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 · 2000I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I 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 · 1949I 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 · 1862I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I will heal their breaches, I will love them freely: for my wrath is turned away from them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Context
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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