Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Sow to yourselves for justice, reap ye for the mouth of kindness; break up to you the fallow ground: and the time to seek Jehovah till he shall come and cast justice upon you.
New American Standard Bible
Reap in accordance with
For it is time to
Until He
King James Version
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Holman Bible
and reap faithful love;
break up your unplowed ground.
It is time to seek the Lord
until He comes
on you like the rain.
International Standard Version
Sow in righteousness in your own interest, reap in gracious love, break up your own unprepared ground; It is now time to inquire of the LORD, until he comes to pour out righteousness for you.
A Conservative Version
Sow to yourselves in righteousness. Reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek LORD, till he comes and rains righteousness upon you.
American Standard Version
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Amplified
Sow with a view to righteousness [that righteousness, like seed, may germinate];
Reap in accordance with mercy and lovingkindness.
Break up your uncultivated ground,
For it is time to seek and search diligently for the Lord [and to long for His blessing]
Until He comes to rain righteousness and His gift of salvation on you.
Bible in Basic English
Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.
Darby Translation
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
King James 2000
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he comes and rains righteousness upon you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Sow for yourselves righteousness; {reap loyal love}. Break up for yourself fallow ground; [it is] time to seek Yahweh so he will come and rain righteousness upon you.
Modern King James verseion
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground. For it is time to seek Jehovah, until He comes and rains righteousness on you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that they might sow unto righteousness, and reap the fruits of well doing: that they might plow up their fresh land and seek the LORD, till he came, and learned them righteousness.
NET Bible
Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.
New Heart English Bible
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
The Emphasized Bible
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap ye at thc bidding of lovingkindness, furrow to yourselves the newly-ploughed soil, - then will be the time to seek Yahweh, until he come, that he may rain down righteousness for you.
Webster
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he shall come and reign righteousness upon you.
World English Bible
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
Youngs Literal Translation
Sow for yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to loving-kindness, Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, To seek Jehovah, Till he come and shew righteousness to you.
Themes
Agriculture or husbandry » Illustrative of the » Culture of the heart
Bearing fruit » Reaping what you sow
Doves » Sent from the ark by noah » Ge 8:8
Harvest » Spiritual, general references to
Plowing » The breaking up or tilling of the earth
Rain » Illustrative » Of righteousness
Reaping » Illustrative of » Receiving the reward of righteousness
Righteousness » The wicked » Should sow to themselves in
Seed » Sowing, illustrative of » Men's works producing a corresponding recompense
Seeking God » Should be » Immediate
Seeking God » Ensures » Gifts of righteousness
Sowing » Spiritual, the blessings of
Sowing and reaping » Reaping, harvest of sin » Harvest, spiritual, general references to
Sowing and reaping » Reaping, harvest of sin » Sowing, spiritual, the blessings of
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Harvest
Spiritual » Sowing » The blessings of
Spiritual » Riches general references to » Showers
Symbols and similitudes » Of the holy spirit » Fertilizing
The fruit of righteousness » The reward for sowing righteousness
Topics
Interlinear
Peh
Checed
Yarah
Tsedeq
Devotionals
Devotionals about Hosea 10:12
Devotionals containing Hosea 10:12
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 10:12
Images Hosea 10:12
Prayers for Hosea 10:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Is Like A Cow That Threshed Grain
11 And Ephraim a heifer being taught, loving to tread out the grain, and I passed over upon the good of her neck: I will cause Ephraim to ride; Judah shall be silent, and Jacob shall be strong to him. 12 Sow to yourselves for justice, reap ye for the mouth of kindness; break up to you the fallow ground: and the time to seek Jehovah till he shall come and cast justice upon you. 13 Ye ploughed injustice, ye reaped iniquity; ye ate the fruit of falsehood: for thou didst trust in thy way in the multitude of thy strong ones.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 45:8
Drop, ye heavens, from above, and the clouds shall shake out justice: the earth shall open, and they shall bring forth salvation, and justice shall spring up together; I Jehovah created it
Proverbs 11:18
The unjust one did a work of falsehood: and the seed of justice the reward of truth.
Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water upon the thirsty, and flowings upon the dry: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.
Hosea 6:3
And we shall know, we shall pursue to know Jehovah: as the morning his going forth was prepared; and he shall come as the rain to us, as the latter rain, the early rain of the earth.
Hosea 8:7
For they shall sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: no stalk to it: the sprout shall not make flour: perhaps it will make, strangers will swallow it down.
Psalm 72:6
He shall come down as rain upon a fleece, as showers of pouring rain upon the earth.
Psalm 105:4
Seek ye Jehovah and his strength: seek his face always.
Psalm 126:5-6
They sowing in tears shall reap in rejoicing.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life in the hand of the tongue: and they loving it shall eat its fruit
Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the morning sow thy seed, and at evening thou shalt not let thy hand rest: for thou shalt not know whether this shall be right, this or that, or if they two as one being good.
Isaiah 5:6
And I will make it a desolation; it shall not be pruned and it shall not be dressed, and there came up sharp points and thorns: and upon the clouds I will command from raining rain upon it
Isaiah 30:23
And he gave the rain of thy seed which thou shalt sow the earth and bread of the increase of the earth: and it was fat and fertile, thy cattle shall feed in that day in a large meadow.
Isaiah 31:1
Wo to those going down to Egypt for help; and they will look upon horses, and trust upon chariots, because they are many; and upon horsemen because they were strong greatly; and they looked not upon the Holy One of Israel, and sought not Jehovah.
Isaiah 32:20
Happy ye sowing upon all waters, sending the foot of the ox and the ass.
Isaiah 55:6
Seek ye Jehovah in his being found, and call him in his being near.
Jeremiah 4:3-4
For thus said Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up to you the fallow ground, and ye shall not sow to thorns.
Jeremiah 29:12-14
And ye called me, and went and prayed to me, and I heard to you.
Jeremiah 50:4
In those days and in that time, says Jehovah, the sons of Israel shall come, they and the sons of Judah together, going, and they wept: they shall go and shall seek Jehovah their God.
Ezekiel 34:26
And I gave them and round about my hill a blessing; and I brought down the rain in its time, and they shall be rains of blessing.
Hosea 12:6
And thou, in thy God thou shalt turn back: watch mercy and judgment, and wait always for thy God.
Amos 5:4
For thus said Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek ye me and live:
Amos 5:6
Seek ye Jehovah and live, lest he shall break through the house of Joseph as fire, and devour, and none quenching to the house of God.
Amos 5:8
He made the seven stars and Orion, and he turned the shadow of death to the morning, and he darkened the day to night: calling to the water of the sea, and he will pour them out upon the face of the earth: Jehovah his name:
Amos 5:15
Hate evil and love good, and set ye judgment in the gate: perhaps Jehovah God of armies will compassionate the remnant of Joseph.
Zephaniah 2:1-3
Collect yourselves together and be ye collected, O nation not ashamed;
Luke 13:24
Strive earnestly to enter through the narrow gate: for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Acts 2:18
And also upon my servants and upon my maids in those days will I pour out from my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
1 Corinthians 3:6-7
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God increased.
James 3:18
And the fruit of justice is sown in peace by those making peace.