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| Hosea 12:1 | Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. | Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he continually multiplieth lies and desolation; and they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt. | Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt. |
| Hosea 12:2 | The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. | Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. | The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts. |
| Hosea 12:3 | He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: | In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God: | In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God; |
| Hosea 12:4 | Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us; | yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us, | He had a fight with the angel and overcame him; he made request for grace to him with weeping; he came face to face with him in Beth-el and there his words came to him; |
| Hosea 12:5 | Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial. | even Jehovah, the God of hosts; Jehovah is his memorial [name]. | Even the Lord, the God of armies; the Lord is his name. |
| Hosea 12:6 | Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. | Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually. | So then, come back to your God; keep mercy and right, and be waiting at all times on your God. |
| Hosea 12:7 | He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. | [He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. | As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways. |
| Hosea 12:8 | And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. | And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin. | And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me. |
| Hosea 12:9 | And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast. | But I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast. | But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; I will give you tents for your living-places again as in the days of the holy meeting. |
| Hosea 12:10 | I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. | I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes. | My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons. |
| Hosea 12:11 | 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. | Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field. | In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field. |
| Hosea 12:12 | And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. | And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep]. | And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. |
| Hosea 12:13 | And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. | And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel up out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. | And by a prophet the Lord made Israel come up out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was kept safe. |
| Hosea 12:14 | Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him. | Ephraim hath provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore shall his blood be left upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him. | I have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him. |
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