Hosea 12:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

More versions

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; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

Genesis 30:26

Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.

Genesis 31:41

These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

Hosea 4:15

Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, As the LORD liveth.

Hosea 6:8

Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, it is stained with blood.

Deuteronomy 26:5

And thou shalt answer and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: