10I spoke to the prophets, gave them many visions and told parables through them."


In Context

7 The merchant uses dishonest scales; he loves to defraud.

8 Ephraim boasts, "I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity or sin."

9 "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again, as in the days of your appointed feasts.

10 I spoke to the prophets, gave them many visions and told parables through them."

11 Is Gilead wicked? Its people are worthless! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Their altars will be like piles of stones on a plowed field.

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

Hosea 12:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:10I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:10And I have spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and I have used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:10I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:10And I have spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by means of the prophets have I used similitudes.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:10I have also spoken unto the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:10I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:10I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:10And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:10I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.