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Hosea 8:7

For 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.

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ASV

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

KJV

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֛יkiforH3588 →
ר֥וּחַRu.acha windH7307 →
יִזְרָ֖עוּyiz.Ra.'uthey sowH2232 →
וְסוּפָ֣תָהve.su.Fa.tahand a storm-wind <towards>H5492 →
יִקְצֹ֑רוּyik.Tzo.ruthey will reapH7114 →
קָמָ֣הka.Mahstanding grainH7054 →
אֵֽין־'ein-notH369 →
ל֗וֹlo[belongs] to it
צֶ֚מַחTze.machgrowthH6780 →
בְּלִ֣יbe.LinotH1097 →
יַֽעֲשֶׂה־ya.'a.seh-it will produceH6213 →
קֶּ֔מַחKe.machflourH7058 →
אוּלַ֣י'u.LaiperhapsH194 →
יַֽעֲשֶׂ֔הya.'a.Sehit will produceH6213 →
זָרִ֖יםza.RimstrangersH2114 →
יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃yiv.la.'U.huthey will swallow itH1104 →

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Proverbs 22:8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.Haggai 1:6You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”Job 4:8As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.Hosea 10:12Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.Nahum 1:3The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.Isaiah 55:2Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.Hosea 10:13You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,Galatians 6:8The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.Hosea 10:12–13Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.Judges 6:3–6Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,Hosea 7:9Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.Job 5:5The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.Hosea 2:9Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.Isaiah 66:15For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.Jeremiah 12:13They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”Job 15:31Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.Proverbs 6:14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.

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