Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity?
New American Standard Bible
“My anger burns against them!”
How long will they be incapable of
King James Version
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
Holman Bible
My anger burns against them.
How long will they be incapable of innocence?
International Standard Version
Your calf, Samaria, has been thrown away. My anger is burning against them. How long until they become pure again?
A Conservative Version
He has cast off thy calf, O Samaria. MY anger is kindled against them. How long will it be ere they attain to innocence?
American Standard Version
He hath cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
Amplified
He has rejected your [pagan] calf, O Samaria, saying,
“My wrath burns against them.”
How long will they be incapable of innocence?
Bible in Basic English
I will have nothing to do with your young ox, O Samaria; my wrath is burning against them; how long will it be before the children of Israel make themselves clean?
Julia Smith Translation
Thy calf rejected, O Shomeron; mine anger was kindled against them: how long shall they not be able to be clean?
King James 2000
Your calf, O Samaria, has cast you off; my anger is kindled against them: how long will it be before they attain to innocence?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Your calf is rejected, Samaria; my anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?
Modern King James verseion
Your calf, O Samaria, has cast you off. My anger is kindled against them. Until when will they not attain purity?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thy calf, O Samaria, shall be taken away, for my wrathful indignation is gone forth against thee. How long will it be, before they can be cleansed?
NET Bible
O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol! My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished, even though they are Israelites!
New Heart English Bible
Let Samaria throw out his calf idol. My anger burns against them. How long will it be until they are capable of purity?
The Emphasized Bible
He hath cast away thy calf, O Samaria, kindled is mine anger upon them, - How long shall they not endure to be innocent?
Webster
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; my anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocence?
World English Bible
Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity?
Youngs Literal Translation
Cast off hath thy calf, O Samaria, Burned hath Mine anger against them, Till when are they not capable of purity?
Themes
Calf » Prophecies against the golden calves at beth-el
Interlinear
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References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 8:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Rejects The Good
4 They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not; of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. 5 Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity? 6 For from Israel is this also: a workman made it, and itis no God: for the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Cross References
Jeremiah 13:27
Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy fornication, on the hills, in the fields, thine abominations, have I seen. Woe unto thee, Jerusalem! Wilt thou not be made clean? after how long a time yet?
Hosea 10:5
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calf of Beth-aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the idolatrous priests thereof shall tremble for it, for its glory, because it is departed from it.
Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And it shall burn into the lowest Sheol, And shall consume the earth and its produce, And set fire to the foundations of the mountains.
2 Kings 17:16-18
And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of the heavens, and served Baal;
2 Kings 17:21-23
For Israel had rent the kingdom from the house of David; and they had made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king; and Jeroboam violently turned Israel from following Jehovah, and made them sin a great sin.
Proverbs 1:22
How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
Isaiah 45:20
Gather yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations. They have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
Jeremiah 4:14
Wash thy heart, Jerusalem, from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Hosea 8:6
For from Israel is this also: a workman made it, and itis no God: for the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Acts 7:41
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.