Parallel Verses English Standard Version Though they hire allies among the nations, I will soon gather them up. And the king and princes shall soon writhe because of the tribute. King James Bible Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes. American Standard Version Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be diminished by reason of the burden of the king of princes. Douay-Rheims Bible But even though they shall have hired the nations, now will I gather them together: and they shall rest a while from the burden of the king, and the princes. English Revised Version Yea, though they hire among the nations, now will I gather them; and they begin to be minished by reason of the burden of the king of princes. Webster's Bible Translation Yes, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes. Hosea 8:10 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentHis fate further drives him to make an assault on the islands and maritime coasts of the west (איּים), many of which he takes. וישׁב is not, after the Keri, to be changed into וישׂם; for turning himself from Egypt to the islands, he turns back his face toward his own land in the north. The two following clauses are explained by most interpreters thus: "but a captain shall stop his scorn (bring it to silence), and moreover shall give back (recompense) scorn to him in return." This is then, according to the example of Jerome, referred to the expedition of Antiochus Epiphanes against the Grecian islands which were under the protection of Rome, for which he was assailed and overcome by the consul Lucius Scipio (Asiaticus) in a battle fought at Magnesia ad Sipylum in Lydia. But the translation in question affords a tolerable sense only when we take בּלתּי in the meaning moreover, in addition to; a meaning which it has not, and cannot have according to its etymology. In all places where it is so rendered a negative sentence goes before it, cf. Genesis 43:3; Genesis 47:18; Judges 7:14, or a sentence asking a question with a negative sense, as Amos 3:3-4; according to which, לא must here stand before השׁבּית if we would translate it by besides that or only. בּלתּי has the idea of exception, and can only be rendered after an affirmative statement by however, for the passage introduced by its limits the statement going before. Thus Theodot. rightly: καταπαύσει ἄρχοντας ὀνειδισμοῦ αὐτῶν, πλὴν ὁ ὀνειδισμὸς αὐτοῦ ἐπιστρέψει αὐτῷ; and in close connection with this, Jerome has: et cessare faciet principem opprobrii sui et opprobrium ejus convertetur in eum. In like manner the Peshito. This rendering we must, with Kranichfeld, accede to, and accordingly understand וגו והשׁבּית of the king of the north, and interpret the indefinite קצין (leader, chief) in undefined generality or collectively, and חרפּתו (his reproach) as the second object subordinated to קצין, and refer לו as the dative to קצין. Thus the second חרפּתו gains expressiveness corresponding to its place before the verb as the contrast to לו (<) חרפּתו: "however his reproach," i.e., the dishonour he did to the chiefs, "shall they recompense to him." The subject to ישׁיב is the collective קצין. The statement of the last clause introduces us to the announcement, mentioned in Daniel 11:19, of the overthrow of the king of the north, who wished to spread his power also over the west. Since the chiefs (princes) of the islands rendered back to him his reproach, i.e., required to him his attack against them, he was under the necessity of returning to the fortresses of his own land. With that begins his fall, which ends with his complete destruction. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge now. sorrow a little. or, begin to sorrow in a little while, as. for. the king. Isaiah 10:8 For he said, Are not my princes altogether kings? Cross References Isaiah 10:8 for he says: "Are not my commanders all kings? Jeremiah 42:2 and said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Let our plea for mercy come before you, and pray to the LORD your God for us, for all this remnant--because we are left with but a few, as your eyes see us-- Ezekiel 16:33 Men give gifts to all prostitutes, but you gave your gifts to all your lovers, bribing them to come to you from every side with your whorings. Ezekiel 16:37 therefore, behold, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from every side and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness. Ezekiel 22:20 As one gathers silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into a furnace, to blow the fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will put you in and melt you. Ezekiel 23:5 "Oholah played the whore while she was mine, and she lusted after her lovers the Assyrians, warriors Jump to Previous Allies Although Anointing Begin Burden Cease Diminish Diminished Directions Gather Help Hire Hired Little Mighty Minished Money Nations Ones Oppression Princes Reason Short Sold Soon Sorrow Themselves Time WasteJump to Next Allies Although Anointing Begin Burden Cease Diminish Diminished Directions Gather Help Hire Hired Little Mighty Minished Money Nations Ones Oppression Princes Reason Short Sold Soon Sorrow Themselves Time WasteLinks Hosea 8:10 NIVHosea 8:10 NLT Hosea 8:10 ESV Hosea 8:10 NASB Hosea 8:10 KJV Hosea 8:10 Bible Apps Hosea 8:10 Biblia Paralela Hosea 8:10 Chinese Bible Hosea 8:10 French Bible Hosea 8:10 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |