6But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.


In Context

3 In the womb he grasped his brother's heel; as a man he struggled with God.

4 He struggled with the angel and overcame him; he wept and begged for his favor. He found him at Bethel and talked with him there-

5 the Lord God Almighty, the Lord is his name of renown!

6 But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.

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."

Hosea 12:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:6Therefore turn thou to thy God : keep mercy and judgment, and hope in thy God always.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:6And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:6Therefore turn you to your God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on your God continually.