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Hosea 8:9

9 For they have gone up to aAssyria,

Like ba wild donkey all alone;

Ephraim has chired 1lovers.

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Hosea 8:9 — The New International Version (NIV)

For they have gone up to Assyria

like a wild donkey wandering alone.

Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.

Hosea 8:9 — English Standard Version (ESV)

For they have gone up to Assyria,

a wild donkey wandering alone;

Ephraim has hired lovers.

Hosea 8:9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself:

Ephraim hath hired lovers.

Hosea 8:9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Like a wild donkey looking for a mate,

they have gone up to Assyria.

The people of Israel have sold themselves—

sold themselves to many lovers.

Hosea 8:9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

For they have gone up to Assyria,

Like a wild donkey alone by itself;

Ephraim has hired lovers.

Hosea 8:9 — New Century Version (NCV)

Israel is like a wild donkey all by itself.

They have run to Assyria;

They have hired other nations to protect them.

Hosea 8:9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Hosea 8:9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Hosea 8:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

“The people of Israel went to Assyria. 

They were like wild donkeys wandering off alone. 

The people of Ephraim sold themselves to their lovers. 

Hosea 8:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

For they have gone up to Assyria

like a wild donkey going off on its own.

Ephraim has paid for love.

Hosea 8:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

For they have gone up to Assyria,

a wild ass wandering alone;

Ephraim has bargained for lovers.

Hosea 8:9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

For they have gone up to Assyria,

a wild donkey alone to itself;

Ephraim has sold itself for lovers.

Hosea 8:9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

They have gone up to Assyria for help.

They are like a wild donkey

that wanders around by itself.

Ephraim’s people have sold themselves

to their Assyrian lovers.


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