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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Watsons

Images Hosea 14:5

Prayers for Hosea 14:5

Context Readings

A Promise Of Restoration

4 I will heal their rebellion; I will love them freely; for my anger is 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 branches shall spread, and his glory shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

Cross References

Isaiah 35:2

It shall blossom abundantly and shall also praise and sing for joy; the honour of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the beauty of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the LORD and the beauty of our God.

Job 29:19

My root is spread out by the waters, and the dew shall remain upon my branches.

Proverbs 19:12

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

Isaiah 26:19

Thy dead shall live, and together with my body they shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the covering of light, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

Isaiah 27:6

Days shall come when Jacob shall take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and the face of the world shall be filled with fruit.

Matthew 6:28

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;

Deuteronomy 32:2

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb and as the showers upon the grass.

2 Samuel 23:4

And as the light of the morning when the sun rises, of a morning shining forth without clouds, as the shining forth through light rain upon the tender grass of the earth:

2 Kings 19:30

And that which has escaped, that which is left of the house of Judah, shall yet again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

Psalm 72:6

He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass as the dew that waters the earth.

Psalm 72:16

There shall be planted a handful of grain in the earth upon the tops of the mountains; its fruit shall thunder like Lebanon; and out of the city they shall blossom like the grass of the earth.

Song of Songs 2:1-2

I am the lily of the field and the rose of the valleys.

Song of Songs 2:16

My beloved is mine, and I am his; he feeds among the lilies.

Song of Songs 4:5

Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which are fed among the lilies.

Isaiah 18:4

For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will look forth from my dwelling place like a clear sun after the rain and like a cloud filled with dew in the heat of the harvest.

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty and floods upon the dry ground; I will pour my spirit upon thy seed and my blessing upon thine offspring:

Ezekiel 17:22-24

Thus hath the Lord GOD said: I will also take of the highest branch of that high cedar and will set it up; I will crop off from the principal branch a shoot and will plant it upon the high and sublime mountain:

Micah 5:7

And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as the dew of the LORD, as the rains upon the grass, which did not expect a man, nor did they expect the sons of men.

Luke 12:27

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Ephesians 3:17

that the Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith, that ye, being rooted and grounded in charity,

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