Hosea 12:2-4
Tree of Life Version
2 Ephraim is grazing on wind
and pursuing the east wind.
All day he multiplies lies and ruin:
making[a] a pact with Assyria,
while carrying oil to Egypt.
3 Adonai also has a dispute with Judah:
He will punish Jacob for his ways,
repaying him for his deeds.
4 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel,
and in his vigor he strove with God.
Footnotes
- Hosea 12:2 Lit. they are making.
Hosea 12:2-4
King James Version
2 The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
3 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
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