Hosea 8:11

In 11 translations

BSB

Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.

KJV

Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

WEB

Because Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning, they became for him altars for sinning.

ASV

Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning.

LSV

Because Ephraim multiplied altars to sin, || They have been to him altars to sin.

YLT

Because Ephraim did multiply altars to sin, They have been to him altars to sin.

DBY

Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

DRC

Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin: altars are become to him unto sin.

GNV

Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sinne, his altars shalbe to sinne.

JPS

For Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, yea, altars have been unto him to sin.

LXXE

Because Ephraim has multiplied altars, his beloved altars are become sins to him.

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WLC

כִּֽי־הִרְבָּ֥ה אֶפְרַ֛יִם מִזְבְּחֹ֖ת לַחֲטֹ֑א הָיוּ־ל֥וֹ מִזְבְּח֖וֹת לַחֲטֹֽא׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι ἐπλήθυνεν Ἐφραὶμ θυσιαστήρια, εἰς ἁμαρτίας ἐγένοντο αὐτῷ θυσιαστήρια ἠγαπημένα.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hosea 12:11Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.
• Isaiah 10:10–11As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria, and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?”
• Deuteronomy 4:28And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
• Jeremiah 16:13So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
• Hosea 10:1–2Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars. Their hearts are devious;…
• Hosea 10:8The high places of Aven will be destroyed— it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

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