Hosea 11:10

What does Hosea 11:10 mean?

A plain-English look at Hosea 11:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They shall walk after Jehovah, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children shall come trembling from the west.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They shall walk after Jehovah, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children shall come trembling from the west.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

They will go after the Lord; his cry will be like that of a lion; his cry will be loud, and the children will come from the west, shaking with fear;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

After Jehovah they go--as a lion He roareth, When He doth roar, then tremble do the sons from the west.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

They shall walk after the Lord, he shall roar as a lion: because he shall roar, and the children of the sea shall fear.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

They shall walk after Jehovah; he shall roar like a lion; when he shall roar, then the children shall hasten from the west:

Context

v.9I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee; and I will not come in wrath.

v.10This passage

v.11They shall come trembling as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria; and I will make them to dwell in their houses, saith Jehovah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Acts 24:25

    And as he reasoned of righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, Go thy way for this time; and when I have a convenient season, I will call thee unto me.

  • Jeremiah 33:9

    And this city shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and for a glory, before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them, and shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I procure unto it.

  • Jeremiah 5:22

    Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.

  • Psalms 119:120

    My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments. ע AYIN.

  • Isaiah 2:5

    O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.

  • Job 37:1

    Yea, at this my heart trembleth, And is moved out of its place.

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