Hosea 9:8

Hosea 9:8 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

8The prophet, along with my God,

is the watchman over Ephraim,9:8 Or The prophet is the watchman over Ephraim, / the people of my God

yet snares await him on all his paths,

and hostility in the house of his God.

8Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a prophet;

Yet the snare of a bird catcher is in all his ways,

And there is only 9:8 Or persecutionhostility in the house of his God.

8Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a prophet;

Yet the snare of a bird catcher is in all his ways,

And there is only hostility in the house of his God.

8Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a [true] prophet [to warn the nation];

But the snare of a bird catcher was laid in all his paths.

And there is only deep hostility in the house of his God (the land of Israel).

8The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman,

along with my God,9:8 Or The prophet is the watchman over Ephraim, the people of my God

yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths.

Hostility is in the house of his God!

8People of Ephraim, the prophet, along with my God,

is warning you of danger.

But you set traps for him everywhere he goes.

You hate him so much

you even wait for him in God’s house.