Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as a caterpillar.
New American Standard Bible
And like rottenness to the house of Judah.
King James Version
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Holman Bible
and like decay to the house of Judah.
International Standard Version
Therefore I will consume Ephraim like a moth, and the house of Judah as rottenness consumes.
A Conservative Version
Therefore I am to Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
American Standard Version
Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Amplified
Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim
And like dry rot to the house of Judah [in My judgment against them].
Bible in Basic English
And so to Ephraim I am like a wasting insect, and a destruction to the children of Judah.
Darby Translation
And I will be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Julia Smith Translation
And I as a moth to Ephraim, and as rottenness to the house of Judah.
King James 2000
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But I [am] like a maggot to Ephraim and like rottenness to the house of Judah.
Modern King James verseion
Therefore I am as a moth to Ephraim, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
NET Bible
I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah.
New Heart English Bible
Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
The Emphasized Bible
But, I, was like a moth, to Ephraim, - and like rotten wood to the house of Judah.
Webster
Therefore will I be to Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
World English Bible
Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I am as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.
Themes
Moth » Destructive of garments
Moths » Illustrative » Of God in the execution of his judgments
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 5:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Priests Are A Snare
11 Ephraim is oppressed, and can have no right of the law. For why? They follow the doctrines of men. 12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as a caterpillar. 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his disease: Ephraim went unto Assyria, and sent unto king Jareb: yet could not he help you, nor ease you of your pain.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 51:8
For worms shall eat them as a garment, and moths shall devour them as it were wool. But my righteousness shall continue ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
Job 13:28
Whereas I, notwithstanding, must consume like as a foul carrion, and as a cloth that is moth eaten.
Proverbs 12:4
A steadfast woman is a crown unto her husband; but she that behaveth herself dishonestly is a corruption in his bones.
Isaiah 50:9
Behold, the LORD God standeth by me: what is he that can condemn me? Lo, they shall be all like as an old cloth, which the moths shall eat up.
Jonah 4:7
And the LORD ordained a worm against the spring of the morrow morning which smote the wild vine that it withered away.
Mark 9:43-48
Wherefore, if thy hand offend thee, cut him off. It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than to go, having two hands, into hell: into fire that never shall be quenched,