Parallel Verses
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?
Darby Translation
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be incapable of purity?
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 8:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Rejects The Good
4
They chose their own kings. I did not approve. They chose their own princes. Princes I did not know. They made idols with their own silver and gold. Because of this, they will be destroyed!
5
“My anger burns against them!”
How long will they be incapable of
Cross References
Jeremiah 13:27
I have seen you commit adultery and scream with delight. I have seen you act like a brazen prostitute on the hills and in the fields. How hideous it will be for you, Jerusalem! Will you ever be clean?
Hosea 10:5
The people who live in the city of Samaria will be afraid and will mourn the loss of the gold bull at Bethaven. They and the priests who serve the idol will weep over it. They will wail when it is stripped of its golden splendor.
Deuteronomy 32:22
My anger has started a fire that will burn into the depths of the grave. It will consume the earth and its crops and set the foundations of the mountains on fire.
2 Kings 17:16-18
They broke all the laws of Jehovah their God. They made two metal bull-calves to worship. They also made an image of the goddess Asherah. Also they worshiped the stars and served the god Baal.
2 Kings 17:21-23
He tore Israel from the house of David and made Jeroboam son of Nebat king. Jeroboam drove them away from the laws of Jehovah and made them do a great sin.
Proverbs 1:22
How long, you simple (stupid) (foolish) ones, will you love simplicity (foolishness) (stupidity)? The scoffers delight in scoffing. Fools hate knowledge!
Isaiah 45:20
Come here, you refugees from the nations. Ignorant people carry wooden idols and pray to gods that cannot save anyone.
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart so that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
Hosea 8:6
Samaria's calf-shaped idol was made in Israel. Skilled workers made it. It is not God. It will be smashed to pieces!
Acts 7:41
They made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.