Hosea 8:7 — compare English translations
Compare translationsHosea 8:7 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כִּ֛י
kîy
H3588
that
ר֥וּחַ
rûwach
H7307
spirit
יִזְרָ֖עוּ
zâraʻ
H2232
to sow
וְסוּפָ֣תָה
çûwphâh
H5492
Suphah
יִקְצֹ֑רוּ
qâtsar
H7114
to be short
קָמָ֣ה
qâmâh
H7054
standing grain
אֵֽין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
ל֗וֹ
צֶ֚מַח
tsemach
H6780
sprout
בְּלִ֣י
bᵉlîy
H1097
without
יַֽעֲשֶׂה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
קֶּ֔מַח
qemach
H7058
flour
אוּלַ֣י
ʼûwlay
H194
perhaps
יַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
זָרִ֖ים
zûwr
H2114
to be strange
יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ
bâlaʻ
H1104
to swallow up
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World English Bible Public Domain
For they sow the wind, And they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.
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King James Version Public Domain
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For they sow wind, and they will reap a whirlwind; standing grain on which there is no head. It will not yield flour. If perhaps it yields, strangers will swallow it up.
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