Hosea 8:12
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Though I wrote(אֶ֨כְתָּב־
(ech·tav-)
3789: to writea prim. root
for him ten thousand(רֻבֵּ֖י
(rub·bei)
7239: ten thousand, myriadfrom rabab
[precepts] of My law,תֹּֽורָתִ֑י
(to·v·ra·ti;)
8451: direction, instruction, lawfrom yarah
They are regardedנֶחְשָֽׁבוּ׃
(nech·sha·vu.)
2803: to think, accounta prim. root
as a strange thing.זָ֖ר
(zar)
2114a: to be a strangera prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
I have written
kathab  (kaw-thab')
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe) -- describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
to him the great things
rob  (robe)
abundance (in any respect) -- abundance(-antly), all, common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), very (age).
ribbow  (rib-bo')
a myriad, i.e. indefinitely, large number -- great things, ten (eight)-een, (for)-ty, + sixscore, + threescore, twenty, (twen)-ty) thousand.
of my law
towrah  (to-raw')
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch -- law.
but they were counted
chashab  (khaw-shab')
to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
as a strange thing
zuwr  (zoor)
to turn aside (especially for lodging); hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically (active participle) to commit adultery
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law, They are regarded as a strange thing.

King James Bible
I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Though I were to write out for him ten thousand points of My instruction, they would be regarded as something strange.

International Standard Version
I prescribed great things from my Law for them, but they considered them profane.

NET Bible
I spelled out my law for him in great detail, but they regard it as something totally unknown to them!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I have written many things for them in my teachings, but they consider these things strange and foreign.

King James 2000 Bible
I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
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