11 translations · Hebrew
Hosea 10:12
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
Hosea 10:12 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
- KJV King James Version
- Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Sow for yourselves in righteousness, || Reap according to loving-kindness, || Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, || To seek YHWH, || Until He comes and shows righteousness to you.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Sow for yourselves what is right and you will reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground. It's time to go to the Lord until he comes and rains down goodness on you.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Sow for yourselves in righteousness, Reap according to loving-kindness, Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge, To seek Jehovah, Till he come and shew righteousness to you.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek Jehovah, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he shall come and reign righteousness upon you.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Sow for yourselves in justice, and reap in the mouth of mercy, break up your fallow ground: but the time to seek the Lord is, when he shall come that shall teach you justice.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| זִרְע֨וּ | zir·‘ū | Sow | H2232 זָרַע to sow |
| לָכֶ֤ם | lā·ḵem | for yourselves | H9005 ל to/for |
| לִצְדָקָה֙ | liṣ·ḏā·qāh | righteousness | H6666 צְדָקָה righteousness |
| קִצְר֣וּ | qiṣ·rū | and reap the fruit | H7114 קָצֵר be short |
| לְפִי־ | lə·p̄î- | — | H6310 פֶּה lip |
| חֶ֔סֶד | ḥe·seḏ | of loving devotion | H2617 חֶ֫סֶד kindness |
| נִ֥ירוּ | nî·rū | break up | H5214 נִיר to break |
| לָכֶ֖ם | lā·ḵem | your | H9005 ל to/for |
| נִ֑יר | nîr | unplowed ground | H5215 נִיר fallow ground |
| וְעֵת֙ | wə·‘êṯ | For [it is] time | H6256 עֵת time |
| לִדְר֣וֹשׁ | liḏ·rō·wōš | to seek | H1875 דָּרַשׁ to seek |
| אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| עַד־ | ‘aḏ- | until | H5704 עַד till |
| יָב֕וֹא | yā·ḇō·w | He comes | H935 בּוֹא to come (in): come |
| וְיֹרֶ֥ה | wə·yō·reh | like rain | H3384 יָרָא to shoot |
| צֶ֖דֶק | ṣe·ḏeq | and sends righteousness | H6664 צֶ֫דֶק righteousness |
| לָכֶֽם׃ | lā·ḵem | upon you | H9005 ל to/for |
Related verses
- Jeremiah 4:3–4
For Yahweh says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, “Break up your fallow ground, and don’t sow among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
- Isaiah 45:8
Rain, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open, that it may produce salvation, and let it cause righteousness to spring up with it. I, Yahweh, have created it.
- James 3:18
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
- Proverbs 11:18
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
- Isaiah 55:6
Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
- Hosea 6:3
Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
- Jeremiah 29:12–14
You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” says Yahweh, “and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says Yahweh. I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.”
- Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:
- Psalm 105:4
Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
- Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
10 When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the nations will be gathered against them, when they are bound to their two transgressions.
11 Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put a yoke on her beautiful neck. I will set a rider on Ephraim. Judah will plow. Jacob will break his clods.
12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.
13 You have plowed wickedness. You have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of lies, for you trusted in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men.
14 Therefore a battle roar will arise among your people, and all your fortresses will be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth Arbel in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces with her children.
Read all of Hosea 10 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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