Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Hosea 9:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Give them [their due], O Lord! [But] what will You give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. American Standard Version (1901) Give them, O Jehovah—what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. Common English Bible Give them, LORD— what will you give them? Give them a womb that miscarries and breasts that are dried up. Catholic Public Domain Version Give them, O Lord. What will you give them? Give them a womb without children, and dry breasts. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Give them, O Lord. What wilt thou give them? Give them a womb without children, and dry breasts. |
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfill.
As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.
Ephraim, like as I have seen Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer.
Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.
But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!
But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!
Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.
For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.
I think therefore that this is good by reason of the present distress, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy kine, and the young of thy flock.