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


In Context

9 And I — Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, Again do I turn thee back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.

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

11 Surely Gilead is iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars are as heaps, on the furrows of a field.

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

13 And by a prophet hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it hath been watched.

14 Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly, And his blood on himself he leaveth, And his reproach turn back to him doth his Lord!

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 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 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.