Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Ephraim mixes himself with the nations; Ephraim is a bread cake not turned over.
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.
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.
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 All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings have fallen; there is none who calls to me amongst them. 8 Ephraim mixes himself with the nations; Ephraim is a bread cake not turned over. 9 Foreigners devour his strength, and he does not know [it]; {mold} is also sprinkled upon him, and he does not know [it].
Cross References
Psalm 106:35
but they mingled with the nations and learned their works,
Hosea 5:13
And [when] Ephraim saw his illness, and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria, he sent to the great king. But he was unable to cure you and heal your wound.
1 Kings 18:21
Elijah approached to all the people and said, "How long [will] you [go] limping over two opinions? If Yahweh [is] God, go after him; but if Baal, go after him." But the people did not answer him a word.
Ezra 9:1
After finishing these things the officials approached me saying, "The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated from the people of the lands with their detestable things, and from the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
Ezra 9:12
Therefore, do not give your daughters to their sons, and do not take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek their peace and prosperity so that forever you may be strong and eat the good of the land and may give it as an inheritance to your sons.'
Nehemiah 13:23-25
Also in those days I saw Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
Ezekiel 23:4-11
Now [as for] their names, the older [was] Oholah, and Oholibah [was] her sister. And {they became mine}, and they bore sons and daughters, and their names [are] Samaria [for] Oholah, and Jerusalem [for] Oholibah
Hosea 5:7
They have dealt faithlessly with Yahweh because they have borne illegitimate children. Now [the] new moon will devour them with their fields.
Hosea 8:2-4
They cry out to me, "My God! We, Israel, know you!"
Hosea 9:3
They will not remain in the land of Yahweh. But Ephraim will return [to] Egypt, and in Assyria they will eat unclean food.
Zephaniah 1:5
and those who bow down on the rooftops to the host of heaven, and those who bow down, swearing to Yahweh but [also] swearing by Milkom,
Malachi 2:11
Judah has been faithless, and a detestable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. Judah has profaned the sanctuary of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
Matthew 6:24
"No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and money.
Revelation 3:15-16
'I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot!