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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 become rich and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the pitiable 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 made gold my confidence,{HR}And to the pure gold said, My trust;
 25If I rejoiced because my weal [was] great,{HR}And because my hand found much; (Job 31:24‑25)
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Psa. 49:6• 6Those who trust in their wealth{HR}And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches. (Psa. 49:6)
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Psa. 52:7• 7Behold, the man that made not God his strength,{HR}But confided in the abundance of his riches;{HR}He strengthened himself in his wickedness. (Psa. 52:7)
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Psa. 62:10• 10Confide not in oppression,{HR}And in robbery be not vain;{HR}If riches increase,{HR}Set not [your] heart [on them]. (Psa. 62:10)
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Zech. 11:5• 5whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be Jehovah; for I am 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 up 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• 5wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that piety is gain.
 17Those rich in the present age charge not to be highminded, nor to set their hope on uncertainty of riches, but on the God that affordeth us all things richly for enjoyment; (1 Tim. 6:5,17)
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Rev. 3:17• 17Because thou sayest, I am rich and am become rich and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the pitiable and poor and blind and naked; (Rev. 3:17)
I have.
Deut. 8:17• 17{i}—and thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand has procured me this wealth.{/i} (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 prudent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have put 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 they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. (Hab. 1:16)
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Hab. 2:5‑6• 5Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people.
 6Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with many 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• 12{i}There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes,{HR}Yet are not washed from their filthiness;{HR}{/i}
 20{i}Such is the way of an adulterous woman:{HR}She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith,{HR}I have done no wickedness.{/i} (Prov. 30:12,20)
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Jer. 2:23,35• 23{i}How 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!{/i}
 35{i}And 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.{/i} (Jer. 2:23,35)
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Mal. 2:17• 17Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words; yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When 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. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much 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 unto them, Ye are they who justify themselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts; for that which 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Ephraim said, I am simply become rich; I have found me out substances: it is all my labours. They will find no iniquity in me that is sin.