Hosea 9:14

In 11 translations

BSB

Give them, O LORD— what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!

KJV

Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.miscarrying: Heb. that casteth the fruit

WEB

Give them—Yahweh what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

ASV

Give them, O Jehovah—what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

LSV

Give to them, YHWH—what do You give? Give to them miscarrying womb, and dry breasts.

YLT

Give to them, Jehovah — what dost Thou give? Give to them miscarrying womb, and dry breasts.

DBY

Give them, Jehovah — what wilt thou give? — give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

DRC

Give them, O Lord. What wilt thou give them? Give them a womb without children, and dry breasts.

GNV

O Lord, giue them: what wilt thou giue them? giue them a baren wombe and drie breasts.

JPS

Give them, O LORD, whatsoever Thou wilt give; give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

LXXE

Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give them? a miscarrying womb, and dry breasts.

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Original-language editions

WLC

תֵּן־לָהֶ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה מַה־תִּתֵּ֑ן תֵּן־לָהֶם֙ רֶ֣חֶם מַשְׁכִּ֔יל וְשָׁדַ֖יִם צֹמְקִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Δὸς αὐτοῖς Κύριε, τί δώσεις αὐτοῖς; μήτραν ἀτεκνοῦσαν, καὶ μαστοὺς ξηρούς.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Luke 23:29Look, the days are coming when people will say, ‘Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and breasts that never nursed!’
• 1 Corinthians 7:26Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.
• Luke 21:23How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.
• Hosea 9:11Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
• Mark 13:17How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
• Job 21:10Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.
• Hosea 9:16Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
• Matthew 24:19How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!
• Hosea 9:13I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.

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