Hosea 12:12
Hosea 12:12-14 The Message (MSG)
Are you going to repeat the life of your ancestor Jacob? He ran off guilty to Aram, Then sold his soul to get ahead, and made it big through treachery and deceit. Your real identity is formed through God-sent prophets, who led you out of Egypt and served as faithful pastors. As it is, Ephraim has continually and inexcusably insulted God. Now he has to pay for his life-destroying ways. His Master will do to him what he has done.
Hosea 12:12 King James Version (KJV)
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Hosea 12:12 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Now Jacob fled to the land of Aram, And Israel worked for a wife, And for a wife he kept sheep.
Hosea 12:12 New Century Version (NCV)
Your ancestor Jacob fled to Northwest Mesopotamia where he worked to get a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.
Hosea 12:12 American Standard Version (ASV)
And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Hosea 12:12 New International Version (NIV)
Jacob fled to the country of Aram; Israel served to get a wife, and to pay for her he tended sheep.
Hosea 12:12 New King James Version (NKJV)
Jacob fled to the country of Syria; Israel served for a spouse, And for a wife he tended sheep.
Hosea 12:12 Amplified Bible (AMP)
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.