Hosea 13 · Verse 12

Hosea 13:12

The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.

Hosea 13:12, King James Version

Hosea 13:12 in other translations

BSB	The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.
WEB	The guilt of Ephraim is stored up. His sin is stored up.
ASV	The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid up in store.
YLT	Bound up is the iniquity of Ephraim, Hidden is his sin,
DARBY	The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid by in store.
BBE	The wrongdoing of Ephraim is shut up; his sin is put away in secret.
Webster	The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.

What does Hosea 13:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

12. bound up ... hid--Treasures, meant to be kept, are bound up and hidden; that is, do not flatter yourselves, because of the delay, that I have forgotten your sin. Nay (Ho 9:9), Ephraim's iniquity is kept as it were safely sealed up, until the due time comes for bringing it forth for punishment (De 32:34; Job 14:17; 21:19; compare Ro 2:5). Opposed to "blotting out the handwriting against" the sinner (Col 2:14).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up - It is registered in my court of justice; the death warrant is in store, and will be produced in due time. Though there be not at present the judgment inflicted which such glaring transgressions demand, yet it will surely come. Such crimes cannot go unpunished.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 13:9-16

Israel had destroyed himself by his rebellion; but he could not save himself, his help was from the Lord only. This may well be applied to the case of spiritual redemption, from that lost state into which all have fallen by wilful sins. God often gives in displeasure what we sinfully desire. It is the happiness of the saints, that, whether God gives or takes away, all is in love. But it is the misery of the wicked…

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Hosea 13:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

צָרוּר֙tza.Rur[is] bound upH6887

עֲוֹ֣ן'a.Von[the] iniquity ofH5771

אֶפְרָ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669

צְפוּנָ֖הtze.fu.Nah[is] stored upH6845

חַטָּאתֽוֹ\׃cha.ta.Tosin hisH2403

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Hosea 13:12

Job 14:17
My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
Deuteronomy 32:34-35
Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Romans 2:5
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Job 21:19
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

De 32:34,35; Job 14:17; 21:19; Ro 2:5

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Context

Hosea 13:11
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
Hosea 13:12
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.
Hosea 13:13
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.

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Hosea 13:12 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Atada está la maldad de Ephraim; su pecado está guardado.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	L’iniquité d’Éphraïm est liée ensemble; son péché est tenu en réserve.
German Elberfelder 1871	Die Ungerechtigkeit Ephraims ist zusammengebunden, aufbewahrt seine Sünde;
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Colligata est iniquitas Ephraim; absconditum peccatum ejus.