Parallel Verses
King James Version
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
New American Standard Bible
Ephraim has become a cake not turned.
Holman Bible
Ephraim is unturned bread baked on a griddle.
International Standard Version
"Ephraim compromises with the nations; he's a half-baked cake.
A Conservative Version
Ephraim, he mixes himself among the peoples. Ephraim is a cake not turned.
American Standard Version
Ephraim, he mixeth himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Amplified
Ephraim mixes himself with the [Gentile] nations [seeking favor with one country, then another];
Ephraim is a cake not turned [worthless; ready to be thrown away].
Bible in Basic English
Ephraim is mixed with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Darby Translation
Ephraim, he mixeth himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Julia Smith Translation
Ephraim will mingle himself among my people; Ephraim was a cake not turned.
King James 2000
Ephraim, he has mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Ephraim mixes himself with the nations; Ephraim is a bread cake not turned over.
Modern King James verseion
Ephraim mixed himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore must Ephraim be mixed among the Heathen. Ephraim is become like a cake that no man turneth:
NET Bible
Ephraim has mixed itself like flour among the nations; Ephraim is like a ruined cake of bread that is scorched on one side.
New Heart English Bible
Ephraim, he mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.
The Emphasized Bible
As for Ephraim! with the peoples, hath he been mingling himself, - Ephraim, is a cake not turned.
Webster
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
World English Bible
Ephraim, he mixes himself among the nations. Ephraim is a pancake not turned over.
Youngs Literal Translation
Ephraim! among peoples he mixeth himself, Ephraim hath been a cake unturned.
Interlinear
'Ephrayim
אפרים
'Ephrayim
Usage: 180
Balal
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 7:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ephraim's Guilt
7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. 8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
Cross References
Psalm 106:35
But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
1 Kings 18:21
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
Ezra 9:1
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
Ezra 9:12
Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
Nehemiah 13:23-25
In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
Ezekiel 23:4-11
And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.
Hosea 5:7
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
Hosea 8:2-4
Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
Hosea 9:3
They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
Zephaniah 1:5
And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
Malachi 2:11
Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Revelation 3:15-16
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.