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Hosea 9:8

8 The lwatchman of Ephraim is with my God;

But the prophet is a 1fowler’s snare in all his ways—

Enmity in the house of his God.

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

The prophet, along with my God,

is the watchman over Ephraim,

yet snares await him on all his paths,

and hostility in the house of his God.

Hosea 9:8 — English Standard Version (ESV)

The prophet is the watchman of Ephraim with my God;

yet a fowler’s snare is on all his ways,

and hatred in the house of his God.

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

The watchman of Ephraim was with my God:

But the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways,

And hatred in the house of his God.

Hosea 9:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The prophet is a watchman over Israel for my God,

yet traps are laid for him wherever he goes.

He faces hostility even in the house of God.

Hosea 9:8 — New Century Version (NCV)

Is Israel a watchman?

Are God’s people prophets?

Everywhere Israel goes, traps are set for him.

He is an enemy in God’s house.

Hosea 9:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Ephraim was a watchman with my God: as for the prophet, a fowler’s snare is in all his ways, and enmity in the house of his God.

Hosea 9:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Is Ephraim a watchman with my God? nay the prophet is a fowler’s snare on all his ways, enmity in the house of his God.

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

Prophets are God’s watchmen over Ephraim. 

Yet, traps are set on every prophet’s path, 

and people are hostile in the temple of their God. 

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

Ephraim’s watchman is with my God.

The prophet encounters a fowler’s snare

on all his ways.

Hostility is in the house of his God!

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

The prophet is a sentinel for my God over Ephraim,

yet a fowler’s snare is on all his ways,

and hostility in the house of his God.

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

The prophet keeps watch over Ephraim for my God;

the snare of a fowler is on all his ways,

and hostility in the house of his God.

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

People of Ephraim, I’m a true prophet.

My God is warning you through me.

But you set traps for me everywhere I go.

You hate me so much

you even wait for me in God’s house.

Hosea 9:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a prophet;

Yet the snare of a bird catcher is in all his ways,

And there is only hostility in the house of his God.


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