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Hosea 5:3

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

KJV

Ego scio Ephraim, et Israël non est absconditus a me : quia nunc fornicatus est Ephraim ; contaminatus est Israël.

Vulgate

ἐγὼ ἔγνων τὸν Ἐφράιμ, καὶ Ἰσραὴλ οὐκ ἄπεστιν ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ. διότι νῦν ἐξεπόρνευσεν Ἐφράιμ, ἐμιάνθη Ἰσραήλ.

LXX

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

ASV

אֲנִי֙ יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֶפְרַ֔יִם וְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֹֽא נִכְחַ֣ד מִמֶּ֑/נִּי כִּ֤י עַתָּה֙ הִזְנֵ֣יתָ אֶפְרַ֔יִם נִטְמָ֖א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Ephraim

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶפְרַ֔יִם
'prym
proper_noun · 179×
זוֹנָ֔ה
zvnh
verb · 92×
טָמֵ֥א
tm'
verb · 162×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
נִכְחַ֣ד
nkchd
verb · 32×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 19:20 — For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
  • Amos 3:2 — You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
  • Deut 31:21 — And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I
  • Deut 33:17 — His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ep
  • Ezek 23:7 — Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself.
  • Heb 4:13 — Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
  • Hos 1:2 — The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from
  • Hos 6:10 — I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.