Hosea 12:3

In 11 translations

BSB

In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.

KJV

¶ He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:had…: Heb. was a prince, or, behaved himself princely

WEB

In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.

ASV

In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God:

LSV

In the womb he took his brother by the heel, || And by his strength he was a prince with God,

YLT

In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,

DBY

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his strength he wrestled with God.Elohim

DRC

In the womb he supplanted his brother: and by his strength he had success with an angel.

GNV

Hee tooke his brother by the heele in the wombe, and by his strength he had power with God,

JPS12:4

In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and by his strength he strove with a godlike being;

LXXE12:4

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his labours he had power with God.

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WLC12:4

בַּבֶּ֖טֶן עָקַ֣ב אֶת־אָחִ֑יו וּבְאוֹנ֖וֹ שָׂרָ֥ה אֶת־אֱלֹהִֽים׃KJV:Hos.12.3

LXX-Br12:4

Ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ ἐπτέρνισε τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν κόποις αὐτοῦ ἐνίσχυσε πρὸς Θεόν.

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• Genesis 25:26After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
• Genesis 32:24–28So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled. Then the man…
• Romans 9:11Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
• James 5:16–18Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would…

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