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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.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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.

Moff 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.

Drby 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.

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

KJB-1769 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

KJB-1611 I taught Ephraim also to goe, taking them by their armes: but they knew not that I healed them.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps 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 arms: but they knew not that I healed them.)

Gnva 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 arms: but they knew not that I healed them. )

Cvdl 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 arms, but they regarded not me, that would have helped them.)

Wycl 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 Ephraim bare them in mine arms, and they wisten not, that I kept them.)

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

ClVg 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 mine, and nescierunt that curarem them. )