Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Yahweh has a quarrel with Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
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.
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.
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.
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 herds [the] wind and [is] pursuing [the] east wind all day long; he multiplies deception and violence and he {makes a treaty with Assyria}, and oil is brought to Egypt. 2 Yahweh has a quarrel with Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds. 3 In the womb he deceived his brother, and in his manhood he struggled with God.
Phrases
Cross References
Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of Yahweh, children of Israel, for Yahweh has an indictment against the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or loyalty, there is no knowledge of God in the land.
Micah 6:2
Hear, O mountains, the indictment of Yahweh, and you eternal foundations of the earth, for Yahweh has an indictment against his people, and against Israel he contends.
2 Kings 17:19-20
Even Judah did not keep the commands of Yahweh their God, and they walked in the customs of Israel which they introduced,
Isaiah 3:11
Woe to the wicked! [It is] bad! For what is done [by] his hands will be done to him.
Isaiah 8:7-8
therefore look! The Lord [is] bringing up the waters of the great and mighty river against them, the king of Assyria and all his glory. And he will rise above all his channels, and he will flow over all his banks.
Isaiah 10:6
I send him against a godless nation, and I command him against the people of my wrath, to capture spoil and to carry off plunder, and to make them a trampling place, like [the] clay of [the] streets.
Isaiah 10:12
And this shall happen: when the Lord has finished all his work against {Mount Zion} and Jerusalem, "I will punish the {arrogance} of the king of Assyria and {his haughtiness}."
Isaiah 24:21
And this shall happen on that day: Yahweh will punish the host of heaven in heaven, and the kings of the earth on the earth.
Isaiah 59:18
According to deeds, so he will repay; wrath to his enemies, requital to those who are his {enemies}. He will repay requital to the coastlands.
Jeremiah 3:8-11
And I saw that {for this very reason, that} on account of apostate Israel committing adultery I divorced her and gave the letter of divorce to her. Yet her treacherous sister Judah was not afraid and she went and prostituted [herself] also.
Jeremiah 25:31
[The] rage of battle will resound to the end of the earth, for [there is] a lawsuit of Yahweh against the nations. He [is] entering into judgment with all wicked flesh, he will give them to the sword,' {declares} Yahweh."
Ezekiel 23:11-21
"And though Oholibah her sister saw, yet in her lust {she behaved more corruptly than her}, and her whoring [was] more than the prostitution of her sister.
Ezekiel 23:31-32
You went in the [same] way of your sister, and I will give her cup into your hand." '
Hosea 2:13
{I will punish her} [for] the days of the Baals, to whom she burns incense, and she decked herself [with] her ornamental ring and jewelry, and she went after her lovers, and forgot me --a declaration of Yahweh.
Hosea 4:9
And it will be like people, like priest; I will punish them [for] their ways, and I will requite them for their deeds.
Hosea 8:13
They offer sacrifices of my choice and they eat flesh; Yahweh does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they will return [to] Egypt.
Hosea 9:9
{They deeply corrupted themselves} as [in] the days of Gibeah; he will remember their sin, he will punish their sins.
Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and at that time he will reward each one according to {what he has done}.
Romans 2:6
who will reward each one according to his works:
Galatians 6:7
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked, for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap,