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Hosea 12:3
Hosea 12:3 is verse 3 of Hosea chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
King James Version
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
World English Bible
In the womb he took his brother by the heel, and in his manhood he contended with God.
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Hosea 12:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible
1 Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.
2 The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
4 Yes, he struggled with the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke with Him there —
5 the LORD is the God of Hosts— the LORD is His name of renown.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 25:26After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
Romans 9:11Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
Genesis 32:24So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
Genesis 32:25When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
Genesis 32:26Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
Genesis 32:27“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
Genesis 32:28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
James 5:16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
James 5:17Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
James 5:18Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.