Hosea 11:1
What does Hosea 11:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Hosea 11:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
KJV
King James Version · 1611When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949When Israel was a child he was dear to me; and I took my son out of Egypt.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Because Israel <FI>is<Fi> a youth, and I love him, Out of Egypt I have called for My Son.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752As the morning passeth, so hath the king of Israel passed away. Because Israel was a child, and I loved him: and I called my son out of Egypt.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2The more the prophets called them, the more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 16:6
And when I passed by thee, and saw thee weltering in thy blood, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live; yea, I said unto thee, Though thou art in thy blood, live.
- Malachi 1:2
I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;
- Matthew 2:15
and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son.
- Hosea 2:15
And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall make answer there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
- Jeremiah 2:2
Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
- Exodus 4:22
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:
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