Hosea 14:6
4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
5 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
7 They 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.
8 Ephraim 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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.
- KJV
- His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
- WEB
- His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
- ASV
- His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
- DARBY
- His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
- BLB
- His branches will go forth, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and the fragrance unto him like Lebanon.
- ÅB
- Hans skudd skal brede seg vidt utover, og hans løv skal skinne som oljetreet, og dufte skal han som Libanon.
- OTB
- Hans grener skal bre seg,
Og hans prakt skal være som oliventreet,
Og hans duft som Libanons sedrer. - B1930
- Hans skudd skal brede sig vidt utover, og hans løv skal skinne som oljetreet, og dufte skal han som Libanon.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 52:8
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
Read in contextPsalms 128:3
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Read in contextRomans 11:16–24
For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
Read in contextPhilippians 4:18
But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
Read in context2 Corinthians 2:14–15
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
Read in contextGenesis 27:27
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
Read in contextEzekiel 31:3–10
Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Read in contextEzekiel 17:5–8
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.
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