Hosea 6:4
What shall I do with you, Ephraim? What shall I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning cloud, like the dew that disappears early.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
KJV1611 – Modern English
O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? for your goodness is like a morning cloud, and as the early dew it vanishes.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
O Ephraim,{H669} what shall I do{H6213} unto thee? O Judah,{H3063} what shall I do{H6213} unto thee? for your goodness{H2617} is as a morning{H1242} cloud,{H6051} and as the dew{H2919} that goeth early{H7925} away.{H1980}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
O Ephraim{H669}, what shall I do{H6213}{(H8799)} unto thee? O Judah{H3063}, what shall I do{H6213}{(H8799)} unto thee? for your goodness{H2617} is as a morning{H1242} cloud{H6051}, and as the early{H7925}{(H8688)} dew{H2919} it goeth away{H1980}{(H8802)}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
O Ephraim, what shal I do vnto the? O Iuda, how shal I intreate the? seynge youre loue is like a mornynge cloude, & like a dew yt goeth early awaye.
Geneva Bible (1560)
O Ephraim, what shall I doe vnto thee? O Iudah, how shall I intreate thee? for your goodnesse is as a morning cloude, and as the morning dewe it goeth away.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
O Ephraim, what shall I do vnto thee? O Iuda, howe shall I intreate thee? for your goodnesse is lyke a morning cloude, & like a deawe that goeth early away.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
¶ O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness [is] as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
Webster's Bible (1833)
"Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, And like the dew that disappears early.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, O Judah? Your goodness `is' as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early -- going.
American Standard Version (1901)
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.
American Standard Version (1901)
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth early away.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
O Ephraim, what am I to do to you? O Judah, what am I to do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew which goes early away.
World English Bible (2000)
"Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Transitory Faithfulness and Imminent Judgment What am I going to do with you, O Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, O Judah? For your faithfulness is as fleeting as the morning mist; it disappears as quickly as dawn’s dew!
Referenced Verses
- Hos 11:8 : 8 How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I surrender you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is changed within Me; My compassion grows warm and tender.
- Hos 13:3 : 3 Therefore, they will be like the morning cloud, like dew that vanishes early, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, and like smoke escaping through a window.
- Ps 78:34-37 : 34 When He killed them, they sought Him; they repented and earnestly sought God. 35 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God their Redeemer. 36 But they deceived Him with their mouths and lied to Him with their tongues. 37 Their hearts were not faithful to Him, nor were they loyal to His covenant.
- Ps 106:12-13 : 12 Then they believed His words; they sang His praise. 13 But they quickly forgot His works; they did not wait for His counsel.
- Isa 5:3-4 : 3 Now then, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. 4 What more could I have done for my vineyard than I have already done? Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes, did it yield only wild ones?
- Jer 3:10 : 10 In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart, but only in pretense, declares the LORD.
- Jer 3:19 : 19 I myself said, “How gladly would I treat you like my children and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.” I thought you would call me 'Father' and not turn away from following me.
- Jer 5:7 : 7 How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by false gods. I satisfied them, but they committed adultery and gathered at the houses of prostitutes.
- Jer 5:9 : 9 Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not take vengeance on a nation like this?
- Jer 5:23 : 23 But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; they have turned aside and gone away.
- Jer 9:7 : 7 Their tongues are a sharpened arrow; deceit pours from their mouths. They speak peace to their neighbor, but in their hearts, they set up an ambush.
- Jer 34:15 : 15 Recently, you repented and did what is right in my sight by proclaiming freedom, each man for his neighbor. You made a covenant before me in the house where my name is called upon.
- Matt 13:21 : 21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
- Luke 13:7-9 : 7 He said to the gardener, 'For three years I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?' 8 'Sir,' the gardener replied, 'leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it.' 9 If it bears fruit next year, fine! But if not, then cut it down.'
- Luke 19:41-42 : 41 As he approached and saw the city, he wept over it. 42 He said, 'If you had known on this day, even you, the things that would bring you peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.'
- 2 Pet 2:20-22 : 20 For if, after escaping the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 Of them the true proverb has come true: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and, "A sow that is washed returns to wallowing in the mud."
- Judg 2:18-19 : 18 Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived. For the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them. 19 But when the judge died, they returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their ancestors, following other gods, serving them, and bowing down to them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
- Hos 7:1 : 1 Whenever I would heal Israel, the guilt of Ephraim is exposed, along with the wickedness of Samaria. They practice falsehood; thieves break in, and bandits raid outside.
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