Hosea 13:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs; I will tear their hearts open. There I will devour them like a lion; a wild beast will rip them apart.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    I will meet{H6298} them as a bear{H1677} that is bereaved{H7909} of her whelps, and will rend{H7167} the caul{H5458} of their heart;{H3820} and there will I devour{H398} them like a lioness;{H3833} the wild{H7704} beast{H2416} shall tear{H1234} them.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    I will meet{H6298}{(H8799)} them as a bear{H1677} that is bereaved{H7909} of her whelps, and will rend{H7167}{(H8799)} the caul{H5458} of their heart{H3820}, and there will I devour{H398}{(H8799)} them like a lion{H3833}: the wild{H7704} beast{H2416} shall tear{H1234}{(H8762)} them.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    I wil come vpon them as a she beer, that is robbed of hir welpes, and I wil breake that stubburne herte of theirs. There wil I deuoure them as a lyon: yee the wylde beastes shal teare them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    I will meete them, as a beare that is robbed of her whelpes, and I will breake the kall of their heart, and there will I deuoure them like a lion: the wilde beast shall teare them.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    I wyll meete them as a she beare that is robbed of her whelpes, and I wyll breake that stubburne heart of theirs, there wyll I deuour them like a lion, yea the wylde beastes shall teare them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    I will meet them as a bear [that is] bereaved [of her whelps], and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, And will tear the covering of their heart. And there I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lioness; the wild beast shall tear them.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    I will come face to face with them like a bear whose young ones have been taken from her, and their inmost hearts will be broken; there the dogs will make a meal of them; they will be wounded by the beasts of the field.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs– I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion– like a wild animal would tear them apart.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Sam 17:8 : 8 For, said Hushai, you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and are angry in their minds, as a bear robbed of her cubs in the field: and your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
  • Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
  • Ps 80:13 : 13 The boar out of the woods destroys it, and the wild beasts of the field devour it.
  • Prov 17:12 : 12 Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.
  • Isa 5:29 : 29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yes, they shall roar, and seize the prey, and shall carry it away safely, and none shall deliver it.
  • Isa 56:9 : 9 All you beasts of the field, come to devour, yes, all you beasts in the forest.
  • Jer 12:9 : 9 My heritage is to Me like a speckled bird; the birds all around are against her. Come, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
  • Amos 9:1-3 : 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar, and he said, Strike the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake; and cut them in the head, all of them. I will slay the last of them with the sword; he who flees from them shall not flee away, and he who escapes of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, from there my hand will take them; though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down. 3 And though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea, from there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.

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