Hosea 12:12 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Jacob fled to the country of Syria. Israel worked to get a wife; he took care of sheep to pay for her.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

ASV:

And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept'sheep .

BBE:

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.

DBY:

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

ERV:

And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

JPS:

And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

WBS:

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

WEB:

Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.

YLT:

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 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 28:5 Then Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Genesis 29:20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

12:12 {l} And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
(l) If you boast of your riches and nobility, you seem to reproach your father, who was a poor fugitive and servant.

WES:

12:12 Fled - For fear of Esau.

MHC:

12:7-14 Ephraim became a merchant: the word also signifies a Canaanite. They carried on trade upon Canaanitish principles, covetously and with fraud and deceit. Thus they became rich, and falsely supposed that Providence favoured them. But shameful sins shall have shameful punishments. Let them remember, not only what a mighty prince Jacob was with God, but what a servant he was to Laban. The benefits we have had from the word of God, make our sin and folly the worse, if we put any slight upon that word. We had better follow the hardest labour in poverty, than grow rich by sin. We may form a judgment of our own conduct, by comparing it with that of ancient believers in the like circumstances. Whoever despises the message of God, will perish. May we all hear his word with humble, obedient faith.

CONC:

Aram Field Fled Flee Flight Flocks Herded Herds Jacob Kept Pay Servant Serve Served Service Sheep Syria Tended Watch Wife Worked Yea

Aram Country Field Fled Flee Flight Flocks Herded Herds Israel Jacob Kept Pay Serve Served Service Sheep Syria Tended Watch Wife Worked

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