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


In Context

9 And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, will yet cause thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the feast.

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

11 If Galaad be an idol, then in vain were they in Galgal offering sacrifices with bullocks: for their altars also are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

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

13 But the Lord by a prophet brought Israel out of Egypt: and he was pre- served by a prophet.

14 Ephraim hath provoked me to wrath with his bitterness, and his blood shall come upon him, and his Lord will render his reproach unto him.

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 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 Darby 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 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.