Hosea 12:12
Hosea 12:12 — The New International Version (NIV)
12 Jacob fled to the country of Aram;
Israel served to get a wife,
and to pay for her he tended sheep.
Hosea 12:12 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria,
And Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Hosea 12:12 — New Living Translation (NLT)
12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram,
and there he earned a wife by tending sheep.
Hosea 12:12 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
12 Jacob fled to the country of Syria;
Israel served for a spouse,
And for a wife he tended sheep.
Hosea 12:12 — New Century Version (NCV)
12 Your ancestor Jacob fled to Northwest Mesopotamia
where he worked to get a wife;
he tended sheep to pay for her.
Hosea 12:12 — American Standard Version (ASV)
12 And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Hosea 12:12 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
12 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Hosea 12:12 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
12 Jacob fled to the country of Syria.
Israel worked to get a wife; he took care of sheep to pay for her.
Hosea 12:12 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram.
Israel worked to earn a wife;
he tended flocks for a wife.
Hosea 12:12 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
12 Jacob fled to the land of Aram,
there Israel served for a wife,
and for a wife he guarded sheep.
Hosea 12:12 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
12 Jacob fled to the open field of Aram,
and Israel served for a wife,
and for a wife he watched over sheep.
Hosea 12:12 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
12 Jacob ran away to the country of Aram.
There Israel served Laban to get a wife.
He took care of sheep to pay for her.
Hosea 12:12 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
12 Now Jacob fled to the land of Aram,
And Israel worked for a wife,
And for a wife he kept sheep.