12I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.


In Context

9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim has hired lovers.

10 Yes, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.

11 Because Ephraim has made many altars to sin, altars shall be to him to sin.

12 I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of my offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepts them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

14 For Israel has forgotten his Maker, and builds temples; and Judah has multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire on his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

Hosea 8:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:12I have written to him the great things of my law, [but] they were counted as a strange thing.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:12I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something alien.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:12I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:12I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted as a strange thing.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:12Though I write for him my law in ten thousand precepts, they are counted as a strange thing.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12I wrote for him the many things of my law; but they were regarded as a strange thing.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12I write for him numerous things of My law, As a strange thing they have been reckoned.