Hosea 8:7

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

ASV Byzantine Text

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.

Asang Khongca Bible

Nihcae loe takhi to haeh o moe, takhi kamhae to ni a aah o. Akung loe aquih om ai; natuek naah doeh athai mak ai. Athaih athai langlacadoeh prae kalah kaminawk mah caa o boih tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Khohli a soem uh tih cangpalam la a ah uh. Canghli khaw a cangdueng om pawt tih buh la poeh mahpawh. Poeh cakhaw kholong loh a dolh mai khaming.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Khohli a soem uh tih cangpalam la a ah uh. Canghli khaw a cangdueng om pawt tih buh la poeh mahpawh. Poeh cakhaw kholong loh a dolh mai khaming.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

No ka mea, ua lulu lakou i ka makani, A e ohi auanei lakou i ka puahiohio: Aohe kino o ka ai e ku ana; Aole hoi e hua mai ka opuu i ka hua palaoa: Ina paha e hua mai, na ka poe malihini e hoopau ia mea.

English Berean Standard Bible

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.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Depi pèp la simen van, se move tan pou yo rekòlte. Yo tankou yon jaden ble ki pa jete grap, ki p'ap bay farin. Menm si li bay farin, se moun lòt nasyon k'ap vin manje tout.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Quia ventum seminabunt, et turbinem metent: culmus stans non est in eo; germen non faciet farinam: quod etsi fecerit, alieni comedent eam.

Bible in Basic English

For they have been planting the wind, and their fruit will be the storm; his grain has no stem, it will give no meal, and if it does, a strange nation will take it.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Car ils ont semé le vent, et ils moissonneront le tourbillon. Il n’a pas une tige de blé ; elle germerait, qu’elle ne produirait pas de farine ; et en produirait-elle, des étrangers la dévoreraient.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Poněvadž větru rozsívají, takéť vichřici žíti budou; ani stébla žádného míti nebudou; úroda nevydá mouky, a by pak i vydala, cizozemci to sehltí.

Kosraean Bible

Mwet elos taknelik eng uh, na elos kosrani paka! Sie ima in wheat ma tia fokla tia ku in orala flao. Tusruk finne oasr fahko, mwetsac uh pa ac kangla.

World Portuguese Bible

Pois semeiam o vento, e colherão o redemoinho. Ele não tem cereal em pé. O talo não produzirá espiga. Se produzir, estrangeiros o engolirão.

Romanian BTF Bible

Căci au semănat vânt şi vor secera vârtejul de vânt; nu are spic; mugurele nu va da făină; şi dacă totuşi dă roadă, străinii îl vor înghiţi.

Brenton English Septuagint

for they sowed blighted seed, and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သူ​တို့​သည်​လေ​ကို​ကြဲ​သ​ဖြင့်​မုန်​တိုင်း​ကို ရိတ်​သိမ်း​ရ​လိမ့်​မည်။ လယ်​စ​ပါး​မ​ရင့်​မှည့် လျှင်​ဆန်​စ​ပါး​ကို​မ​ရ​နိုင်။ ထို​လယ်​မှ​ဆန် စ​ပါး​ထွက်​သည့်​တိုင်​အောင်​အ​ခြား​နိုင်​ငံ သား​တို့​စား​သုံး​ကြ​လိမ့်​မည်။-

Darby Translation

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

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Denn Wind säen sie, und Sturm ernten sie; Halme hat es nicht, das Ausgesproßte bringt kein Mehl; wenn es auch Mehl brächte, so würden Fremde es verschlingen.

Dutch Bible 1917

Want zij hebben wind gezaaid, en zullen een wervelwind maaien; het zal geen staande koren hebben, het uitspruitsel zal geen meel maken; of het misschien maakte, vreemden zullen het verslinden.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Want ze zaaien wind, en oogsten storm: Een oogst zonder aren, koren zonder meel; En brengt het iets op, dan eten het vreemden:

Italian Diodati Bible

Perciocchè han seminato del vento, mieteranno un turbo , non avranno biade; i germogli non faranno farina; se pur ne faranno, gli stranieri la trangugeranno.

Douay-Rheims 1899

For they shall sow wind, and reap a whirlwind, there is no standing stalk in it, the bud shall yield no meal; and if it should yield, strangers shall eat it.

Geneva Bible 1599

For they haue sowne the winde, and they shall reape the whirlewind: it hath no stalke: the budde shall bring foorth no meale: if so be it bring forth, the strangers shall deuoure it.

Noyes Bible

They have sown the wind, And they shall reap the whirlwind. They shall have no standing harvest; The ear shall yield no meal; If perchance it yield, strangers shall devour it.

Danish Bible 1931

Thi Vind har de sået, og Storm skal de høste, Sæd uden Spire, der ej giver Mel; og gav den, slugte fremmede Melet.

Leeser Tanakh

For the wind do they sow, and the whirlwind shall they reap: [their seed] bringeth no standing corn; the plant yieldeth no meal; but should it yield it, strangers would swallow it up.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind; it hath no stalk, the bud that shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

King James Version

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Vì chúng nó đã gieo gió và sẽ gặt bão lốc. Chúng nó không có lúa đứng; cây lúa sẽ không sanh ra bột; mà dầu có sanh ra nữa, thì dân ngoại sẽ nuốt lấy.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

He kuo nau tūtuuʻi ʻae matangi, pea te nau utu ʻae ʻahiohio: ʻoku ʻikai hano muka: ʻe ʻikai maʻu ha mahoaʻa mei hono fua: ka ai ha fua, ʻe kai ia ʻo ʻosi ʻe he kau muli.

French Ostervald Bible

Parce qu'ils sèment le vent, ils moissonneront la tempête. Ils n'auront point de blé debout; ce qui pousse ne donnera point de farine; et si peut-être il en donne, les étrangers la dévoreront.

Esperanto Bible

Ĉar ili semas venton, ili rikoltos ventegon; grenon li ne havos; la kreskantaĵo ne donos farunon; se ĝi eĉ donos, fremduloj ĝin formanĝos.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Puisqu’ils ont semé du vent, ils moissonneront la tempête; Ils n’auront pas un épi de blé; Ce qui poussera ne donnera point de farine, Et s’il y en avait, des étrangers la dévoreraient.

German Luther Bible 1912

Denn sie säen Wind und werden Ungewitter einernten; ihre Saat soll nicht aufkommen und ihr Gewächs kein Mehl geben; und ob's geben würde, sollen's doch Fremde fressen.

LXX2012 U. S. English

for they sowed blighted seed, and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.

British English Septuagint 2012

for they sowed blighted seed, and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.

Majority Standard BIble

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.

Webster Bible

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

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

They sow the wind and will reap the whirlwind. A shoot which has no stalk, yields no fruit If it should yield, strangers would devour it.

Open English Bible (US)

They sow the wind and will reap the whirlwind. A shoot which has no stalk, yields no fruit If it should yield, strangers would devour it.

Revised Version

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

Italian Riveduta Bible

Poiché costoro seminano vento, e mieteranno tempesta; la semenza non farà stelo, i germogli non daranno farina; e, se ne facessero, gli stranieri la divorerebbero.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Car ils sèment le vent, et ils moissonneront la tempête. Ils n'auront pas de blé sur pied. La tige ne donnera pas d'épi. S'il en produit, des étrangers l'engloutiront.

Reina Valera 1909

Porque sembraron viento, y torbellino segarán: no tendrán mies, ni el fruto hará harina; si la hiciere, extraños la tragarán.

Spanish BLL

Porque sembraron vientos, y cosecharán tempestades. El trigo no tiene espigas, y sus tallos no darán harina. Y si acaso llegan a darla, los extranjeros se la tragarán.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Porque sembraron viento, y torbellino segarán. No tendrán mies; la espiga no dará harina. Y si la diere, los extranjeros la devorarán.

Croatian Bible

Posijali su vjetar, i požet će oluju; žito im neće proklijati, neće brašna dati; ako ga i dade proždrijet će ga tuđinci.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Jer seju vetar, pa će žeti oluju; stabljike neće imati, klica neće dati brašno, da bi i dala, proždreće ga tuđinci.

German Textbibel

Denn Wind säen sie und Sturm werden sie ernten. Da giebt es keine Halme; das Aufgesproßte giebt kein Mehl, und sollte es welches geben, so würden es die Ausländer verschlingen.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

for they sowed blighted seed, and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ יִזְרָ֖עוּ וְסוּפָ֣תָה יִקְצֹ֑רוּ קָמָ֣ה אֵֽין־ל֗וֹ צֶ֚מַח בְּלִ֣י יַֽעֲשֶׂה־קֶּ֔מַח אוּלַ֣י יַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה זָרִ֖ים יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃

World English Bible

For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.

World English Bible (Catholic)

For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.

World English Bible British Edition

For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.

World English Bible Classic

For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.

World English Bible Updated

For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.

World Messianic Bible

For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.

Young's Literal Translation

For wind they sow, and a hurricane they reap, Stalk it hath none — a shoot not yielding grain, If so be it yield — strangers do swallow it up.

SEPTUAGINTA

ὅτι ἀνεμόφθορα ἔσπειραν, καὶ ἡ καταστροφὴ αὐτῶν ἐκδέξεται αὐτά· δράγμα οὐκ ἔχον ἰσχὺν τοῦ ποιῆσαι ἄλευρον· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ποιήσῃ, ἀλλότριοι καταφάγονται αὐτό.

Brenton Septuagint

Ὅτι ἀνεμόφθορα ἔσπειραν, καὶ ἡ καταστροφὴ αὐτῶν ἐκδέξεται αὐτά· δράγμα οὐκ ἔχον ἰσχὺν τοῦ ποιῆσαι ἄλευρον· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ποιήσῃ, ἀλλότριοι καταφάγονται αὐτό.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Фииндкэ ау семэнат вынт, вор сечера фуртунэ. Ну ле ва креште ун спик де грыу; че ва рэсэри ну ва да фэинэ ши, дакэ ар да, ар мынка-о стрэиний.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Сїяли вони вітра, так жати муть бурю: колоса на стеблї в нього не буде, не дасть муки зерно, а хоч би й дало, то чужі зʼїдять,

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Сїяли вони вітра, так жати муть бурю: колоса на стеблї в нього не буде, не дасть муки зерно, а хоч би й дало, то чужі зʼїдять,

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Јер сеју ветар, па ће жети олују; стабљике неће имати, клица неће дати брашно, да би и дала, прождреће га туђинци.

Russian Synodal Bible

Так как они сеяли ветер, то и пожнут бурю: хлеба на корню не будет у него; зерно не даст муки; а если и даст, то чужие проглотят ее.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ יִזְרָ֖עוּ וְסוּפָ֣תָה יִקְצֹ֑רוּ קָמָ֣ה אֵֽין־לֹ֗ו צֶ֚מַח בְּלִ֣י יַֽעֲשֶׂה־קֶּ֔מַח אוּלַ֣י יַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה זָרִ֖ים יִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

כי רוח יזרעו וסופתה יקצרו קמה אין לו צמח בלי יעשה קמח אולי יעשה זרים יבלעהו׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

«إِنَّهُمْ يَزْرَعُونَ ٱلرِّيحَ وَيَحْصُدُونَ ٱلزَّوْبَعَةَ. زَرْعٌ لَيْسَ لَهُ غَلَّةٌ لَا يَصْنَعُ دَقِيقًا. وَإِنْ صَنَعَ، فَٱلْغُرَبَاءُ تَبْتَلِعُهُ.

Old Persion Version Bible

به درستی که باد را کاشتند، پس گردباد راخواهند دروید. آن را محصول نیست وخوشه هایش آرد نخواهد داد و اگر هم بدهد، غریبان آن را خواهند بلعید.

Judson Burmese Bible

လေ မျိုးစေ့ကို ကြဲ ၍ လေဘွေ စပါး ကိုရိတ် ရကြ လိမ့်မည်။ စပါးပင် မ ရှိရ။ အနှံ ထဲက မုန့်ညက် မ ထွက် ရ။ ထွက် သော်လည်း တကျွန်း တနိုင်ငံသားတို့သည် စား ကြ လိမ့်မည်။

Korean Bible 1910

저희가 바람을 심고 광풍을 거둘 것이라 심은 것이 줄기가 없으며 이삭은 열매를 맺히지 못할 것이요 설혹 맺힐지라도 이방 사람이 삼키리라

Japanese Freedom Bible

彼らは風をまき、 つむじ風を刈り取る。 立っている穀物はなく、 茎には穂が出ない。 たとえ実っても、よその者たちがそれをのみ込む。

World Chinese Bible

他们撒的是风， 收的必是旋风。 他没有成熟的禾稼； 茎秆结不出穗。 即使结出，外人也必吞吃。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

他们所种的是风，所收的是暴风； 所种的不成禾稼，就是发苗也不结实； 即便结实，外邦人必吞吃。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

他們所種的是風，所收的是暴風； 所種的不成禾稼，就是發苗也不結實； 即便結實，外邦人必吞吃。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Porque semearam vento, colherão tempestade; não haverá colheita, nem a produção dará farinha; mesmo se a der, estrangeiros a tragarão.

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Mashi Bible

Kulya kubà mwarhwezire empûsi, mukolaga mwasârûla omusirûla: engano yinyu erhajekwo muhuli. Nk’oku omugani gudesire, mpu: «E­ngano buzira muhuli, erhajira nshâno». Na ciru gwankajakwo empara-mîno z’emahanga zo zâgulya.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Denn Wind säen sie, und Sturm werden sie ernten; da wächst kein Halm; das Gewächs ergibt kein Mehl; und sollte es etwas geben, so würden Fremde es verschlingen.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Porque han sembrado el viento, y su fruto será la tormenta; su grano no tiene tallo, no dará comida, y si lo tiene, una nación extranjera lo tomará.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Sembraron viento y cosecharán tempestad. No tendrán cosecha, ni la espiga producirá harina. Y si la produce, extraños la comerán.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind; the stalk [of standing grain] hath no tzemach (shoot); it shall yield no kemach (flour); and even if it yielded it, zarim would devour it.

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