Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

I will be like the dew to Israel;
He will blossom like the lily,
And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

I will be like the dew to Israel;
he will blossom like the lily
and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

International Standard Version

I will be like the dew to Israel; Israel will blossom like a lily, growing roots like the cedars of Lebanon.

A Conservative Version

I will be as the dew to Israel. He shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


I shall be like the dew to Israel;
He will blossom like the lily,
And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Bible in Basic English

I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall blossom as the lily and strike his roots as Lebanon.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily plant, and he will strike his roots like the [trees of] Lebanon.

Modern King James verseion

I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall grow as the lily and cast out his roots like Lebanon.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I will be as dew to Israel, and he shall flourish as a lily, and stretch out his roots as Lebanon.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

I will become as the dew unto Israel, he shall break forth as the lily, - and he shall strike his roots as Lebanon:

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I will be as the dew
טל 
Tal 
dew
Usage: 31

ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

he shall grow
פּרח 
Parach 
Usage: 37

as the lily
שׁושׁנּה שׁשׁן שׁושׁן שׁוּשׁן 
Shuwshan 
Usage: 15

and cast forth
נכה 
Nakah 
Usage: 501

שׁרשׁ 
Sheresh 
Usage: 33

Devotionals

Devotionals about Hosea 14:5

References

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Images Hosea 14:5

Prayers for Hosea 14:5

Context Readings

A Promise Of Restoration

4 I will heal their apostasy,
I will love them freely,
For My anger has turned away from them.
5 I will be like the dew to Israel;
He will blossom like the lily,
And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
6 His shoots will sprout,
And his beauty will be like the olive tree
And his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.


Cross References

Isaiah 35:2

It will blossom profusely
And rejoice with rejoicing and shout of joy.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
The majesty of Carmel and Sharon.
They will see the glory of the Lord,
The majesty of our God.

Job 29:19

‘My root is spread out to the waters,
And dew lies all night on my branch.

Proverbs 19:12

The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion,
But his favor is like dew on the grass.

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead will live;
Their corpses will rise.
You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy,
For your dew is as the dew of the dawn,
And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits.

Isaiah 27:6

In the days to come Jacob will take root,
Israel will blossom and sprout,
And they will fill the whole world with fruit.

Matthew 6:28

And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin,

Deuteronomy 32:2

Let my teaching drop as the rain,
My speech distill as the dew,
As the droplets on the fresh grass
And as the showers on the herb.

2 Samuel 23:4

Is as the light of the morning when the sun rises,
A morning without clouds,
When the tender grass springs out of the earth,
Through sunshine after rain.’

2 Kings 19:30

The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

Psalm 72:6

May he come down like rain upon the mown grass,
Like showers that water the earth.

Psalm 72:16

May there be abundance of grain in the earth on top of the mountains;
Its fruit will wave like the cedars of Lebanon;
And may those from the city flourish like vegetation of the earth.

Song of Songs 2:1-2

I am the rose of Sharon,
The lily of the valleys.”

Song of Songs 2:16

My beloved is mine, and I am his;
He pastures his flock among the lilies.

Song of Songs 4:5

“Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
Which feed among the lilies.

Isaiah 18:4

For thus the Lord has told me,
“I will look from My dwelling place quietly
Like dazzling heat in the sunshine,
Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

Isaiah 44:3

‘For I will pour out water on the thirsty land
And streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring
And My blessing on your descendants;

Ezekiel 17:22-24

Thus says the Lord God, “I will also take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and set it out; I will pluck from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

Micah 5:7

Then the remnant of Jacob
Will be among many peoples
Like dew from the Lord,
Like showers on vegetation
Which do not wait for man
Or delay for the sons of men.

Luke 12:27

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

Ephesians 3:17

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

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