Hosea 12:4
Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
KJV
Et invaluit ad angelum, et confortatus est ; flevit, et rogavit eum. In Bethel invenit eum, et ibi locutus est nobiscum.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐνίσχυσεν μετὰ ἀγγέλου καὶ ἠδυνάσθη· ἔκλαυσαν καὶ ἐδεήθησάν μου, ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Ὤν εὕροσάν με, καὶ ἐκεῖ ἐλαλήθη πρὸς αὐτούς.
LXX
yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him at Beth-el, and there he spake with us,
ASV
בַּ/בֶּ֖טֶן עָקַ֣ב אֶת אָחִ֑י/ו וּ/בְ/אוֹנ֖/וֹ שָׂרָ֥ה אֶת אֱלֹהִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him. Jacob's wrestling with the angel is one of the most mysterious passages in Scripture. The angel was Christ, the eternal Son of God, who appeared in human form before the incarnation. The new name Israel — "he who strives with God" — signifies that Jacob's faith prevailed. His halting thigh is a memorial that spiritual…
Cross-references
- 1Thess 4:17 — Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
- Eph 6:18 — Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
- Exod 3:2 — And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
- Gen 28:19 — And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
- Gen 32:26 — And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
- Gen 35:1 — And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
- Gen 35:15 — And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
- Isa 38:3 — And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
- Isa 45:11 — Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
- Job 16:20 — My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
- Judg 13:21 — But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.
- Mal 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold,
- Matt 15:25 — Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.