Hosea 9:14 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁴ Give them, O Lord— what wilt thou give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Give them [their due], O Lord! [But] what will You give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ Give them, O Jehovah—what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Give them, LORD— what will you give them? Give them a womb that miscarries and breasts that are dried up.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ Give them, O Lord. What wilt thou give them? Give them a womb without children, and dry breasts.

Hosea 9:14 Cross References

Job 21:10

Their bull breeds without fail; their cow calves, and does not cast her calf.

Exodus 23:26

None shall cast her young or be barren in your land; I will fulfil the number of your days.

Hosea 9:11

Ephraim's glory shall fly away like a bird— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception!

Hosea 9:13

Ephraim's sons, as I have seen, are destined for a prey; Ephraim must lead forth his sons to slaughter.

Hosea 9:16

Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit. Even though they bring forth, I will slay their beloved children.

Matthew 24:19

And alas for those who are with child and for those who give suck in those days!

Mark 13:17

And alas for those who are with child and for those who give suck in those days!

Luke 21:23

Alas for those who are with child and for those who give suck in those days! For great distress shall be upon the earth and wrath upon this people;

Luke 23:29

For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never gave suck!’

1 Corinthians 7:26

I think that in view of the present distress it is well for a person to remain as he is.

Deuteronomy 28:18

Cursed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.