Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And Ephraim will say, Surely I became rich, I found to me wealth: all my labors shall not be found to me iniquity which was sin.
New American Standard Bible
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors they will find in me
King James Version
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
Holman Bible
“How rich I have become;
I made it all myself.
In all my earnings,
no one can find any crime in me
that I can be punished for!”
International Standard Version
Ephraim claims, "I have become rich, I have made a fortune! Because of all my wealth, no one will find any iniquity or sin in me.'
A Conservative Version
And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich. I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.
American Standard Version
And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.
Amplified
Ephraim said, “I have indeed become rich [and powerful as a nation];
I have found wealth for myself.
In all my labors they will not find in me
Any wickedness that would be sin.”
Bible in Basic English
And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.
Darby Translation
And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
King James 2000
And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found myself wealth: in all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Ephraim said, "Surely, I am rich, I gained wealth for myself; in all my toil they have not found guilt in me that is [sin].
Modern King James verseion
And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found much wealth for myself. In all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ephraim thinketh thus, "Tush, I am rich, I have good enough: In all my works shall not one fault be found, that I have offended."
NET Bible
Ephraim boasts, "I am very rich! I have become wealthy! In all that I have done to gain my wealth, no one can accuse me of any offense that is actually sinful."
New Heart English Bible
Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin."
The Emphasized Bible
So then Ephraim said, Surely I have gotten me riches, I have found wealth for myself, - in all my toils, they cannot find in me perversity which is sin.
Webster
And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found for myself substance: in all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that were sin.
World English Bible
Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin."
Youngs Literal Translation
And Ephraim saith: 'Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours -- they find not against me iniquity that is sin.'
Themes
Presumption » Exhibited in » Self-righteousness
Riches » Often lead to » Pride
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 12:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Further Words Of Judgment
7 Canaan in his hand, the balances of deceit: he loved to oppress. 8 And Ephraim will say, Surely I became rich, I found to me wealth: all my labors shall not be found to me iniquity which was sin. 9 And I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; I will even cause thee to dwell in tents as in the days of the appointment
Phrases
Cross References
Revelation 3:17
For thou sayest, That I am rich, and have abounded, and have need of nothing; and thou knowest not that thou art wretched, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked;
Psalm 62:10
Ye shall not trust in oppression, ye shall not become vain in plunder: if wealth shall increase ye shall not set the heart
Zechariah 11:5
Which they possessing them will slaughter them, and they will not be punished: and they selling them will say, Blessed be Jehovah; and I shall be rich: and their shepherds had not pity upon them.
Deuteronomy 8:17
And thou saidst in thy heart, My strength and the bone of my handmade for me this wealth.
Job 31:24-25
If I set gold my hope, and said to gold, My trust;
Psalm 49:6
They trusting upon their wealth, and they will glory in the multitude of their riches.
Psalm 52:7
Behold, the man will not set God his strength, and he will trust in the multitude of his riches he will be strengthened in his mischief.
Proverbs 30:12
A generation pure in its eyes, and not washed from its finding.
Proverbs 30:20
So the way of a woman committing adultery; eating and wiping her mouth, and saying, I transgressed not
Isaiah 10:13-14
For he said, By strength of my hand I did, and by my wisdom, for I was discreet: and I will remove the bounds of the people, and their things prepared I plundered, and I will bring down as a strong one the inhabitants.
Jeremiah 2:23
How wilt thou say, I was not defiled? I went not after the Baalims? See thy way in the valley, know what thou didst; a young she camel entangling her ways;
Jeremiah 2:35
And thou wilt say, Because I was innocent his anger turned back from me. Behold me judging thee for thy saying, I sinned not
Habakkuk 1:16
For this he will sacrifice to his net and burn incense to his fish-net; for by them his portion fat and his food. growing fat
Habakkuk 2:5-6
And also if a proud man transgressing by wine, and he will not rest; who enlarged his soul as hades, and he as death, and he will not be satisfied, and he will gather to him all nations, and he will collect to him all peoples.
Malachi 2:17
Ye wearied Jehovah with your words: and ye said, In what did we weary? In your saying, Every one doing evil is good in the eyes of Jehovah, and he delighted in them; or, Where the God of judgment?
Malachi 3:13
Your words were strong against me, said Jehovah. And ye said, What did we speak against thee?
Luke 10:29
And he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor
Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years; rest, eat, drink, be gladdened.
Luke 16:13
No servant can serve two lords: for he will either hate one, and love the other; or he will hold firmly to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Luke 16:15
And he said to them, Ye are they justifying yourselves before men; and God knows your hearts: for the high with men is abomination before God.
1 Timothy 6:5
Unprofitable occupations of men corrupted in mind, and deprived of the truth, thinking gain to be devotion: be separated from such.
1 Timothy 6:17
To the rich now in this life, proclaim not to be highminded, nor to be hoping upon the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, offering us all things richly for profit;