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Hosea 9:8

The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.

KJV

Speculator Ephraim cum Deo meo, propheta laqueus ruinæ factus est super omnes vias ejus ; insania in domo Dei ejus.

Vulgate

σκοπὸς Ἐφράιμ μετὰ θεοῦ· προφήτης, παγὶς σκολιὰ ἐπὶ πάσας τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ· μανίαν ἐν οἴκῳ θεοῦ κατέπηξαν.

LXX

Ephraim was a watchman with my God: as for the prophet, a fowler’s snare is in all his ways, and enmity in the house of his God.

ASV

צֹפֶ֥ה אֶפְרַ֖יִם עִם אֱלֹהָ֑/י נָבִ֞יא פַּ֤ח יָקוֹשׁ֙ עַל כָּל דְּרָכָ֔י/ו מַשְׂטֵמָ֖ה בְּ/בֵ֥ית אֱלֹהָֽי/ו

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Ephraim

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶפְרַ֔יִם
'prym
proper_noun · 179×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
יָקוֹשׁ֙
yqvsh
noun · 1×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַשְׂטֵמָֽה
mshtmh
noun · 2×
נָּבִ֖יא
nby'
noun · 316×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פָּ֑ח
pch
noun · 27×
צֹּפֶה֙
tsph
verb · 37×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 2:1 — But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring up
  • Ezek 3:17 — Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
  • Ezek 33:7 — So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
  • Hos 5:1 — Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
  • Hos 5:1 — Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
  • Isa 62:6 — I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
  • John 15:24 — If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
  • Mic 7:4 — The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
  • Ps 91:3 — Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.