And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
WEB
Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife— for a wife he tended sheep.
YLT
And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.
DBT
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep].
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentHosea — A prophet commanded to marry an unfaithful wife — his marriage becomes the sermon. Fourteen chapters on covenant unfaithfulness and a love that will not let Israel go.
- Author
- Hosea son of Beeri (1:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 755–715 BC — the decades leading up to the 722 BC fall of the northern kingdom