Hosea 12:6

Hosea 12:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
• New International Version (NIV)But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God."
• New King James Version (NKJV)So you, by the help of your God, return; Observe mercy and justice, And wait on your God continually.

Context of Hosea 12:6

4Yea, he wrestled with the Angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us, 5— even Jehovah, the God of hosts, — Jehovah is his memorial. And thou, return unto thy God: keep loving-kindness and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. 7[He is] a merchant, balances of deceit are in his hand; he loveth to oppress. 8And Ephraim saith, Nevertheless I am become rich, I have found me out substance; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

Hosea 12:6 word by word

וְאַתָּ֖ה בֵּאלֹהֶ֣יךָ תָשׁ֑וּב חֶ֤סֶד וּמִשְׁפָּט֙ שְׁמֹ֔ר וְקַוֵּ֥ה אֶל־אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ תָּמִֽיד׃Read the interlinear

• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Hosea 12:6

• Hosea 14:1O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
• Proverbs 1:23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you, I will make known to you my words.
• Isaiah 31:6Turn unto him from whom ye have deeply revolted, ye children of Israel;
• Isaiah 55:6Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.
• Jeremiah 3:14Return, backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you, and I will take you, one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
• Lamentations 3:39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
• Joel 2:13and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
• Zechariah 1:3And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Return unto me, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Acts 2:38And Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptised, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for remission of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 26:20but have, first to those both in Damascus and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judaea, and to the nations, announced that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
• Hosea 4:1Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; for there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
• Proverbs 21:3To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
• Isaiah 1:16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; — cease to do evil,
• Isaiah 58:6Is not this the fast which I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to send forth free the crushed, and that ye break every yoke?
• Jeremiah 22:15Shalt thou reign, because thou viest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? Then it was well with him.
• Amos 5:24but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.

Commentaries on Hosea 12:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Therefore turn thou to thy God - Because he is the same, and cannot change. Seek him as faithfully and as fervently as Jacob did, and you will find him the same merciful and compassionate Being.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Therefore turn thou to thy God - (Literally, “And thou, thou shalt turn” so as to lean “on thy God.”) “And thou” unlike, he would say, as thou art to thy great forefather, now at least, “turn to thy God;” hope in Him, as Jacob hoped; and thou too shalt be accepted. God was the Same. They then had only to turn to Him in truth, and they too would find Him, such as Jacob their father had found Him, and then “trust in him continually. mercy and judgment”…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The Lord urged Israel to stop living like Jacob. Instead, they should return to God and act with love and justice.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. 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--(Mi 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 (Psa 37:3, 5, 7; 40:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 12:6

• Mercy
• Perseverance
• Repentance
• Waiting

In the dictionaries

• God
• Faithful; Faithfulness
• Hosea
• Lovingkindness
• Repentance
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings