Hosea 12:8
And Ephraim saith: 'Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours — they find not against me iniquity that [is] sin.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7Canaan! in his hand [are] balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:17and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth:
Psalms 49:6Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.
Psalms 62:10Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth — when it increaseth — set not the heart.
Proverbs 30:12A generation — pure in their own eyes, But from their own filth not washed.
Isaiah 10:13For he hath said, 'By the power of my hand I have wrought, And by my wisdom, for I have been intelligent, And I remove borders of the peoples, And their chief ones I have spoiled, And I put down as a mighty one the inhabitants,
Jeremiah 2:35And thou sayest, 'Because I have been innocent, Surely turned back hath His anger from me?' Lo, I have been judged with thee, Because of thy saying, 'I have not sinned.'
Matthew Henry on Hosea 12:8-14
Reproof for Sin; Judgment Threatened; Memorials of Divine Mercy. ( b. c. 723.) 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. 9 And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast. 10 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used… Read the whole commentary →