Hosea 9:12
New International Version
Even if they rear children, I will bereave them of every one. Woe to them when I turn away from them!

New Living Translation
Even if you do have children who grow up, I will take them from you. It will be a terrible day when I turn away and leave you alone.

English Standard Version
Even if they bring up children, I will bereave them till none is left. Woe to them when I depart from them!

Berean Standard Bible
Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!

King James Bible
Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

New King James Version
Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!

New American Standard Bible
Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them of their children until not a person is left. Yes, woe to them indeed when I depart from them!

NASB 1995
Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them until not a man is left. Yes, woe to them indeed when I depart from them!

NASB 1977
Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them until not a man is left. Yes, woe to them indeed when I depart from them!

Legacy Standard Bible
Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them until not a man is left. Surely, woe to them indeed when I depart from them!

Amplified Bible
Even though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them until not one is left. Indeed, woe (judgment is coming) to them when I look away and withdraw [My blessing] from them!

Christian Standard Bible
Even if they raise children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Even if they raise children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!

American Standard Version
Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, so that not a man shall be left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Even if they shall raise children I shall bereave them of children of men, because woe to them, I have vengeance of them!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For even if they should rear their children, yet shall they be utterly bereaved: wherefore also there is woe to them, though my flesh is of them.

Contemporary English Version
Even if you do have children, I will take them all and leave you to mourn. I will turn away, and you will sink down in deep trouble.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And though they should bring up their children, I will make them without children among men: yea, and woe to them, when I shall depart from them.

English Revised Version
Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there be not a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Even if they bring up children, I will take those children away before they grow up. Yes, how horrible it will be for them when I leave them.

Good News Translation
But even if they did bring up children, I would take them away and not leave one alive. When I abandon these people, terrible things will happen to them."

International Standard Version
Even if they rear their children, I will, in turn, make them childless— in fact, woe to them when I turn away from them!

JPS Tanakh 1917
Yea, though they bring up their children, Yet will I bereave them, that there be not a man left; Yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

Literal Standard Version
For though they nourish their sons, I have made them childless—without man, | Surely also, woe to them when I turn aside from them.

Majority Standard Bible
Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!

New American Bible
Even though they bring up their children, I will make them childless, until no one is left. Indeed, woe to them when I turn away from them!

NET Bible
Even if they raise their children, I will take away every last one of them. Woe to them! For I will turn away from them.

New Revised Standard Version
Even if they bring up children, I will bereave them until no one is left. Woe to them indeed when I depart from them!

New Heart English Bible
Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yes, woe also to them when I depart from them!

World English Bible
Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them, so that not a man shall be left. Indeed, woe also to them when I depart from them!

Young's Literal Translation
For though they nourish their sons, I have made them childless -- without man, Surely also, woe to them, when I turn aside from them.

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Context
Hosea Announces Israel's Punishment
11Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception. 12Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them! 13I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:17
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, 'Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?'

Jeremiah 6:8
Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant."

Jeremiah 15:7
I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.

Hosea 7:13
Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.

Malachi 2:12
As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware--even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts.


Treasury of Scripture

Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yes, woe also to them when I depart from them!

yet.

Hosea 9:13,16
Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer…

Deuteronomy 28:32,41,42
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand…

Deuteronomy 32:25
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

not.

Numbers 26:65
For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Judges 4:16
But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.

woe.

Hosea 9:5,6
What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD? …

Hosea 7:13
Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

Deuteronomy 31:17
Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

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Hosea 9
1. The distress and captivity of Israel for their sins.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Even
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

if
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

they raise
יְגַדְּלוּ֙ (yə·ḡad·də·lū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1431: To grow up, become great

their children,
בְּנֵיהֶ֔ם (bə·nê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

I will bereave them
וְשִׁכַּלְתִּ֖ים (wə·šik·kal·tîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7921: To miscarry, suffer abortion, to bereave

of each one.
מֵֽאָדָ֑ם (mê·’ā·ḏām)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

Yes,
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

woe [be]
א֥וֹי (’ō·w)
Interjection
Strong's 188: Lamentation, Oh!

to them
לָהֶ֖ם (lā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

when I turn away
בְּשׂוּרִ֥י (bə·śū·rî)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5493: To turn aside

from them!
מֵהֶֽם׃ (mê·hem)
Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They


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