Hosea 11:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.”

Hosea 11:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Hosea 11:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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Hosea 11:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Yet I taught Ephraim to walk. I took them by their arms, but they didn’t know that I healed them.”

Hosea 11:3 — World English Bible

Hosea 11:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Yet I taught Ephraim to walk; I took them on my arms; but they knew not that I healed them.”

Hosea 11:3 — American Standard Version

Hosea 11:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And I have caused Ephraim to go on foot, Taking them by their arms, And they have not known that I strengthened them.”

Hosea 11:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Hosea 11:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And I it was that taught Ephraim to walk, — He took them upon his arms, — but they knew not that I healed them. ”

Hosea 11:3 — Darby Translation

Hosea 11:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“I ledde Ephraim also, as one shoulde beare them in his armes: but they knewe not that I healed them.”

Hosea 11:3 — Geneva Bible

Hosea 11:3 in Context — Hosea 11

1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.

4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.

5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.

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What Does Hosea 11:3 Mean?

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