Hosea 14:8

English Standard Version

8 O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you.[1] I am like an evergreen cypress; from me comes your fruit. (Isa 30:22; Ho 2:8; Ho 2:23; Ho 14:3; Joh 15:4) 

New International Version

8 Ephraim, what more have I[1] to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a flourishing juniper; your fruitfulness comes from me.’ 

New International Reader’s Version

8 Ephraim will have nothing more to do with other gods. I will answer the prayers of my people. I will take good care of them. I will be like a healthy juniper tree to them. All the fruit they bear will come from me.’ 

King James Version

8 Ephraim shall say , What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him , and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. 

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