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Hosea 12:8

Ephraim
PrideMoney and wealth

6 But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.

7 A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.

And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

9 But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.

10 I spoke through the prophets and multiplied their visions; I gave parables through the prophets.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
KJV
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.
WEB
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.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
And Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich. I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors they will find in me no iniquity that [is] sin.”
ÅB
Og Efra'im sier: Ja, jeg er blitt rik, har vunnet meg gods; men i alt mitt strev skal ingen kunne finne noen urett - noen synd.
OTB
Og Efraim sa: “Jeg har sannelig blitt rik,
Jeg har funnet velstand for meg selv;
I all min møye vil de ikke finne i meg
Noe galt, som ville være synd.”
B1930
Og Efra'im sier: Ja, jeg er blitt rik, har vunnet mig gods; men i alt mitt strev skal ingen kunne finne nogen urett - nogen synd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Revelation 3:17

    You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

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  • Psalms 62:10

    Place no trust in extortion, or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

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  • Deuteronomy 8:17

    You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”

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  • Proverbs 30:20

    This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

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  • Isaiah 10:13–14

    For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.

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  • Proverbs 30:12

    There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.

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  • 1 Timothy 6:5

    and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

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  • Psalms 49:6

    They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

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