Hosea 13:8

Hosea 13:8 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

8Like a bear robbed of her cubs,

I will attack them and rip them open;

like a lion I will devour them—

a wild animal will tear them apart.

8I will confront them like a bear deprived of her cubs,

And I will tear open 13:8 Lit the enclosure of their hearttheir chests;

I will also devour them there like a lioness,

As a wild animal would tear them to pieces.

8I will encounter them like a bear robbed of her cubs,

And I will tear open their chests;

There I will also devour them like a lioness,

As a wild beast would tear them.

8I will encounter them like a bear robbed of her cubs,

And I will tear open their chests;

There I will also devour them like a lioness,

As a wild beast would tear them.

8Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them,

and I will tear open their chests.

There I will devour them like a lion,

like a wild beast tearing them apart.

8I will attack them like a bear

that is robbed of her cubs.

I will rip them wide open.

Like a lion I will eat them up.

Like a wild animal I will tear them apart.