Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 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 like a trained heifer, trying to tread out. But I passed over on the goodness of her neck. I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods. 12 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. 13 You have plowed wickedness; you have reaped iniquity; you have eaten the fruit of lies, because you trusted in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 45:8
Drop down from above, O heavens, and let the clouds pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, and let salvation bear fruit; and let righteousness spring up together. I Jehovah have created it.
Proverbs 11:18
The wicked makes a deceitful wage; but one sowing righteousness has a sure reward.
Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods on the dry ground. I will pour My spirit on your seed, and My blessing on your offspring;
Hosea 6:3
Then we shall know, if we follow on to know Jehovah. His going out is prepared as the morning; and He shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.
Hosea 8:7
For they sow the wind, and they reap the whirlwind. It has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal; if it does yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
Psalm 72:6
He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, like showers that water the earth.
Psalm 105:4
Seek Jehovah and His strength; seek His face evermore.
Psalm 126:5-6
Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know what shall be blessed, either this or that, or whether they both shall be fruitful in the same way.
Isaiah 5:6
and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor dug; but briers and thorns shall come up. And I will command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.
Isaiah 30:23
Then He shall give the rain for your seed, with which you sow the ground. And the bread of the produce of the earth also shall be fat and plentiful. In that day your cattle shall feed in large pastures.
Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and lean on horses and trust in chariots, because it is great; and in horsemen, because they are so very strong, but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor do they seek Jehovah!
Isaiah 32:20
Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the feet of the ox and the ass.
Isaiah 55:6
Seek Jehovah while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
Jeremiah 4:3-4
For so says Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.
Jeremiah 29:12-14
Then you shall call on Me, and you shall go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
Jeremiah 50:4
In those days, and at that time, says Jehovah, the sons of Israel shall come, they and the sons of Judah together, going and weeping. They shall go and seek Jehovah their God.
Ezekiel 34:26
And I will make them, and the places around My hill, a blessing; and I will bring down the shower in its season. There shall be showers of blessing.
Hosea 12:6
Therefore turn to your God; keep mercy and judgment, and wait on your God forever.
Amos 5:4
For so says Jehovah to the house of Israel: Seek Me, and you shall live.
Amos 5:6
Seek Jehovah, and you shall live; lest He break out like a fire on the house of Joseph and devour it, and there be none to put it out in Bethel.
Amos 5:8
seek Him who created the Pleiades and Orion, and who turned the deep darkness into the morning and He darkened the day into night. Seek Him who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth; Jehovah is His name;
Amos 5:15
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate. It may be that the Lord Jehovah of Hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Zephaniah 2:1-3
Gather yourselves together; yea, gather, O nation not desired;
Luke 13:24
Strive to enter in at the narrow gate. For I say to you, many will seek to enter in and shall not be able.
Acts 2:18
And in those days I will pour out My Spirit upon My slaves and My slave women, 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 those who make peace.