5I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.


In Context

2 Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, |Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good: so we offer our lips like bulls.

3 Assyria can't save us. We won't ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, 'Our gods!' for in you the fatherless finds mercy.|

4 |I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him.

5 I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

6 His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.

7 Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.

Hosea 14:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:5I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:5I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:5I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.