Hosea 5:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.”
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“So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And I <FI>am<Fi> as a moth to Ephraim, And as a rotten thing to the house of Judah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hosea 5:12 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 13:28So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.
- Proverbs 12:4A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
- Isaiah 50:9Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.
- Isaiah 51:8For the moth will devour them like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will last forever, My salvation through all generations.”
- Jonah 4:7When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
- Mark 9:43If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).