Verse List for HOS 9:8

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OET (OET-RV) The prophet is the watchman over Efrayim/Yisrael with my god, ⇔ but the bird-catcher’s traps are on all of his paths, ⇔ and there’s hostility in his god’s house.

OET-LV ʼEfrayim was_a _watchman with god _of_my a _prophet a _trap _of a _fowler is_on all _of ways _of_his animosity in_house _of his/its_god.

ULT The watcher of Ephraim, is with my God; ⇔  as for the prophet, a snare of a fowler, is on all his ways; ⇔  hostility, is in the house of his God.

UST Prophets watch over the people of Ephraim because my God told them to do so, ⇔  but people set traps for them everywhere they go. ⇔  People are hostile to them, even in the temple of their God.

BSB & MSB The prophet is Ephraim ’s watchman, ⇔  along with my God,[fn] ⇔ [yet] the snare of the fowler [lies] on all his paths. ⇔  Hostility is in the house of his God!

OEB Ephraim acts the spy with my God, ⇔ a prophet finds the snares of a fowler are in all his ways. ⇔ In the house of his God they lay hostile plots,

WEBBE & WMBB A prophet watches over Ephraim with my God. ⇔  A fowler’s snare is on all of his paths, ⇔  and hostility in the house of his God.

NET The prophet is a watchman over Ephraim on behalf of God, ⇔ yet traps are laid for him along all of his paths; ⇔ animosity rages against him in the land of his God.

LSV Ephraim is looking [away] from My God,
The prophet! A snare of a fowler [is] over all his ways,
Hatred [is] in the house of his God.

FBV The watchman over Ephraim is with my God, and a prophet is a birdcatcher's snare on all his ways.[fn] Hatred is in the house of his God

T4T My God appointed me and the other prophets ⇔  to be like [MET] watchmen to warn you people of Israel, ⇔ but everywhere that we go, it is as though people set traps for us ⇔  and people are hostile to us, even in the temple of our God.

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.

BBE There is great hate against the watchman of Ephraim, the people of my God; as for the prophet, there is a net in all his ways, and hate in the house of his God.

Moff The prophet is God’s watchman, ⇔ placed over Ephraim, ⇔ and yet his paths are snared; ⇔ within the temple of his God ⇔ men are hostile to him!–

JPS Ephraim is 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.

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.

DRA The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: the prophet is become a snare of ruin upon all his ways, madness is in the house of his God.

YLT Ephraim is looking [away] from My God, The prophet! a snare of a fowler [is] over all his ways, Hatred [is] in the house of his God.

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

RV 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.

SLT The watchman of Ephraim with God: the prophet the snare of a fowler upon all his ways; destruction in the house of his God.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.[fn]

KJB-1611 [fn]The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the Prophet is a snare of a fouler in all his wayes, and hatred in the house of his God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and footnotes)

Bshps The watchman of Ephraim was with my God but the prophete is the snare of a fouler in all his wayes, and an abhomination in the house of his God.
(The watchman of Ephraim was with my God but the prophet is the snare of a fowler in all his ways, and an abomination/disgusting_thing in the house of his God.)

Gnva The watchman of Ephraim shoulde bee with my God: but the Prophet is the snare of a fouler in all his waies, and hatred in the House of his God.
(The watchman of Ephraim should be with my God: but the Prophet is the snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the House of his God.)

Cvdl Ephraim hath made himself a watchman of my God, a prophet yt is become a snare to do hurte in euery strete, and abhominacion in the house of his God.
(Ephraim hath/has made himself a watchman of my God, a prophet it is become a snare to do hurt in every street, and abomination/disgusting_thing in the house of his God.)

Wycl The biholdere of Effraym with my God is a profete; a snare of fallyng is maad now on alle the weies of hym, woodnesse is in the hous of his God.
(The beholder of Ephraim with my God is a prophet; a snare of falling is made now on all the ways of him, madness/wildness is in the house of his God.)

Luth Die Wächter in Ephraim hielten sich etwa an meinen GOtt; aber nun sind sie Propheten, die Stricke legen auf allen ihren Wegen durch die feindselige Abgötterei im Hause ihres Gottes.
(The watchman/keeper in Ephraim held/kept itself/yourself/themselves approximately at/to my God; but now are they/she/them prophet(s), the rope/cord place on/in/to all/everyone your(pl) ways/Because_of through the hostile idolatry in_the house(n) theirs/hers God’s.)

ClVg Speculator Ephraim cum Deo meo, propheta laqueus ruinæ factus est super omnes vias ejus; insania in domo Dei ejus.
(Speculator Ephraim when/with to_God mine, a_prophet trap fall/ruins became it_is over everyone ways/roads his/her; madness/insanity in/into/on at_home of_God his/her.)

UHB צֹפֶ֥ה אֶפְרַ֖יִם עִם־אֱלֹהָ֑⁠י נָבִ֞יא פַּ֤ח יָקוֹשׁ֙ עַל־כָּל־דְּרָכָ֔י⁠ו מַשְׂטֵמָ֖ה בְּ⁠בֵ֥ית אֱלֹהָֽי⁠ו׃ ‡

BrLXX Σκοπὸς Ἐφραὶμ μετὰ Θεοῦ· προφήτης παγὶς σκολιὰ ἐπὶ πάσας τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ, μανίαν ἐν οἴκῳ Θεοῦ κατέπηξαν.

BrTr The watchman of Ephraim was with God: the prophet is a crooked snare in all his ways: they have established madness in the house of God.