: and they became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem, Oholibah

Hosea 5:7

They have been false to the Lord; they have given birth to strange children; now the new moon will make them waste with their fields.

Hosea 8:2-4

They will send up to me a cry for help: We, Israel, have knowledge of you, O God of Israel.

Hosea 9:3

They will have no resting-place in the Lord's land, but Ephraim will go back to Egypt, and they will take unclean food in Assyria.

Zephaniah 1:5

And the worshippers of the army of heaven on the house-tops, and the Lord's worshippers who take oaths by Milcom,

Malachi 2:11

Judah has been acting falsely, and a disgusting thing has been done in Jerusalem; for Judah has made unclean the holy place of the Lord which is dear to him, and has taken as his wife the daughter of a strange god.

Matthew 6:24

No man is able to be a servant to two masters: for he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to one and have no respect for the other. You may not be servants of God and of wealth.

Revelation 3:15-16

I have knowledge of your works, that you are not cold or warm: it would be better if you were cold or warm.

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