A moment in scripture
Hosea 12:4
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Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth–el, and there he spake with us;
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The surrounding passage
- Hosea 12:2
The Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
- Hosea 12:3
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
- Hosea 12:5
Even the Lord God of hosts; the Lord is his memorial.
- Hosea 12:6
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.