Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Israel worked to earn a wife;
he tended flocks for a wife.
New American Standard Bible
And
And for a wife he kept sheep.
King James Version
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
International Standard Version
Jacob fled into the land of Aram; Israel served there to obtain his wife, tending sheep to gain his wife.
A Conservative Version
And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
American Standard Version
And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept'sheep .
Amplified
Now Jacob (Israel) fled into the open country of Aram (Paddan-aram),
And [there] Israel (Jacob) worked and served for a wife,
And for a wife he kept sheep.
Bible in Basic English
And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Darby Translation
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jacob will flee to the field of Aram, and Israel will serve for a wife, and for a wife he watched.
King James 2000
And Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Jacob fled [to] the open field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he watched over [sheep].
Modern King James verseion
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept watch.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Jacob fled into the land of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
NET Bible
Jacob fled to the country of Aram, then Israel worked to acquire a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.
New Heart English Bible
Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
The Emphasized Bible
When Jacob fled to the country of Syria, then Israel served for a wife, and, for a wife, he watched over a flock.
Webster
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
World English Bible
Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served to get a wife, and for a wife he tended flocks and herds.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.
Themes
jacob » Esau seeks to kill, escapes to padan-aram
jacob » Serves fourteen years for leah and rachel
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 12:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Further Indictment Of Jacob's Heirs
11
they will certainly come to nothing.
They sacrifice bulls in Gilgal;
even their altars will be like heaps of rocks
on the furrows of a field.
Israel worked to earn a wife;
he tended flocks for a wife.
and Israel was tended by a prophet.
Cross References
Genesis 27:43
So now, my son, listen to me. Flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran,
Genesis 28:1-22
Isaac summoned Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him: “Don’t take a wife from the Canaanite women.
Genesis 29:18-28
Jacob loved Rachel, so he answered Laban, “I’ll work for you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
Genesis 31:41
For 20 years I have worked in your household—14 years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks
Genesis 32:27-28
“What is your name?” the man asked.
“Jacob,” he replied.
Deuteronomy 26:5
You are to respond by saying in the presence of the Lord your God:
My father was a wandering Aramean.