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BSB It was I who taught Ephraim [fn] to walk,
⇔ taking them in My arms,
 ⇔ but they never realized
⇔ that it was I who healed them.

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OEB  ⇔ Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
 ⇔ taking them up in my arms,
 ⇔ but they did not know that I healed them.

WEB Yet I taught Ephraim to walk.
⇔ I took them by their arms,
⇔ but they didn’t know that I healed them.

MSG ^(1-9)“When Israel was only a child, I loved him.
  I called out, ‘My son!’—called him out of Egypt.
But when others called him,
  he ran off and left me.
He worshiped the popular sex gods,
  he played at religion with toy gods.
Still, I stuck with him. I led Ephraim.
  I rescued him from human bondage,
But he never acknowledged my help,
  never admitted that I was the one pulling his wagon,
That I lifted him, like a baby, to my cheek,
  that I bent down to feed him.
Now he wants to go back to Egypt or go over to Assyria—
  anything but return to me!
That’s why his cities are unsafe—the murder rate skyrockets
  and every plan to improve things falls to pieces.
My people are hell-bent on leaving me.
  They pray to god Baal for help.
  He doesn’t lift a finger to help them.
But how can I give up on you, Ephraim?
  How can I turn you loose, Israel?
How can I leave you to be ruined like Admah,
  devastated like luckless Zeboim?
I can’t bear to even think such thoughts.
  My insides churn in protest.
And so I’m not going to act on my anger.
  I’m not going to destroy Ephraim.
And why? Because I am God and not a human.
  I’m The Holy One and I’m here—in your very midst.

NET Yet it was I who led Ephraim,
 ⇔ I took them by the arm;
 ⇔ but they did not acknowledge
 ⇔ that I had healed them.

LSV And I have caused Ephraim to go on foot,
Taking them by their arms,
And they have not known that I strengthened them.

FBV I myself taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the hand,[fn] but they didn't realize I was the one who healed them.[fn]

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T4T The people of Israel were like a little boy [MET],
⇔ and it was as though it was I who taught them to walk,
⇔ holding them by their hands.
 ⇔ But they did not realize that it was I who was taking care of them.

LEB  •  I took them[fn] in my[fn] arms, •  but they did not know that I healed them.

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BBE But I was guiding Ephraim's footsteps; I took them up in my arms, but they were not conscious that I was ready to make them well.

MOF yet I taught Ephraim to walk,
 ⇔ holding them in my arms;

JPS And I, I taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

ASV Yet I taught Ephraim to walk; I took them on my arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

DRA And I was like a foster father to Ephraim, I carried them in my arms: and they knew not that I healed them.

YLT And I have caused Ephraim to go on foot, Taking them by their arms, And they have not known that I strengthened them.

DBY And I it was that taught Ephraim to walk, — He took them upon his arms, — but they knew not that I healed them.

RV Yet I taught Ephraim to go; I took them on my arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

WBS I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

KJB I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

BB I gaue to Ephraim one to leade him, who shoulde beare him in his armes: but they knew not that I healed them.
  (I gave to Ephraim one to leade him, who should bear him in his armes: but they knew not that I healed them.)

GNV I ledde Ephraim also, as one shoulde beare them in his armes: but they knewe not that I healed them.
  (I led Ephraim also, as one should bear them in his armes: but they knew not that I healed them. )

CB I lerned Ephraim to go, and bare them in myne armes, but they regarded not me, that wolde haue helped them.
  (I lerned Ephraim to go, and bare them in mine armes, but they regarded not me, that would have helped them.)

WYC And Y as a nursche of Effraym bare hem in myn armes, and thei wisten not, that Y kepte hem.
  (And I as a nursche of Effraym bare them in mine armes, and they wisten not, that I kepte them.)

LUT Ich nahm Ephraim bei seinen Armen und leitete ihn; aber sie merkten‘s nicht, wie ich ihnen half.
  (I took Ephraim bei his Armen and leitete ihn; but they/she/them merkten‘s not, like I ihnen half.)

CLV Et ego quasi nutritius Ephraim: portabam eos in brachiis meis, et nescierunt quod curarem eos.
  (And I as_if nutritius Ephraim: portabam them in brachiis meis, and nescierunt that curarem them. )

BRN Yet I bound the feet of Ephraim, I took him on my arm; but they knew not that I healed them.

BrLXX Καὶ ἐγὼ συνεπόδισα τὸν Ἐφραὶμ, ἀνέλαβον αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸν βραχίονά μου, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν ὅτι ἴαμαι αὐτούς.
  (Kai egō sunepodisa ton Efraim, anelabon auton epi ton braⱪiona mou, kai ouk egnōsan hoti iamai autous. )