Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Devoured have strangers his power, And he hath not known, Also old age hath sprinkled itself on him, And he hath not known.
New American Standard Bible
Yet he
Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know it.
King James Version
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
Holman Bible
but he does not notice.
Even his hair is streaked with gray,
but he does not notice.
International Standard Version
Foreigners have consumed his strength, and he hasn't noticed. Furthermore, his head is sprinkled with gray hair, but he doesn't realize it.
A Conservative Version
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he does not know. Yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he does not know.
American Standard Version
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not.
Amplified
Strangers have devoured his strength,
Yet he does not know it;
Gray hairs are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not; yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not.
Julia Smith Translation
Strangers consumed his strength, and he knew not: also grayness of hair was sprinkled upon him, and he knew not
King James 2000
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knows it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knows not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Foreigners devour his strength, and he does not know [it]; {mold} is also sprinkled upon him, and he does not know [it].
Modern King James verseion
Strangers have eaten up his strength, and he does not know. Yea, gray hairs are here and there on him, yet he knows it not.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Strangers have devoured his strength, yet he regardeth it not: he waxeth full of gray hairs, yet will he not know it.
NET Bible
Foreigners are consuming what his strenuous labor produced, but he does not recognize it! His head is filled with gray hair, but he does not realize it!
New Heart English Bible
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn't realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, and he doesn't realize it.
The Emphasized Bible
Foreigners have, eaten up, his strength, and, he, knoweth it not, - even gray hairs, are sprinkled upon him, and, he, knoweth it not.
Webster
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yes, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
World English Bible
Strangers have devoured his strength, and he doesn't realize it. Indeed, gray hairs are here and there on him, and he doesn't realize it.
Themes
Companionship » Evil » Devoured the strength of ephraim
Hairs » White or gray » A token of weakness and decay
Ignorance » Of self » It results in unconscious deterioration of men
Long life » Examples of vigorous » Gray hairs, an indication of
Old age » Examples of vigorous » Gray hairs, an indication of
ignorance of Self » It results in unconscious deterioration of men
Temptation » Evil companionships, ruinous influence of » Devoured the strength of ephraim
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 7:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ephraim's Guilt
8 Ephraim! among peoples he mixeth himself, Ephraim hath been a cake unturned. 9 Devoured have strangers his power, And he hath not known, Also old age hath sprinkled itself on him, And he hath not known. 10 And humbled hath been the excellency of Israel to his face, And they have not turned back unto Jehovah their God, Nor have they sought Him for all this.
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Cross References
Hosea 8:7
For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none -- a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield -- strangers do swallow it up.
2 Kings 13:3-7
and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He giveth them into the hand of Hazael king of Aram, and into the hand of Ben-Hadad son of Hazael, all the days.
2 Kings 13:22
And Hazael king of Aram hath oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz,
2 Kings 15:19
Pul king of Asshur hath come against the land, and Menahem giveth to Pul a thousand talents of silver, for his hand being with him to strengthen the kingdom in his hand.
Proverbs 23:35
They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake -- I seek it yet again!'
Isaiah 1:7
Your land is a desolation, your cities burnt with fire, Your ground, before you strangers are consuming it, And a desolation as overthrown by strangers!
Isaiah 42:22-25
And this is a people seized and spoiled, Snared in holes -- all of them, And in houses of restraint they were hidden, They have been for a prey, And there is no deliverer, A spoil, and none is saying, 'Restore.'
Isaiah 57:1
The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying it to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one.