Hosea 14:5

What does Hosea 14:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Hosea 14:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I will heal their breaches, I will love them freely: for my wrath is turned away from them.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Context

v.4I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.

v.5This passage

v.6His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

Cross references

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

  • Isaiah 18:4

    For thus hath Jehovah said unto me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

  • Song of Solomon 4:5

    Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies.

  • Ezekiel 17:22

    Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and lofty mountain:

  • Isaiah 26:19

    Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.

  • Psalms 72:16

    There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

  • Song of Solomon 2:1

    I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.

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