Verse List for HOS 8:9

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OET (OET-RV) because they’ve gone up to Assyria—a wild donkey all alone. ⇔ Efrayim/Yisrael has hired lovers for herself.

OET-LV If/because they they _have _gone _up ʼAshshūr a _wild _donkey isolated to_him/it ʼEfrayim they _have _hired loves[fn][fn][fn]

ULT For they, they have gone up to Assyria, ⇔  a wild donkey alone by itself. ⇔ Ephraim has hired lovers.

UST Indeed, the Israelites have gone to Assyria ⇔  like a lonely wild donkey looking for a mate. ⇔ The people of Ephraim have paid other nations to be their allies.

BSB & MSB For they have gone up to Assyria ⇔  like a wild donkey on its own. ⇔  Ephraim[fn] has hired lovers.

OEB For by themselves they have gone up to Assyria ⇔ like a wild donkey which wanders by itself. ⇔ Ephraim pays for love

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

NET They have gone up to Assyria, ⇔ like a wild donkey that wanders off. ⇔ Ephraim has hired prostitutes as lovers.

LSV For they have gone up [to] Asshur,
A wild donkey alone by himself [is] Ephraim,
They have hired lovers!

FBV They have gone up to Assyria like a donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers.

T4T Like [MET] donkeys that are looking for mates, ⇔  they have requested help from Assyria; ⇔ they paid money to the leaders of Assyria ⇔  in order to persuade those leaders to protect them.

LEB • For they have gone up to Assyria,
• a wild donkey alone to itself;
• Ephraim has sold itself for lovers.

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

Moff They have gone off to Assyria wilfully, ⇔ like a wild ass by himself; ⇔ they have offered love-gifts to Egypt.

JPS For they are gone up to Assyria, like 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.

DRA For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath given gifts to his lovers.

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

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

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

SLT For they went up to Assur, Ephraim a wild ass alone to himself: they hired those loving.

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

KJB-1769 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.[fn]
(For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath/has hired lovers.)

KJB-1611 [fn]For they are gone vp to Assyria, a wilde Asse alone by himselfe; Ephraim hath hired louers.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps For they haue gone vp to Assyria and are as a wilde asse solitarie by him selfe: Ephraim hath hired louers.
(For they have gone up to Assyria and are as a wild ass solitary by himself: Ephraim hath/has hired lovers.)

Gnva For they are gone vp to Asshur: they are as a wilde asse alone by himselfe: Ephraim hath hired louers.
(For they are gone up to Asshur: they are as a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath/has hired lovers.)

Cvdl Sens they went vp to the Assirians, they are become like a wylde asse in the deserte. Ephraim geueth rewardes to get louers,
(Since they went up to the Assirians, they are become like a wild ass in the desert. Ephraim giveth/gives rewards to get lovers,)

Wycl for thei stieden to Assur. Effraym is a wielde asse, solitarie to hym silf. Thei yauen yiftis to louyeris;
(for they stayed to Assur. Ephraim is a wild ass, solitary to himself. They gave gifts to lovers;)

Luth darum daß sie hinauf zum Assur laufen wie ein Wild in der Irre. Ephraim schenkt den Buhlern und gibt den Heiden Tribut.
(therefore that they/she/them up for_the Assur run(v) as/like a Wild in the/of_the lunatic/crazy_(one). Ephraim gives the suitors and gives the heathens tribute.)

ClVg Quia ipsi ascenderunt ad Assur, onager solitarius sibi; Ephraim munera dederunt amatoribus.
(Because themselves they_went_up to Assur, onager solitary/alone to_himself; Ephraim gifts they_gave lovers.)

UHB כִּֽי־הֵ֨מָּה֙ עָל֣וּ אַשּׁ֔וּר פֶּ֖רֶא בּוֹדֵ֣ד ל֑⁠וֹ אֶפְרַ֖יִם הִתְנ֥וּ אֲהָבִֽים ‡

BrLXX ὅτι αὐτοὶ ἀνέβησαν εἰς Ἀσσυρίους· ἀνέθαλε καθʼ ἑαυτὸν Ἐφραίμ· δῶρα ἠγάπησαν,

BrTr For they have gone up to the Assyrians: Ephraim has been strengthened against himself; they loved gifts.