Hosea 12:3

NETBible	In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled¹ with God.
NIV © biblegateway Hos 12:3	In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel; as a man he struggled with God.
NASB © biblegateway Hos 12:3	In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And in his maturity he contended with God.
NLT © biblegateway Hos 12:3	Before Jacob was born, he struggled with his brother; when he became a man, he even fought with God.
MSG © biblegateway Hos 12:3	In the womb, that heel, Jacob, got the best of his brother. When he grew up, he tried to get the best of GOD.
BBE © SABDAweb Hos 12:3	In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;
NRSV © bibleoremus Hos 12:3	In the womb he tried to supplant his brother, and in his manhood he strove with God.
NKJV © biblegateway Hos 12:3	He took his brother by the heel in the womb, And in his strength he struggled with God.
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KJV	He took his brother <0251> by the heel <06117> (8804) in the womb <0990>_, and by his strength <0202> he had power <08280> (8804) with God <0430>_: {had...: Heb. was a prince, or, behaved himself princely}
NASB © biblegateway Hos 12:3	In the womb <0990> he took <06117> his brother <0251> by the heel <06117> , And in his maturity <0202> he contended <08280> with God <0430> .
LXXM	(12:4) en <1722> PREP th <3588> T-DSF koilia <2836> N-DSF epternisen {V-AAI-3S} ton <3588> T-ASM adelfon <80> N-ASM autou <846> D-GSM kai <2532> CONJ en <1722> PREP kopoiv <2873> N-DPM autou <846> D-GSM eniscusen <1765> V-AAI-3S prov <4314> PREP yeon <2316> N-ASM
NET [draft] ITL	In the womb <0990> he attacked <06117> his brother <0251> ; in his manly vigor <0202> he struggled <08280> with <0854> God <0430> .
HEBREW	Myhla <0430> ta <0854> hrv <08280> wnwabw <0202> wyxa <0251> ta <0853> bqe <06117> Njbb <0990> (12:3) <12:4>


NETBible	In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled¹ with God.
NET Notes	¹tn The verb שָׂרָה (sarah) means “to strive, contend” (HALOT 1354 s.v. שׂרה) or “persevere, persist” (BDB 975 s.v. שָׂרָה; see Gen 32:29). Almost all English versions render the verb here in terms of the former: NAB, NASB “contended”; NRSV “strove”; TEV, CEV “fought against.”