Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Yea, though they rear their children, yet will I make them childless, till there be no human being, - for it is, nothing less than woe, to them when I depart from them!

New American Standard Bible

Though they bring up their children,
Yet I will bereave them until not a man is left.
Yes, woe to them indeed when I depart from them!

King James Version

Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

Holman Bible

Even if they raise children,
I will bereave them of each one.
Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!

International Standard Version

Even if they rear their children, I will, in turn, make them childless in fact, woe to them when I turn away from them!

A Conservative Version

Though they bring up their sons, yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

American Standard Version

Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, so that not a man shall be left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

Amplified


Even though they bring up their children,
Yet I will bereave them until not one is left.
Indeed, woe (judgment is coming) to them when I look away and withdraw [My blessing] from them!

Bible in Basic English

Even though their children have come to growth I will take them away, so that not a man will be there; for their evil-doing will be complete and they will be put to shame because of it.

Darby Translation

For even should they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that not a man remain: for woe also to them when I shall have departed from them!

Julia Smith Translation

But if they shall bring up their sons and I bereaved them from man: but also wo to them in my departing from them.

King James 2000

Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

Lexham Expanded Bible

Even though they bring up their children, I will bereave them before maturity. Woe to them indeed, when I depart from them!

Modern King James verseion

Though they bring up their sons, yet I will make them childless, without a man. Yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And though they bring up any, yet will I make them childless among men. Yea, woe shall come to them, when I depart from them.

NET Bible

Even if they raise their children, I will take away every last one of them. Woe to them! For I will turn away from them.

New Heart English Bible

Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them.

Webster

Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yes, woe also to them when I depart from them!

World English Bible

Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them!

Youngs Literal Translation

For though they nourish their sons, I have made them childless -- without man, Surely also, woe to them, when I turn aside from them.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּדל 
Gadal 
Usage: 115

yet will I bereave
שׁכל 
Shakol 
Usage: 23

them, that there shall not be a man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

אוי 
'owy 
Usage: 24

שׂוּר סוּר 
Cuwr 
Usage: 301

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Hosea 9:12

References

Context Readings

Ephraim Bereaved Of Offspring

11 As for Ephraim! like a bird, did their glory, fly away, - no birth, and none with child, no conception. 12 Yea, though they rear their children, yet will I make them childless, till there be no human being, - for it is, nothing less than woe, to them when I depart from them! 13 Ephraim! just as I provided for Tyre, was planted in a meadow, - yet, Ephraim, must needs bring forth for a murderer his children.

Cross References

Hosea 7:13

Woe to them! for they have taken flight from me, destruction to them! for they have transgressed against me, - when, I, would have ransomed them, then, they, spake - concerning me - falsehoods.

Deuteronomy 31:17

Then will mine anger kindle upon them in that day, and I will forsake them and will hide my face from them and they shall be consumed, and many calamities and misfortunes shall find them out, - and they will say, in that day, Is it not because my God is not in my midst, that these calamities have found me out?

1 Samuel 28:15-16

And Samuel said unto Saul, Wherefore hast thou disquieted me, by bringing me up? And Saul said - I am in sore distress, for, the Philistines, are making war against me, and, God, hath turned away from me, and answereth me no more - either by means of the prophets, or by dreams, therefore have I even called for thee, to let me know, what I am to do.

Numbers 26:65

For Yahweh had said of them, They shall surely die, in the desert. And there was not left of them a man, save only, Caleb on of Jephunneh, and Joshua son of Nun.

Deuteronomy 28:32

Thy sons and thy daughters given to another people, thine eyes looking on, and failing for them all the day, thine own hand being powerless.

Deuteronomy 28:41-42

Sons and daughters, shalt thou beget, and they shall not be thine, for they shall go into captivity.

Deuteronomy 32:25

Without, shall the sword bereave, In the inmost recesses, terror, - To both young man and virgin, Suckling, with man of grey hairs.

Judges 4:16

Now, Barak, pursued the chariots, and the host, as far as Harosheth of the nations, - and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword, there was not left so much as one.

1 Samuel 16:14

But, the spirit of Yahweh, departed from Saul, - and there terrified him a sad spirit, from Yahweh.

2 Kings 17:18

So Yahweh shewed himself exceeding angry with Israel, and removed them from his presence, - there was none left, save the tribe of Judah, alone.

2 Kings 17:23

until that Yahweh removed Israel from his presence, according as he spake through all his servants the prophets, - and so Israel was driven away from off their own soil, to Assyria, until this day.

Job 27:14

If his children be multiplied, for them, there is the sword, and, his offspring, shall not be filled with bread;

Jeremiah 15:7

Therefore have I winnowed them with a winnowing shovel in the gates of the land, - I have bereaved - I have destroyed my people, From their own ways, have they not returned.

Jeremiah 16:3-4

For, Thus, saith Yahweh, Concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are being horn in this place, - and concerning their mothers who do bear them, and concerning their fathers who do beget them, in this land,

Lamentations 2:20

See, O Yahweh, and do consider, to whom thou hast acted thus severely, - Will women, devour, their own fruit - the children they have dandled? Shall priest and prophet, be slain in the sanctuary of My Lord?

Hosea 9:5-6

What will ye do, for the day of appointed meeting? and in the day of the festival of Yahweh?

Hosea 9:13

Ephraim! just as I provided for Tyre, was planted in a meadow, - yet, Ephraim, must needs bring forth for a murderer his children.

Hosea 9:16

Smitten is Ephraim, their root, hath dried up, fruit, shall they not bear, - yea, though they do bring forth, yet will I slay the darlings of their womb.

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