Hosea 8:9
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.In other versions
For they are gone up to Assyria, `like' a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
ASV
For they have gone up to Assyria like an ass going by himself; Ephraim has given money to get lovers.
BBE
For they are gone up [to] Assyria [as] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
DBY
For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has hired lovers for himself.
WEB
For they -- they have gone up `to' Asshur, A wild ass alone by himself `is' Ephraim, They have hired lovers!
YLT
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim has hired lovers.
ENG
For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
WBT
For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.
BSB
In context
7For 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.
8Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
9For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
10Yea, 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.
11Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.