Hosea 5:12

In 11 translations

BSB

So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.

KJV

Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.rottenness: or, a worm

WEB

Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.

ASV

Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

LSV

And I [am] as a moth to Ephraim, || And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.

YLT

And I [am] as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.

DBY

And I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

DRC

And I will be like a moth to Ephraim: and like rottenness to the house of Juda.

GNV

Therefore wil I be vnto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Iudah as a rottennesse.

JPS

Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

LXXE

Therefore I will be as consternation to Ephraim, and as a goad to the house of Juda.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַאֲנִ֥י כָעָ֖שׁ לְאֶפְרָ֑יִם וְכָרָקָ֖ב לְבֵ֥ית יְהוּדָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐγὼ ὡς ταραχὴ τῷ Ἐφραὶμ, καὶ ὡς κέντρον τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰούδα.

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• Isaiah 51:8For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
• Job 13:28So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
• Jonah 4:7When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
• Mark 9:43–48If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire. If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for…
• Isaiah 50:9Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.
• Proverbs 12:4A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.

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