Hosea 12:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.”

Hosea 12:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Hosea 12:8 in 6 Bible Translations

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Hosea 12:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich. I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.””

Hosea 12:8 — World English Bible

Hosea 12:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin. ”

Hosea 12:8 — American Standard Version

Hosea 12:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Ephraim saith: `Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours--they find not against me iniquity that <FI>is<Fi> sin.'”

Hosea 12:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Hosea 12:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. ”

Hosea 12:8 — Darby Translation

Hosea 12:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And Ephraim saide, Notwithstanding I am rich, I haue found me out riches in all my labours: they shall finde none iniquitie in me, that were wickednesse.”

Hosea 12:8 — Geneva Bible

Hosea 12:8 in Context — Hosea 12

6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

9 And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.

10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

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What Does Hosea 12:8 Mean?

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