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Hosea 7:9

Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.

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ASV

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, and he knoweth it not.

KJV

Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אָכְל֤וּ'a.khe.Luthey have consumedH398 →
זָרִים֙za.RimstrangersH2114 →
כֹּח֔וֹko.Chostrength hisH3581 →
וְה֖וּאve.Hu'and heH1931 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
יָדָ֑עya.Da'he knowsH3045 →
גַּם־gam-alsoH1571 →
שֵׂיבָה֙sei.Vahgray hairH7872 →
זָ֣רְקָהZa.re.kahit has sneaked inH2236 →
בּ֔וֹboon him
וְה֖וּאve.Hu'and heH1931 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
יָדָֽע׃ya.Da'he knowsH3045 →

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Hosea 8:7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”Isaiah 42:25So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.Isaiah 42:22–25But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”Proverbs 5:10lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.Judges 16:20Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.2 Kings 13:22And Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz.Proverbs 23:35“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”2 Kings 13:3–7So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them continually into the hands of Hazael king of Aram and his son Ben-hadad.Isaiah 1:7Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.Ecclesiastes 6:2God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.Leviticus 13:3The priest is to examine the infection on his skin, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean.2 Kings 15:19Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.Isaiah 57:1The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.

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