Hosea 14 - Compare Translations
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Hosea 14:1
KJVO israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
WEBIsrael, return to Yahweh your God;
YLTTurn back, O Israel, unto Jehovah thy God, For thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity.
Hosea 14:2
KJVTake with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
WEBTake words with you, and return to Yahweh.
YLTTake with you words, and turn to Jehovah, Say ye unto Him: `Take away all iniquity, and give good, And we do render the fruit of our lips.
Hosea 14:3
KJVAsshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
WEBAssyria can’t save us.
YLTAsshur doth not save us, on a horse we ride not, Nor do we say any more, Our God, to the work of our hands, For in Thee find mercy doth the fatherless.'
Hosea 14:4
KJVI will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
WEB“I will heal their waywardness.
YLTI heal their backsliding, I love them freely, For turned back hath Mine anger from him.
Hosea 14:5
KJVI will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
WEBI will be like the dew to Israel.
YLTI am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.
Hosea 14:6
KJVHis branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
WEBHis branches will spread,
YLTGo on do his sucklings, And his beauty is as an olive, And he hath fragrance as Lebanon.
Hosea 14:7
KJVThey that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
WEBMen will dwell in his shade.
YLTReturn do the dwellers under his shadow, They revive [as] corn, and flourish as a vine, His memorial [is] as wine of Lebanon.
Hosea 14:8
KJVEphraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
WEBEphraim, what have I to do any more with idols?
YLTO Ephraim, what to Me any more with idols? I -- I afflicted, and I cause him to sing: `I [am] as a green fir-tree,' From Me is thy fruit found.
Hosea 14:9
KJVWho 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.
WEBWho is wise, that he may understand these things?
YLTWho [is] wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!
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