Hosea 13:10

Hosea 13:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
• New International Version (NIV)Where is your king, that he may save you? Where are your rulers in all your towns, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities? Where are all your rulers— those of whom you said, "Give me a king and princes"?
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will be your King; Where is any other, That he may save you in all your cities? And your judges to whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?

Context of Hosea 13:10

8I will meet them like a bear robbed of her cubs, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lioness. A beast of the field will rip them to shreds. 9It has corrupted you, O Israel, for you are against Me— against your Helper! Where then is your king? So, will he save you in all your cities? Or your judges, to whom you said: ‘Give me a king and princes!’ 11I give you a king in My anger, and take him away in My wrath. 12Ephraim is bound by iniquity; his sin is treasured up.

Hosea 13:10 word by word

אֱהִ֤י מַלְכְּךָ֙ אֵפ֔וֹא וְיוֹשִֽׁיעֲךָ֖ בְּכָל־עָרֶ֑יךָ וְשֹׁ֣פְטֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔רְתָּ תְּנָה־לִּ֖י מֶ֥לֶךְ וְשָׂרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I willאֱהִי'ĕhîy · where?H165
• be thy kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• whereאֵפוֹ'êphô 'êphô' · thenH645
• that may saveיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
• thee in all thy citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and thy judgesשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• of whom thou saidstאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• and princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269

Cross-references for Hosea 13:10

• 2 Kings 17:4But the king of Assyria caught Hoshea conspiring—he had sent messengers to King So of Egypt, and had not paid the tribute to the king of Assyria as he had done every year. Therefore the king of Assyria seized him and put him in prison.
• Psalms 10:16Adonai is King forever and ever! Nations will be wiped off His land.
• Psalms 44:4For it was not by their own sword that they took possession of the land, nor did their own arm save them. But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face— for You favored them.
• Psalms 47:6God is gone up amidst shouting, Adonai amidst the sound of the shofar.
• Psalms 74:12Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the land.
• Psalms 89:18For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
• Psalms 149:2Let Israel rejoice in its Maker. Let the children of Zion be glad in their King.
• Isaiah 33:22For Adonai is our Judge, Adonai is our Lawgiver, Adonai is our King— He will save us!
• Isaiah 43:15I am Adonai, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”
• Jeremiah 8:19Listen, the sound of the cry of the daughter of my people —a voice from a distant land— “Is Adonai no longer in Zion? Is her King no longer in her?” “Why have they provoked Me with their graven images, with foreign idols?”
• Zechariah 14:9Adonai will then be King over all the earth. In that day Adonai will be Echad and His Name Echad.
• John 1:49“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are Ben-Elohim! You are the King of Israel!”
• Hosea 13:4“Yet I have been Adonai your God since the land of Egypt. You should know no God but Me, and there is no Savior apart from Me.
• Hosea 10:3Surely now they will say: “We have no king, for we have not feared Adonai. The king—what can he do for us?”
• Deuteronomy 32:37He will say, ‘Where are their gods, the “rock” they took refuge in?
• Jeremiah 2:28Where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them come—if they can save you when you are in trouble! For you have as many gods as y0u have cities, O Judah.

Commentaries on Hosea 13:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Give me a king and princes? - Referring to the time in which they cast off the Divine theocracy and chose Saul in the place of Jehovah.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10I will be thy King - (literally, “I would be” thy King) Where is any other that, etc. A better translation would be: “Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities; and thy judges, of whom thou saidst, give me a king and princes.” As Israel was under Samuel, such it remained. “Then” it mistrusted God, and looked to man for help, saying, “Nay, but we will have a king over us, that we also may be like other nations, and that our king may…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 Israel had destroyed himself by his rebellion; but he could not save himself, his help was from the Lord only. This may well be applied to the case of spiritual redemption, from that lost state into which all have fallen by wilful sins. God often gives in displeasure what we sinfully desire. It is the happiness of the saints, that, whether God gives or takes away, all is in love. But it is the misery of the wicked, that, whether God gives or…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Where is your king: When Hoshea's alliance with Egypt failed (see Hosea 12:1), he attempted to make peace with Assyria. However, they captured and imprisoned him (2 Kings 17:4). The Israelites had depended on their armies and kings for salvation instead of the Lord, and now no one could save them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. I will be thy king; where--rather, as the Margin and the Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, "Where now is thy king?" [Maurer]. English Version is, however, favored both by the Hebrew, by the antithesis between Israel's self-chosen and perishing kings, and God, Israel's abiding King (compare Ho 3:4, 5). where ... Give me a king--Where now is the king whom ye substituted in My stead? Neither Saul, whom the whole nation begged for, not contented with Me their…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Hosea 13

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings