Verse List for HOS 12:12

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OET (OET-RV) ⇔  Yakov fled to Syria (Heb. Aram). ⇔ Yisrael worked to earn a wife, ⇔ and for a wife, he kept sheep.

OET-LV [fn] (if) is_Gilˊād wickedness surely worthlessness they _are in_Gilgal bulls they _have _sacrificed also altars _of_their are_like_heaps _of _stones on the_furrows _of a _field.

ULT And Jacob fled, to the field of Aram, ⇔  and Israel served for a wife, ⇔  and for a wife he kept sheep.

UST Your ancestor Jacob ran away to the land of Aram to escape from his brother Esau. ⇔  There he, Israel, worked as a shepherd to pay for a wife, ⇔  and he kept on tending sheep to pay for a wife.

BSB & MSB Jacob fled to the land of Aram[fn] ⇔  and Israel worked for a wife— ⇔  for a wife he tended [sheep].

OEB And Jacob fled to the territory of Aram, ⇔ and Israel worked to earn a wife: ⇔ for a wife he herded sheep.

WEBBE & WMBB Jacob fled into the country of Aram. ⇔  Israel served to get a wife. ⇔  For a wife he tended flocks and herds.

NET Jacob fled to the country of Aram, ⇔ then Israel worked to acquire a wife; ⇔ he tended sheep to pay for her.

LSV And Jacob flees to the country of Aram,
And Israel serves for a wife,
Indeed, he has kept watch for a wife.

FBV Jacob fled to the land of Aram; Israel[fn] worked there to gain a wife, earning a wife by looking after sheep.

T4T Your ancestor Jacob fled from his brother Esau ⇔  and went to northwest Mesopotamia. ⇔  He worked for his uncle Laban for many years to get a wife; ⇔  he took care of his uncle’s sheep to pay for her.

LEB • Jacob fled to the open field of Aram,[fn]
• and Israel served for a wife,
• and for a wife he watched over sheep.

BBE And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

Moff he fled to the land of Aram, ⇔ where Israel served for a wife, ⇔ for a wife he herded sheep.

JPS (12-13) And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

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

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

YLT And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.

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

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

SLT And Jacob will flee to the field of Aram, and Israel will serve for a wife, and for a wife he watched.

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

KJB-1769 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

KJB-1611 And Iacob fled into the countrey of Syria, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheepe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps Iacob fled into the lande of Syria, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheepe.
(Yacob fled into the land of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.)

Gnva And Iaakob fled into the countrey of Aram, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheepe.
(And Yacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.)

Cvdl Iacob fled into the londe of Siria, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kepte shepe.
(Yacob fled into the land of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.)

Wycl Jacob fledde in to the cuntrei of Sirie, and Israel seruyde for a wijf, and seruyde, ether kepte, for a wijf.
(Yacob fled in to the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and served, either kept, for a wife.)

Luth In Gilead ist‘s Abgötterei, und zu Gilgal opfern sie Ochsen vergeblich; und haben so viel Altäre, als Mandeln auf dem Felde stehen.
(In Gilead it_is idolatry, and to/for Gilgal sacrifice(v) they/she/them oxen vain; and have so many altars, as almonds on/in/to to_him field stand.)

ClVg Fugit Jacob in regionem Syriæ, et servivit Israël in uxorem, et in uxorem servavit.
(He_fled Yacob in/into/on country Syriæ, and served Israel in/into/on wife, and in/into/on wife he_kept.)

UHB 13 וַ⁠יִּבְרַ֥ח יַעֲקֹ֖ב שְׂדֵ֣ה אֲרָ֑ם וַ⁠יַּעֲבֹ֤ד יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּ⁠אִשָּׁ֔ה וּ⁠בְ⁠אִשָּׁ֖ה שָׁמָֽר׃ ‡

BrLXX Εἰ μὴ Γαλαάδ ἐστιν, ἄρα ψευδεῖς ἦσαν ἐν Γαλαὰδ ἄρχοντες θυσιάζοντες, καὶ τὰ θυσιαστήρια αὐτῶν, ὡς χελῶναι ἐπὶ χέρσον ἀγροῦ.

BrTr If Galaad exists not, then the chiefs in Galaad when they sacrificed were false, and their altars were as heaps on the ground of the field.