Hosea 12:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.”
Hosea 12:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Hosea 12:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Hosea 12:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Jacob fled into the country of Aram. Israel served to get a wife. For a wife he tended flocks and herds.”
Hosea 12:12 — World English Bible
Hosea 12:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.”
Hosea 12:12 — American Standard Version
Hosea 12:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.”
Hosea 12:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Hosea 12:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].”
Hosea 12:12 — Darby Translation
Hosea 12:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Iaakob fled into the countrey of Aram, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheepe.”
Hosea 12:12 — Geneva Bible
Hosea 12:12 in Context — Hosea 12
10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
13 And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.
What Does Hosea 12:12 Mean?
Hosea 12:12 is a verse from the Book of Hosea, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Hosea chapter 12. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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