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


In Context

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.

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

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.

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 the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.

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.

Hosea 12:12 in Other Translations

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 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.