Hosea 12:3

In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled ¹  with God.

In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel; as a man he struggled with God.

In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And in his maturity he contended with God.

Before Jacob was born, he struggled with his brother; when he became a man, he even fought with God.

In the womb, that heel, Jacob, got the best of his brother. When he grew up, he tried to get the best of GOD.

In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;

In the womb he tried to supplant his brother, and in his manhood he strove with God.

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, And in his strength he struggled with God.

In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled ¹  with God.

¹ tn The verb שָׂרָה (sarah) means “to strive, contend” (HALOT 1354 s.v. שׂרה) or “persevere, persist” (BDB 975 s.v. שָׂרָה; see Gen 32:29). Almost all English versions render the verb here in terms of the former: NAB, NASB “contended”; NRSV “strove”; TEV, CEV “fought against.”