Hosea 12:6

In 11 translations

BSB

But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.

KJV

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

WEB

Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.

ASV

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.

LSV

And you, through your God, turn, || Keep kindness and judgment, || And wait on your God continually.

YLT

And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.

DBY

And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.ElohimElohim

DRC

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and hope in thy God always.

GNV

Therefore turne thou to thy God: keepe mercy and iudgement, and hope still in thy God.

JPS12:7

Therefore turn thou to thy God; keep mercy and justice, and wait for thy God continually.

LXXE12:7

Thou therefore shalt return to thy God: keep thou mercy and judgment, and draw nigh to thy God continually.

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WLC12:7

וְאַתָּ֖ה בֵּאלֹהֶ֣יךָ תָשׁ֑וּב חֶ֤סֶד וּמִשְׁפָּט֙ שְׁמֹ֔ר וְקַוֵּ֥ה אֶל־אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ תָּמִֽיד׃KJV:Hos.12.6

LXX-Br12:7

Καὶ σὺ ἐν Θεῷ σου ἐπιστρέψεις, ἔλεον καὶ κρίμα φυλάσσου, καὶ ἔγγιζε πρὸς τὸν Θεόν σου διαπαντός.

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• Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
• Micah 7:7But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
• Hosea 14:1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
• Lamentations 3:25–26The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
• James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Hosea 6:1–3Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds. After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may…
• Zechariah 7:9“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
• Acts 2:38Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 26:20First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
• Psalms 130:5–7I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning— more than watchmen wait for the morning. O Israel, put your hope in the LORD,…
• Jeremiah 3:14–22“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion. Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will…
• Lamentations 3:39–41Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins? Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
• Proverbs 1:23If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
• Psalms 27:14Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
• Psalms 37:7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
• Habakkuk 2:3For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.

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