Hosea 12:8

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“Ephraim said, “Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won’t find in me any iniquity that is sin.””

— WEB

“And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.”

— KJV

“And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.”

— ASV

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Deuteronomy 8:17 "and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.”"
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Job 31:24-25 "“If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’"
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Commentary

And--that is, Notwithstanding. Yet I am . . . rich--I regard not what the prophets say: I am content with my state, as I am rich (Rev 3:17). Therefore, in just retribution, this is the very language of the enemy in being the instrument of Israel's punishment. Zac 11:5 : "They that sell them say . . . I am rich." Far better is poverty with honesty, than riches gained by sin. my labours--my gains by labor. they shall find none--that is, none shall find any. iniquity . . . that were sin--iniquity that would bring down the penalty of sin. Ephraim argues, My success in my labors proves that I am not a guilty sinner as the prophets assert. Thus sinners pervert God's long-suffering goodness (Mat 5:45) into a justification of their impenitence (compare Ecc 8:11-13).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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