Hosea 8:9 Parallel Translations

"The people of Israel went to Assyria. They were like wild donkeys wandering off alone. The people of Ephraim sold themselves to their lovers.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

ASV:

For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

BBE:

For they have gone up to Assyria like an ass going by himself; Ephraim has given money to get lovers.

DBY:

For they are gone up to Assyria as a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

ERV:

For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

JPS:

For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself; Ephraim hath hired lovers.

WBS:

For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

WEB:

For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for himself.

YLT:

For they -- they have gone up to Asshur, A wild ass alone by himself is Ephraim, They have hired lovers!

Hosea 8:9 Cross References

XREF:

Jeremiah 2:24 A wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, That sniffs the wind in her passion. In the time of her heat who can turn her away? All who seek her will not become weary; In her month they will find her.

Ezekiel 16:33 "Men give gifts to all harlots, but you give your gifts to all your lovers to bribe them to come to you from every direction for your harlotries.

Ezekiel 16:34 "Thus you are different from those women in your harlotries, in that no one plays the harlot as you do, because you give money and no money is given you; thus you are different."

Hosea 7:11 So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without sense; They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

8:9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a {g} wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
(g) They never cease, but run to and fro to seek help.

WES:

8:9 Gone up - Israel is like a wild ass. A wild ass - Stubborn, wild, untamed. Alone - Solitary, where is no path or tract; so they were in their captivity.

MHC:

8:5-10 They promised themselves plenty, peace, and victory, by worshipping idols, but their expectations came to nothing. What they sow has no stalk, no blade, or, if it have, the bud shall yield no fruit, there was nothing in them. The works of darkness are unfruitful; nay, the end of those things is death. The hopes of sinners will deceive them, and their gains will be snares. In times of danger, especially in the day of judgment, all carnal devices will fail. They take a course by themselves, and like a wild ass by himself, they will be the easier and surer prey for the lion. Man is in nothing more like the wild ass's colt, than in seeking for that succour and that satisfaction in the creature, which are to be had in God only. Though men may sorrow a little, yet if it is not after a godly sort, they will be brought to sorrow everlastingly.

CONC:

Alone Ass Asshur Assyria Donkey Ephraim E'phraim Herself Hired Lovers Money Sold Wandering Wild

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