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Hosea 8:7

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 7 For it is wind that they are sowing,
  And they will reap a storm wind.+
  
  No stalk produces ripe* grain;+
  Whatever sprouts produces no flour.
  
  If any is produced, foreigners* will swallow it down.+

Hosea 8:7

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 7 For it is wind that they are sowing,
  And they will reap a storm wind.+
  
  No stalk produces ripe* grain;+
  Whatever sprouts produces no flour.
  
  If any is produced, foreigners* will swallow it down.+

Hosea 8:7

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 7 “For it is wind* that they keep sowing, and a storm wind is what they will reap.+ Nothing has standing grain.+ No sprout produces flour.+ Should any perhaps produce [it], strangers themselves will swallow it down.+

Hosea 8:7

The Bible in Living English
- 7 * For they sow wind and reap whirlwind; it all has no stalk, a greenery that will yield no meal—or if it should, outsiders would swallow it.

Hosea 8:7

The Emphasized Bible
- 7 For to the wind they sow And to the whirlwind they reap: Stalk hath it none, That which shooteth forth shall yield no meal, If so be it yield foreigners swallow it up.

Hosea 8:7

King James Version
- 7 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.

Hosea

Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
- 8:7 w72 393; kj 129; g63 1/8 6; w62 304; g62 1/22 15; ns 293; g61 10/8 23; rm 323; g49 12/8 19; rw 12, 60