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Bible in Basic English
The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.
New American Standard Bible
And will punish Jacob
He will repay him according to his deeds.
King James Version
The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
Holman Bible
He is about to punish Jacob according to his ways;
He will repay him based on his actions.
International Standard Version
The LORD accuses Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he will repay him for what he does.
A Conservative Version
LORD has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways. He will recompense him according to his doings.
American Standard Version
Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
Amplified
The Lord also has a dispute [a legal complaint and an indictment] with Judah,
And He will punish Jacob in accordance with his ways;
He will repay him in accordance with his deeds.
Darby Translation
Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and he will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
Julia Smith Translation
And a contention to Jehovah with Judah, and to review Jacob according to his ways; he will turn back to him according to his doings.
King James 2000
The LORD has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds will he recompense him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Yahweh has a quarrel with Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
Modern King James verseion
Jehovah also has a quarrel with Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings He will repay him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The LORD hath a court to hold with Judah, and will punish Jacob: After their own ways and according to their own inventions, shall he recompense them.
NET Bible
The Lord also has a covenant lawsuit against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
New Heart English Bible
The LORD also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways and according to his deeds he will repay him.
The Emphasized Bible
But, a controversy, hath Yahweh with Judah, - so that he may bring punishment on Jacob, according to his ways, According to his doings, repay him.
Webster
The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
World English Bible
Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.
Youngs Literal Translation
And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him.
Interlinear
References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 12:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Case Against Jacob's Heirs
1 Ephraim's food is the wind, and he goes after the east wind: deceit and destruction are increasing day by day; they make an agreement with Assyria, and take oil into Egypt. 2 The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts. 3 In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;
Phrases
Cross References
Hosea 4:1
Give ear to the word of the Lord, O children of Israel; for the Lord has a cause against the people of this land, because there is no good faith in it, and no mercy and no knowledge of God in the land.
Micah 6:2
Give ear, O you mountains, to the Lord's cause, and take note, you bases of the earth: for the Lord has a cause against his people, and he will take it up with Israel.
2 Kings 17:19-20
(But even Judah did not keep the orders of the Lord their God, but were guided by the rules which Israel had made.
Isaiah 3:11
Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.
Isaiah 8:7-8
For this cause the Lord is sending on them the waters of the River, deep and strong, even the king of Assyria and all his glory: and it will come up through all its streams, overflowing all its edges:
Isaiah 10:6
I will send him against a nation of wrongdoers, and against the people of my wrath I will give him orders, to take their wealth in war, crushing them down like the dust in the streets.
Isaiah 10:12
For this cause it will be that, when the purpose of the Lord against Mount Zion and Jerusalem is complete, I will send punishment on the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of his uplifted eyes.
Isaiah 24:21
And in that day the Lord will send punishment on the army of the high ones on high, and on the kings of the earth on the earth.
Isaiah 59:18
He will give them the right reward of their doings, wrath to his attackers, punishment to his haters, and even on the sea-lands he will send punishment.
Jeremiah 3:8-11
And though she saw that, because Israel, turning away from me, had been untrue to me, I had put her away and given her a statement in writing ending the relation between us, still Judah, her false sister, had no fear, but went and did the same.
Jeremiah 25:31
A noise will come, even to the end of the earth; for the Lord has a cause against the nations, he will give his decision against all flesh; as for the evil-doers, he will give them to the sword, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 23:11-21
And her sister Oholibah saw this, but her desire was even more unmeasured, and her loose behaviour was worse than that of her sister.
Ezekiel 23:31-32
You have gone in the way of your sister; and I will give her cup into your hand.
Hosea 2:13
And I will give her punishment for the days of the Baals, to whom she has been burning perfumes, when she made herself fair with her nose-rings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, giving no thought to me, says the Lord.
Hosea 4:9
And the priest will be like the people; I will give them punishment for their evil ways, and the reward of their acts.
Hosea 8:13
He gives the offerings of his lovers, and takes the flesh for food; but the Lord has no pleasure in them; now he will keep in mind their evil-doing and give them the punishment of their sins; they will go back to Egypt.
Hosea 9:9
They have gone deep in evil as in the days of Gibeah; he will keep in mind their wrongdoing, he will give them punishment for their sins.
Matthew 16:27
For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he will give to every man the reward of his works.
Romans 2:6
Who will give to every man his right reward:
Galatians 6:7
Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.