King James Version

Hosea 7:15

Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.

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וַאֲנִ֣יvaaniand mineאֲנִיconjunction, pronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “and mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.יִסַּ֔רְתִּיyisartichastiseיָסַרverb, piel, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “chastise”, a completed actionH3256to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instructbind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.חִזַּ֖קְתִּיchizaqtibe constantחָזַקverb, piel, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be constant”, a completed actionH2388to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conqueraid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintai…זְרֽוֹעֹתָ֑םzerootamarmזְרוֹעַnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “arm”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2220the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, forcearm, [phrase] help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.וְאֵלַ֖יveelayand amongאֵלconjunction, preposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).יְחַשְּׁבוּyechashvvregardחָשַׁבverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “regard”, an unfinished actionH2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute(make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.רָֽעrabadרַעadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Though I have trained and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise evil against Me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise mischief against me.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I instructed — I strengthened their arms, And concerning Me they think evil!

World English Bible

Though I have taught and strengthened their arms, yet they plot evil against me.

Darby Translation

I have indeed trained, I have strengthened their arms, but they imagine mischief against me.

Douay-Rheims

And I have chastised them, and strengthened their arms: and they have imagined evil against me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Though I have trained and strengthened their arms, yet do they devise evil against Me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They were instructed by me, and I strengthened their arms; and they devised evils against me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπαιδεύθησαν ἐν ἐμοὶ, κᾀγὼ κατίσχυσα τοὺς βραχίονας αὐτῶν, καὶ εἰς ἐμὲ ἐλογίσαντο πονηρά.