Hosea 8:12
What does Hosea 8:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Hosea 8:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Though I put my law in writing for him in ten thousand rules, they are to him as a strange thing.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862I write for him numerous things of My law, As a strange thing they have been reckoned.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I shall write to him my manifold laws, which have been accounted as foreign.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted [as] a strange thing.
Context
v.11Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars for sinning, altars have been unto him for sinning.
v.12This passage
v.13As for the sacrifices of mine offerings, they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but Jehovah accepteth them not: now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Romans 7:12
So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.
- Romans 3:1
What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision?
- Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
- Isaiah 30:9
For it is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of Jehovah;
- Nehemiah 9:26
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets that testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations.
- Psalms 50:17
Seeing that thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?
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