12And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.


In Context

9 But I that am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt will again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

10 And I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by means of the prophets have I used similitudes.

11 If Gilead is iniquity, surely they are but 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 Jehovah brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

14 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly; and his Lord shall leave his blood upon him, and recompense unto him his reproach.

Hosea 12:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:12And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:12Jacob fled to the country of Aram ; Israel served to get a wife, and to pay for her he tended sheep.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:12Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:12And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept'sheep .

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:12And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:12And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:12Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:12And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:12And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.