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Hosea 12:3

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Israel Must Return to the God of Jacob

12:3In the womb he attacked his brother;

in his manly vigor he struggled4 with God.

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  1. 4 The verb שָׂרָה (sarah) means “to strive, contend” ( שׂרה) or “persevere, persist” ( 975 שָׂרָה; see Gen 32:29). Almost all English versions render the verb here in terms of the former: , “contended”; “strove”; , “fought against.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In the womb he took his brother by the heel,

and in his manhood he strove with God.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel;

as a man he struggled with God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel,

and as an adult he wrestled with God.

NLTNew Living Translation

Even in the womb,

Jacob struggled with his brother;

when he became a man,

he even fought with God.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

In the womb he deceived his brother,

and in his manhood he struggled with God.

KJV 1900King James Version

He took his brother by the heel in the womb,

And by his strength he had power with God: