Parallel Verses
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.
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 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 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! 13 Ephraim, when I looked toward Tyre, was planted in a pleasant place. But Ephraim shall bring out his sons to the murderer. 14 Give them, O Lord; what will You give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
Cross References
Ezekiel 26:1-21
And it happened in the eleventh year, in the first of the month, the Word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
2 Kings 15:16
Then Menahem struck Tiphsah, and all in it, and its borders, from Tirzah. Because they did not open, he struck it. He ripped up all its pregnant women.
Jeremiah 9:21
For death has come up into our windows, and has entered into our houses, to cut off the children from outside and the young men from the streets.
Ezekiel 27:3
And say to Tyre, O you who are placed at the entrance of the sea, a merchant of the peoples for many coastlands, so says the Lord Jehovah: O Tyre, you have said, I am of perfect beauty.
Hosea 9:16
Ephraim is stricken; their root is dried up; they shall bear no fruit. Yea, though they bear, yet I will slay the beloved ones of their womb.
Hosea 10:14
And an uproar shall arise among your peoples, and all your fortresses shall be spoiled, as the ruin of Beth-arbel by Shalman in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces on her sons.
Hosea 13:8
I will meet them like a bereaved bear, and will tear the lining of their heart. And there I will devour them like a lion; the wild beast shall tear them.
Hosea 13:16
Samaria shall become a waste, for she has rebelled against her God. They shall fall by the sword. Their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women shall be ripped up.
Amos 7:17
So Jehovah says this: Your wife shall be a harlot in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line. And you shall die in a defiled land; and Israel shall surely go into exile out of his land.