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BrLXX ἐγὼ ἔγνων τὸν Ἐφραὶμ, καὶ Ἰσραὴλ οὐκ ἀπέστη ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ· διότι νῦν ἐξεπόρνευσεν Ἐφραὶμ, ἐμιάνθη Ἰσραήλ.
(egō egnōn ton Efraim, kai Israaʸl ouk apestaʸ apʼ emou; dioti nun exeporneusen Efraim, emianthaʸ Israaʸl. )

BrTr I know Ephraim, and Israel is not far from me: for now Ephraim has gone grievously a-whoring, Israel is defiled.

ULT I know Ephraim,
⇔ and Israel is not hidden from me;
⇔ for now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot;
⇔ Israel is defiled.

UST You, the people in Ephraim, the center of Israel—I know you.
⇔ I know very well what you are like, you people of Israel.
⇔ You people in Ephraim, you have acted like prostitutes.
⇔ Yes, you people in Israel are polluted.

BSB I know all about Ephraim,[fn]
⇔ and Israel is not hidden from Me.
⇔ For now, O Ephraim,
⇔ you have turned to prostitution;
⇔ Israel is defiled.

5:3 That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verses 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, and 14

OEB I know Ephraim,
⇔ Israel is not hidden from me,
⇔ for you, Ephraim, have committed prostitution
⇔ and Israel is defiled.

WEBBE I know Ephraim,
⇔ and Israel is not hidden from me;
⇔ for now, Ephraim, you have played the prostitute.
⇔ Israel is defiled.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I know Ephraim all too well;
⇔ the evil of Israel is not hidden from me.
⇔ For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim;
⇔ Israel has defiled itself.

LSV I have known Ephraim,
And Israel has not been hid from Me,
For now you have gone whoring, Ephraim,
Israel is defiled.

FBV I know Ephraim very well, and Israel cannot hide from me, for now Ephraim is a prostitute and Israel is defiled.

T4T I know everything about the people of Israel;
⇔ nothing that they have done is hidden from me.
⇔ Because the people of Israel have given themselves to worshiping idols
⇔ like [MET] prostitutes give themselves to the men they sleep with,
⇔ they have become unacceptable to me.

LEB • and Israel is not hidden from me; • because now you have played the whore, O Ephraim— • Israel is defiled.

BBE I have knowledge of Ephraim, and Israel is not secret from me; for now, O Ephraim, you have been false to me, Israel has become unclean.

Moff ⇔ Well do I know Ephraim,
⇔ Israel is no secret to me
⇔ (you play the harlot, Ephraim,
⇔ Israel stains herself).

JPS I, even I, know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from Me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast committed harlotry, Israel is defiled.

ASV I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled.

DRA I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now Ephraim hath committed fornication, Israel is defiled.

YLT I have known Ephraim, And Israel hath not been hid from me, For now thou hast gone a-whoring, Ephraim, Defiled is Israel.

Drby I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, Ephraim, thou hast committed whoredom; Israel is defiled.

RV I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou hast committed whoredom, Israel is defiled.

Wbstr I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou art guilty of lewdness, and Israel is defiled.

KJB-1769 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
(I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou/you committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. )

KJB-1611 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whordome, and Israel is defiled.
(I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou/you committest whordome, and Israel is defiled.)

Bshps I knowe Ephraim well inough, and Israel is not hid fro me: for nowe O Ephraim thou art become an harlot, and Israel is defiled.
(I know Ephraim well enough, and Israel is not hid from me: for now O Ephraim thou/you art become an harlot, and Israel is defiled.)

Gnva I knowe Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for nowe, O Ephraim thou art become an harlot, and Israel is defiled.
(I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for nowe, O Ephraim thou/you art become an harlot, and Israel is defiled. )

Cvdl I knowe Ephraim well ynough, & Israel is not hyd fro me: for Ephraim is become an harlot, and Israel is defyled.
(I know Ephraim well enough, and Israel is not hid from me: for Ephraim is become an harlot, and Israel is defyled.)

Wycl Y knowe Effraym, and Israel is not hid fro me; for now Effraym dide fornicacioun, Israel is defoulid.
(I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now Ephraim did fornicacioun, Israel is defoulid.)

Luth Ich kenne Ephraim wohl, und Israel ist vor mir nicht verborgen, daß Ephraim nun eine Hure ist, und Israel ist unrein.
(I kenne Ephraim wohl, and Israel is before/in_front_of to_me not verborgen, that Ephraim now one Hure is, and Israel is unclean.)

ClVg Ego scio Ephraim, et Israël non est absconditus a me: quia nunc fornicatus est Ephraim; contaminatus est Israël.
(I scio Ephraim, and Israel not/no it_is absconditus from me: because now fornicatus it_is Ephraim; contaminatus it_is Israel. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

Yahweh is talking about Israel.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

(Occurrence 0) I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from me

(Some words not found in UHB: I I_know ʼEfrayim and,Israel not hidden from,me that/for/because/then/when now played_the_whore ʼEfrayim defiled Yisrael )

Here, “Ephraim” and “Israel” both refer to the whole northern kingdom of Israel, and represent the people who live there.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

(Occurrence 0) Ephraim, now you have become like a prostitute

(Some words not found in UHB: I I_know ʼEfrayim and,Israel not hidden from,me that/for/because/then/when now played_the_whore ʼEfrayim defiled Yisrael )

Ephraim is presented in terms of a prostitute because the people have become unfaithful to God, as a prostitute is faithful to no man.

Parallel HOS 5:3

General Information: