Hosea 14:9

Hosea chapter 14 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.

Context

v.8Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.

v.9This passage

Cross references

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

  • Psalms 119:75

    I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

  • Ezekiel 33:17

    Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

  • Romans 9:32

    Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

  • Matthew 11:19

    The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.

  • Psalms 84:5

    Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways to Zion.

  • John 9:39

    And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.