Verse Comparison: Hosea 8:9
American Standard Version
For they are gone up to Assyria, `like' a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
Amplified® Bible
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass taking her own way by herself; Ephraim has hired lovers.
Contemporary English Version
You are like a wild donkey that goes its own way. You've run off to Assyria and hired them as allies.
Darby English Version
For they are gone up [to] Assyria [as] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
Good News Bible
Stubborn as wild donkeys, the people of Israel go their own way. They have gone off to seek help from Assyria and have paid other nations to protect them.
King James Version
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
New American Standard Bible
For they have gone up to Assyria, {Like} a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim has hired lovers.
New International Version
For they have gone up to Assyria
like a wild donkey wandering alone.
Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.
New King James Version
For they have gone up to Assyria,
Like a wild donkey alone by itself;
Ephraim has hired lovers.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim has hired lovers.
Revised Standard Version
For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild ass wandering alone; E'phraim has hired lovers.
Young's Literal Translation
For they -- they have gone up `to' Asshur, A wild ass alone by himself `is' Ephraim, They have hired lovers!
