Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Is planted in a pleasant meadow like
But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.
King James Version
Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
Holman Bible
planted in a meadow,
so Ephraim will bring out his children
to the executioner.
International Standard Version
Ephraim, as I see it, is like Tyre, planted in a comfortable place; Ephraim will bear children but they will be executed."
A Conservative Version
Ephraim, just as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place, but Ephraim shall bring out his sons to the slayer.
American Standard Version
Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer.
Amplified
Ephraim, as I have seen,
Is planted in a pleasant [and prosperous] meadow like Tyre;
But Ephraim will bring out his children to the executioner [for slaughter].
Bible in Basic English
As I have seen a beast whose young have been taken from her, so Ephraim will give birth to children only for them to be put to death.
Darby Translation
Ephraim, as I saw him, was a Tyre planted in a beautiful place; but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the slayer.
Julia Smith Translation
Ephraim, as I saw for Tyre, was planted in a habitation: and Ephraim to bring forth his sons to him slaying.
King James 2000
Ephraim, as I saw Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Ephraim, as I see [it], [is] like a palm in a meadow; but Ephraim must bring out his children to the slayer.
Modern King James verseion
Ephraim, when I looked toward Tyre, was planted in a pleasant place. But Ephraim shall bring out his sons to the murderer.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ephraim, as me think, is planted in wealthiness, like as Tyre, but now must she bring her own children forth to the manslayer.
NET Bible
Just as lion cubs are born predators, so Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.
New Heart English Bible
I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place; but Ephraim will bring out his children to the murderer.
The Emphasized Bible
Ephraim! just as I provided for Tyre, was planted in a meadow, - yet, Ephraim, must needs bring forth for a murderer his children.
Webster
Ephraim, as I saw Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
World English Bible
I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a pleasant place; but Ephraim will bring out his children to the murderer.
Youngs Literal Translation
Ephraim! when I have looked to the rock, Is planted in comeliness, And Ephraim is to bring out unto a slayer his sons.
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 9:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ephraim Bereaved Of Offspring
12
Yet I will bereave them
Yes,
Is planted in a pleasant meadow like
But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.
Give them a
Cross References
Ezekiel 26:1-21
Now in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me saying,
2 Kings 15:16
Then Menahem struck Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah, because they did not open to him; therefore he struck it and ripped up
Jeremiah 9:21
It has entered our palaces
To cut off the
The young men from the town squares.
Ezekiel 27:3
and say to Tyre,
“O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
Hosea 9:16
They will bear
Even though they bear children,
I will slay the
Hosea 10:14
And all your
As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle,
When
Hosea 13:8
And I will tear open
There I will also
As a wild beast would tear them.
Hosea 13:16
For she has
Their little ones will be
And their pregnant
Amos 7:17
Therefore, thus says the Lord, ‘Your