Hosea 10:11

Hosea 10:11 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

11Ephraim is a trained heifer

that loves to thresh;

so I will put a yoke

on her fair neck.

I will drive Ephraim,

Judah must plow,

and Jacob must break up the ground.

11¶Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh,

10:11 Or But I put a yoke on her lovelyAnd I passed over her lovely neck;

I will harness Ephraim,

Judah will plow, Jacob will 10:11 I.e., pull a harrow, a farming deviceharrow for himself.

11Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh,

But I will come over her fair neck with a yoke;

I will harness Ephraim,

Judah will plow, Jacob will harrow for himself.

11¶Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to tread out the grain,

But I will come over her fair neck with a heavy yoke [for hard field work].

I will harness Ephraim;

Judah will plow and Jacob will harrow and rake for himself.

11Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh;

but I will place a yoke on her fair neck.

I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow,

and Jacob will break the hard ground.

11Ephraim was like a well-trained young cow.

It loved to thresh grain.

So I will put a yoke

on its pretty neck.

I will make Ephraim do hard work.

Judah also must plow.

So all the people of Jacob

must break up the ground.