God’s Word Translation
Hosea 12:5
5The Lord is the God of Armies. The Lord is the name by which he is remembered.
Hosea 12:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial.
- New International Version (NIV)the Lord God Almighty, the Lord is his name!
- English Standard Version (ESV)the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial name:
- New King James Version (NKJV)That is, the Lord God of hosts. The Lord is His memorable name.
Context of Hosea 12:5
3Their ancestor Jacob held on to his brother’s heel while the two of them were in their mother’s womb. When Jacob became a man, he struggled with God. 4He struggled with the Messenger and won. Jacob cried and pleaded with him. Jacob found him at Bethel, and he talked with him there. The Lord is the God of Armies. The Lord is the name by which he is remembered. 6Return to your God. Be loyal and fair, and always wait with hope for your God. 7⌞The Lord says,⌟ “The merchants use dishonest scales. They love to cheat people.
Read all of Hosea 12Hosea 12:5 word by word
וַֽיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י הַצְּבָא֑וֹת יְהוָ֖ה זִכְרֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Hosea 12:5
- Genesis 28:16Then Jacob woke up from his sleep and exclaimed, “Certainly, the Lord is in this place, and I didn’t know it!”
- Genesis 32:30So Jacob named that place Peniel [Face of God], because he said, “I have seen God face to face, but my life was saved.”
- Exodus 3:15Again God said to Moses, “This is what you must say to the people of Israel: The Lord God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my name forever. This is my title throughout every generation.
- Psalms 135:13O Lord, your name endures forever. O Lord, you will be remembered throughout every generation.
- Isaiah 42:8I am the Lord; that is my name. I will not give my glory to anyone else or the praise I deserve to idols.
Commentaries on Hosea 12:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The Lord is his memorial - He is the same God as when Jacob so successfully wrestled with him.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Even the Lord God of Hosts, the Lord is His memorial - The word, here as translated and written Lord, is the special and, so to say, the proper Name of God, that which He gave to Himself, and which declares His Being. God Himself authoritatively explained its meaning. When Moses inquired of Him, what he should say to Israel, when they should ask him, “what is the Name of the God of their fathers,” who, he was to tell them, had sent him to them, “God said…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-14Israel has engaged in deception and dishonesty since Jacob's time.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Lord God--Jehovah, a name implying His immutable constancy to His promises. From the Hebrew root, meaning "existence." "He that is, was, and is to be," always the same (He 13:8; Re 1:4, 8; compare Ex 3:14, 15; 6:3). As He was unchangeable in His favor to Jacob, so will He be to His believing posterity. of hosts--which Israel foolishly worshipped. Jehovah has all the hosts (saba) or powers of heaven and earth at His command, so that He is as…Read the comment
Topics related to Hosea 12:5
In the dictionaries
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
God’s Word Translation — © 1995 God’s Word to the Nations Bible Society
Commentaries