Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 is as a heifer that is trained, and loves to tread out the grain; but I harnessed her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to pull a plow; Judah shall plow, and Jacob must break his clods. 12 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. 13 You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped iniquity; you have eaten the fruit of lies: because you did trust in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 45:8
Drop down, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.
Proverbs 11:18
The wicked works a deceitful work: but to him that sows righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon your descendants, and my blessing upon your offspring:
Hosea 6:3
Let us know, let us press on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Hosea 8:7
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: the stalk has no bud: it shall yield no meal: if so be it does yield, the aliens shall swallow it up.
Psalm 72:6
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Psalm 105:4
Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Psalm 126:5-6
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand: for you know not which shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both alike shall be good.
Isaiah 5:6
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor dug; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Isaiah 30:23
Then shall he give the rain for your seed, that you shall sow the ground with; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be rich and plentiful: in that day shall your cattle feed in large pastures.
Isaiah 31:1
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
Isaiah 32:20
Blessed are you that sow beside all waters, that send forth freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.
Isaiah 55:6
Seek you the LORD while he may be found, call you upon him while he is near:
Jeremiah 4:3-4
For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Jeremiah 29:12-14
Then shall you call upon me, and you shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Jeremiah 50:4
In those days, and in that time, says the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
Ezekiel 34:26
And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing.
Hosea 12:6
Therefore turn you to your God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on your God continually.
Amos 5:4
For thus says the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek me, and you shall live:
Amos 5:6
Seek the LORD, and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
Amos 5:8
Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night: that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
Amos 5:15
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Zephaniah 2:1-3
Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
Luke 13:24
Strive to enter in at the narrow gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Acts 2:18
And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
1 Corinthians 3:6-7
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
James 3:18
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by them that make peace.