Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Hosea 12:8

Ephraim
PrideMoney and wealth

6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

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.

9 And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.

10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.

Read the whole chapter

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.

Compare

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

    Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

    Read in context

  • Psalms 62:10

    Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

    Read in context

  • Deuteronomy 8:17

    And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

    Read in context

  • Proverbs 30:20

    Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 10:13–14

    For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

    Read in context

  • Proverbs 30:12

    There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

    Read in context

  • 1 Timothy 6:5

    Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

    Read in context

  • Psalms 49:6

    They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

    Read in context