Hosea Chapter 8 verse 12 Holy Bible
I wrote for him the ten thousand things of my law; but they are counted as a strange thing.
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Though I put my law in writing for him in ten thousand rules, they are to him as a strange thing.
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I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted [as] a strange thing.
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I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
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I wrote for him the many things of my law; But they were regarded as a strange thing.
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I write for him numerous things of My law, As a strange thing they have been reckoned.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12, 13) The rendering should be, though I write for him a multitude of my precepts. The tense "I write" is imperfect, and represents the continuous process--the prophetic teaching as well as the ancient Mosaic law. In the wild lust for a foreign religion the pure and spiritual Mosaic worship and the religious influence of prophecy had been forgotten. It seemed something "strange;" as Christ's cross and claims have been accounted strange by so-called Christians.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThough I wroteאֶ֨כְתָּב־ (’eḵ·tāḇ-)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularStrong's 3789: To grave, to writefor themל֔וֹ (lōw)Preposition | third person masculine singularStrong's 3789: To grave, to writethe great thingsרֻבֵּ֖י (rub·bê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 7239: A myriad, large numberof My law,תּֽוֹרָתִ֑י (tō·w·rā·ṯî)Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 8451: Direction, instruction, lawthey regarded themנֶחְשָֽׁבוּ׃ (neḥ·šā·ḇū)Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 2803: To think, accountasכְּמוֹ־ (kə·mōw-)PrepositionStrong's 3644: Like, as, whensomething strange.זָ֖ר (zār)Adjective - masculine singularStrong's 2114: To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adulteryJump to PreviousAccounted Alien Counted Great Law Manifold Numerous Precepts Prescribed Reckoned Regarded Rules Something Strange Stranger's Ten Thousand Thousands Write Writing Written Wrote
