Parallel Verses
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].
New American Standard Bible
Ephraim has become a cake not turned.
King James Version
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is 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.
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 like an oven
And they consume their judges (rulers);
All their kings have fallen.
There is no one among them who calls to Me.
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].
Strangers have devoured his strength,
Yet he does not know it;
Gray hairs are sprinkled on him,
Yet he does not know.
Cross References
Psalm 106:35
But they mingled with the [idolatrous] nations
And learned their ways,
Hosea 5:13
When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah his wound,
Then Ephraim went to Assyria [instead of the Lord]
And sent to [Assyria’s] great King Jareb [for help].
But he cannot heal you
Nor will he cure you of your wound [received in judgment].
1 Kings 18:21
Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you
Ezra 9:1
When these things were completed, the officials came to me and said, “The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, but have committed the repulsive acts of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.
Ezra 9:12
So now do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons; and never seek their peace or their prosperity, so that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and leave it as an inheritance to your children forever.’
Nehemiah 13:23-25
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
Ezekiel 23:4-11
Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister, and they became Mine and they gave birth to sons and daughters. And as for [the identity of] their names, Oholah is Samaria (capital city of
Hosea 5:7
They have dealt treacherously against the Lord,
For they have borne illegitimate (pagan) children.
Now the
Hosea 8:2-4
Then they will cry out to Me,
“My God, we of Israel know You!”
Hosea 9:3
They will not remain in the land of the Lord,
But Ephraim will return to [another] Egypt [in bondage]
And they will eat [ceremonially] unclean food in Assyria.
Zephaniah 1:5
And those who bow down and worship the host of heaven [the sun, the moon, and the stars]
And those who bow down and swear [oaths] to [and pretend to worship] the Lord and [yet also] swear by [the pagan god called] Milcom [god of the Ammonites],
Malachi 2:11
Judah has been treacherous (disloyal), and an repulsive act has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
Matthew 6:24
Revelation 3:15-16