Hosea 12:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² Jacob fled to the land of Aram; there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he guarded sheep.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Jacob fled into the open country of Aram or Padan-aram, and [there] Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he herded sheep. [Gen. 29:18-20; 30:31; 31:38-41.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

Common English Bible

¹² Jacob fled to the land of Aram; there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept watch over livestock.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Jacob fled into the region of Syria, and Israel served like a wife, and was served by a wife.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.

Hosea 12:12 Cross References

Genesis 27:43

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran,

Genesis 30:26

Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go, for you know very well the service I have given you.”

Genesis 31:41

These twenty years I have been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.

Hosea 4:15

Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, do not let Judah become guilty. Do not enter into Gilgal or go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear, “As the Lord lives.”

Hosea 6:8

Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.

Deuteronomy 26:5

you shall make this response before the Lord your God: ‘A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he went down into Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and populous.