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Hosea 12

Hos. 12:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Ephraim
'Ephrayim (Hebrew #669)
double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Ephraim, Ephraimites.
Pronounce: ef-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of masculine form of 672
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Yet I am become rich
`ashar (Hebrew #6238)
properly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich
KJV usage: be(-come, en-, make, make self, wax) rich, make (1 Kings 22:48 marg). See 6240.
Pronounce: aw-shar'
Origin: a primitive root
n, I have found me out
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
substance
'own (Hebrew #202)
ability, power, (figuratively) wealth
KJV usage: force, goods, might, strength, substance.
Pronounce: one
Origin: probably from the same as 205 (in the sense of effort, but successful)
: in ρall my labors
ygiya` (Hebrew #3018)
toil; hence, a work, produce, property (as the result of labor)
KJV usage: labour, work.
Pronounce: yeg-ee'-ah
Origin: from 3021
they shall find
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
none iniquity
`avon (Hebrew #5771)
from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Pronounce: aw-vone'
Origin: or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}
in me σthat were sin
chet' (Hebrew #2399)
a crime or its penalty
KJV usage: fault, X grievously, offence, (punishment of) sin.
Pronounce: khate
Origin: from 2398
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Rev. 3:17• 17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that *thou* art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked; (Rev. 3:17)
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or, all my labors suffice me not; he shall have punishment of iniquity in whom is sin.
σ
which.

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Cross References

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Yet.
Job 31:24‑25• 24If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!
 25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; (Job 31:24‑25)
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Psa. 49:6• 6They depend upon their wealth, and boast themselves in the abundance of their riches. … (Psa. 49:6)
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Psa. 52:7• 7Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his avarice. (Psa. 52:7)
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Psa. 62:10• 10Put not confidence in oppression, and become not vain in robbery; if wealth increase, set not your heart upon it. (Psa. 62:10)
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Zech. 11:5• 5whose possessors slay them without being held guilty; and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah! for I am become rich; and their own shepherds pity them not. (Zech. 11:5)
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Luke 12:19• 19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry. (Luke 12:19)
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Luke 16:13• 13No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and will love the other, or he will cleave to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (Luke 16:13)
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1 Tim. 6:5,17• 5constant quarrellings of men corrupted in mind and destitute of the truth, holding gain to be the end of piety.
 17Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment; (1 Tim. 6:5,17)
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Rev. 3:17• 17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and am grown rich, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that *thou* art the wretched and the miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked; (Rev. 3:17)
I have.
Deut. 8:17• 17--and thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand has procured me this wealth. (Deut. 8:17)
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Isa. 10:13‑14• 13For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am intelligent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and, like a valiant man, I have brought down them that sit on thrones;
 14and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples, and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped. (Isa. 10:13‑14)
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Hab. 1:16• 16therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; for by them his portion is become fat, and his meat dainty. (Hab. 1:16)
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Hab. 2:5‑6• 5And moreover, the wine is treacherous: he is a proud man, and keepeth not at rest, he enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is like death and cannot be satisfied; and he assembleth unto him all nations, and gathereth unto him all peoples.
 6Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long?--and to him that loadeth himself with pledges! (Hab. 2:5‑6)
in all, etc.
or, all my labours suffice me not; he shallhave punishment of iniquity in whom is sin.
they.
Prov. 30:12,20• 12there is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, yet are not washed from their filthiness;
 20Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. (Prov. 30:12,20)
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Jer. 2:23,35• 23How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done--a swift dromedary traversing her ways!
 35And thou sayest, Indeed I am innocent; his anger will turn from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee because thou sayest, I have not sinned. (Jer. 2:23,35)
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Mal. 2:17• 17Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, and ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment? (Mal. 2:17)
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Mal. 3:13• 13Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah; but ye say, What have we been speaking against thee? (Mal. 3:13)
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Luke 10:29• 29But he, desirous of justifying himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour? (Luke 10:29)
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Luke 16:15• 15And he said to them, *Ye* are they who justify themselves before men, but God knows your hearts; for what amongst men is highly thought of is an abomination before God. (Luke 16:15)
that.
Heb. which.

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.