Hosea 12:6New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Therefore, return to your God, Observe kindness and justice, And wait for your God continually.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Thou, therefore, by thy God, shalt return,—lovingkindness and justice, do thou keep, so wait thou for thy God, continually.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and hope in thy God always.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Therefore turne thou to thy God: keepe mercy and iudgement, and hope still in thy God.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Therefore turne thou to thy God: keepe mercie and iudgement, and wait on thy God continually.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Therefore return to your God; keep mercy and justice, and wait for your God continually.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Thou therefore shalt return to thy God: keep thou mercy and judgment, and draw nigh to thy God continually.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Therefore turn thou to thy Elohim: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy Elohim continually. |
Therefore turn
7725 {7725} Primeשׁוּבshuwb{shoob}
A primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbially again.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
thou
x859 (0859) Complementאַתָּה'attah{at-taw'}
A primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you.
to thy
´Élöhîm
אֱלֹהִים:
430 {0430} Primeאֱלֹהִים'elohiym{el-o-heem'}
Plural of H0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative.
keep
8104 {8104} Primeשָׁמַרshamar{shaw-mar'}
A primitive root; properly to hedge about (as with thorns), that is, guard; generally to protect, attend to, etc.
z8798 <8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 2847
mercy
2617 {2617} Primeחֶסֶדcheced{kheh'-sed}
From H2616; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opprobrium) reproof, or (subjectively) beauty.
and judgment,
4941 {4941} Primeמִשְׁפָּטmishpat{mish-pawt'}
From H8199; properly a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (particularly) divine law, individual or collectively), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly justice, including a particular right, or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style.
and wait
6960 {6960} Primeקָוָהqavah{kaw-vaw'}
A primitive root; to bind together (perhaps by twisting), that is, collect; (figuratively) to expect.
z8761 <8761> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 446
on
x413 (0413) Complementאֵל'el{ale}
(Used only in the shortened constructive form (the second form)); a primitive particle, properly denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, that is, near, with or among; often in general, to.
thy
´Élöhîm
אֱלֹהִים
430 {0430} Primeאֱלֹהִים'elohiym{el-o-heem'}
Plural of H0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative.
continually.
8548 {8548} Primeתָּמִידtamiyd{taw-meed'}
From an unused root meaning to stretch; properly continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially constantly); elliptically the regular (daily) sacrifice. |
Hosea 12:6
_ _ thou — who dost wish to be a true descendant of Jacob.
_ _ to thy God — who is therefore bound by covenant to hear thy prayers.
_ _ keep mercy and judgment — (Micah 6:8). These two include the second-table commandments, duty towards one’s neighbor, the most visible test of the sincerity on one’s repentance.
_ _ wait on thy God — alone, not on thy idols. Including all the duties of the first table (Psalms 37:3, Psalms 37:5, Psalms 37:7; Psalms 40:1). |
Hosea 12:6
Turn — Repent, leave idols and all sins. He worshipped God alone, do you so; he cast idols out of his family, do you so too; be Jacob's children herein. Mercy — Shew kindness to all who need it. Judgment — Wrong none; but with justice in dealings, in judicatures; and public offices, render to every one their due. Wait on thy God — In public worship and private duties serve and trust God alone: let not idols have either sacrifice, prayer, praise, or trust from you; and let your hope and worship, be for ever continued. |
- turn:
Hosea 14:1 O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Proverbs 1:23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
Isaiah 31:6 Turn ye unto [him from] whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
Isaiah 55:6-7 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: ... Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Jeremiah 3:14-22 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: ... Return, ye backsliding children, [and] I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou [art] the LORD our God.
Lamentations 3:39-41 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? ... Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.
Joel 2:13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he [is] gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Zechariah 1:3 Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 26:20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and [then] to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
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- keep:
Hosea 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because [there is] no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Proverbs 21:3 To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Isaiah 1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Isaiah 58:6 [Is] not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Jeremiah 22:15 Shalt thou reign, because thou closest [thyself] in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, [and] then [it was] well with him?
Amos 5:24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Zechariah 7:9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
Zechariah 8:16 These [are] the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.
James 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
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- wait:
Genesis 49:18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
Psalms 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Psalms 37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Psalms 123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their masters, [and] as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes [wait] upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Psalms 130:5-7 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. ... Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD [there is] mercy, and with him [is] plenteous redemption.
Isaiah 8:17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
Isaiah 30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.
Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint.
Lamentations 3:25-26 The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him. ... [It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Zephaniah 3:8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination [is] to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, [even] all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
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