Parallel Verses

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].

Bible in Basic English

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

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 hot as an oven and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen; there is no one among them that calls unto me. 8 Ephraim mixes himself with the nations;
Ephraim has become a cake not turned.
9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he does not know it; yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he does not understand.

Cross References

Psalm 106:35

But were mingled among the Gentiles and learned their works.

Hosea 5:13

And Ephraim shall see his sickness and Judah his wound; then Ephraim shall go to the Assyrian and shall send to King Jareb; yet he shall not be able to heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

1 Kings 18:21

And Elijah came near unto all the people and said, How long shall ye halt between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.

Ezra 9:1

Now when these things were done, 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 of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites, doing according to their abominations,

Ezra 9:12

Now, therefore, do not give your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever, that ye may be strengthened, and eat the good of the land and leave it for an inheritance to your sons forever.

Nehemiah 13:23-25

In those days I also saw Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab;

Ezekiel 23:4-11

And the names of them were Aholah the elder and Aholibah her sister; they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. Thus were their names: Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.

Hosea 5:7

They have rebelled against the LORD; for they have begotten strange sons; now a month shall devour them with their portions.

Hosea 8:2-4

Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we have known thee.

Hosea 9:3

They shall not remain in the land of the LORD; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt and to Assyria where they shall eat unclean food.

Zephaniah 1:5

and those that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops and those that worship swearing by the LORD and by their king

Malachi 2:11

Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD by loving and marrying the daughter of a strange god.

Matthew 6:24

No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and riches.

Revelation 3:15-16

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot.

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