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Hosea 12:12

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FURTHER INDICTMENT OF JACOB’S HEIRS

12Jacob fled to the territory of Aram.v

Israel worked to earn a wife;w

he tended flocks for a wife.x

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Cross references

  1. vGn 28:5
  2. wGn 29:20
  3. xGn 29:1–20

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Jacob fled to the land of Aram;

there Israel served for a wife,

and for a wife he guarded sheep.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Jacob fled to the country of Aram;

Israel served to get a wife,

and to pay for her he tended sheep.

NLTNew Living Translation

Jacob fled to the land of Aram,

and there he earned a wife by tending sheep.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Jacob fled to the open field of Aram,

and Israel served for a wife,

and for a wife he watched over sheep.

KJV 1900King James Version

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria,

And Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.