Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

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

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.

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

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Images Hosea 14:5

Prayers for Hosea 14:5

Context Readings

A Promise Of Restoration

4 I will heal their backsliding. I will love them freely. For my anger is turned away from him. 5 I will be as the dew to Israel. He shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.


Cross References

Isaiah 35:2

It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of LORD, the excellency of our God.

Job 29:19

My root is spread out to the waters, and the dew lays all night upon my branch.

Proverbs 19:12

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

Isaiah 26:19

Thy dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye who dwell in the dust, for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.

Isaiah 27:6

In days to come Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and bud. And they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.

Matthew 6:28

And why are ye anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, nor 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 grass, and as the showers upon the herb.

2 Samuel 23:4

[he shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, [when] the tender grass [springs] out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.

2 Kings 19:30

And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

Psalm 72:6

He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.

Psalm 72:16

There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains. The fruit of it shall shake like Lebanon. And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Song of Songs 2:1-2

I am a rose of Sharon. A lily of the valleys.

Song of Songs 2:16

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

Isaiah 18:4

For thus LORD has said to me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling-place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water upon him who is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring.

Ezekiel 17:22-24

Thus says lord LORD: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it. I will crop off a tender one from the topmost of its young twigs, and I will plant it upon a high and lofty mountain.

Micah 5:7

And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from LORD, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait for the sons of men.

Luke 12:27

Consider the lilies, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.

Ephesians 3:17

For the Christ to dwell in your hearts through faith,

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