Hosea 9:12

Hosea 9:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)Even if they rear children, I will bereave them of every one. Woe to them when I turn away from them!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Even if they bring up children, I will bereave them till none is left. Woe to them when I depart from them!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!

Context of Hosea 9:12

10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first season: but they came to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves unto the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved. 11As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception. 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! 13Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer. 14Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

Hosea 9:12 word by word

כִּ֤י אִם־יְגַדְּלוּ֙ אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֔ם וְשִׁכַּלְתִּ֖ים מֵֽאָדָ֑ם כִּֽי־גַם־א֥וֹי לָהֶ֖ם בְּשׂוּרִ֥י מֵהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Thoughכִּי [אם]kîy · that if: exceptH3588
• bringגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431
• childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• bereaveשָׁכֹלshâkôl · be bereavedH7921
• not[כִּי] אם'im · if: exceptH518
• manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• leftסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493
• yeaכִּיkîy · forH3588
• woeאוֹי'ôy · woe!H188
• departסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493

Cross-references for Hosea 9:12

• Hosea 9:13Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer.
• Deuteronomy 28:32Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nought in the power of thine hand.
• Deuteronomy 32:25Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; It shall destroy both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.
• Job 27:14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
• Jeremiah 15:7And I have fanned them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them of children, I have destroyed my people; they have not returned from their ways.
• Jeremiah 16:3For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land:
• Lamentations 2:20See, O LORD, and behold, to whom thou hast done thus! shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
• Numbers 26:65For 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 4:16But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not a man left.
• Hosea 9:5What will ye do in the day of solemn assembly, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?
• Hosea 7:13Woe unto them! for they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! for they have trespassed against me: though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
• Deuteronomy 31:17Then 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 come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?
• 1 Samuel 16:14Now the spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
• 1 Samuel 28:15And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
• 2 Kings 17:18Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.

Commentaries on Hosea 9:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Though they bring up their children - And were they even to have children, I would bereave them of them; for, when I depart from them, they shall have all manner of wretchedness and wo.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-17Verses 11-17 . God departs from a people, or from a person, when he withdraws his goodness and mercy from them; and when the Lord is departed, what can the creature do? Even though, for the present, good things seem to remain, yet the blessing is gone if God is gone. Even the children should perish with the parents. The Divine wrath dries up the root, and withers the fruit of all comforts; and the scattered Jews daily warn us to beware, lest we neglect or…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Even though they should rear their children, yet will I bereave them (the Ephraimites) of them (Job 27:14). woe ... to them when I depart--Yet the ungodly in their madness desire God to depart from them (Job 21:14; 22:17; Mt 8:34). At last they know to their cost how awful it is when God has departed (De 31:17; 1Sa 28:15, 16; compare Ho 9:11; 1Sa 4:21).Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 9:12

• Backsliders
• Bereavement
• Holy Spirit
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Cornfloor
• Deeply
• Depart
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• Miscarrying
• Bring
• Hosea
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Commentaries on Hosea 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings