Hosea 12:8

World English Bible

Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich,
I have found myself wealth.
In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”

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Hosea 12:8 in other translations

And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.

Hosea 12:8 · American Standard Version

Hosea 12:8 in context

  1. 6Therefore turn to your God.
    Keep kindness and justice,
    and wait continually for your God.
  2. 7A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand.
    He loves to defraud.
  3. 8Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich,
    I have found myself wealth.
    In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.”
  4. 9“But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt.
    I will yet again make you dwell in tents,
    as in the days of the solemn feast.
  5. 10I have also spoken to the prophets,
    and I have multiplied visions;
    and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.