Hosea 14:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶפְרַ֕יִם מַה־לִּ֥י ע֖וֹד לָֽעֲצַבִּ֑ים אֲנִ֧י עָנִ֣יתִי וַאֲשׁוּרֶ֗נּוּ אֲנִי֙ כִּבְר֣וֹשׁ רַֽעֲנָ֔ן מִמֶּ֖נִּי פֶּרְיְךָ֥ נִמְצָֽא׃

Transliteration

ʾeprayim mah-lî ʿôd lāʿăṣabbîm ʾănî ʿānîtî waʾăšûrennû ʾănî kiḇrôš raʿănān mimmennî peryĕḵā nimṣāʾ

Grammar Details

• *ʾeprayim*: proper noun - Ephraim (tribe representing northern kingdom)
• *mah*: interrogative - what
• *lî*: preposition + suffix - to me
• *ʿôd*: adverb - still, yet, anymore
• *lāʿăṣabbîm*: preposition + definite article + noun masculine plural - with idols
• *ʾănî*: personal pronoun 1st singular - I
• *ʿānîtî*: qal perfect 1st singular - I have answered
• *waʾăšûrennû*: conjunction + qal imperfect 1st singular + suffix - and I will observe him
• *kiḇrôš*: preposition + noun masculine singular - like a cypress
• *raʿănān*: adjective - luxuriant, green
• *mimmennî*: preposition + suffix - from me
• *peryĕḵā*: noun masculine singular construct + suffix - your fruit
• *nimṣāʾ*: niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - is found

Word Meanings

• *ʿăṣabbîm*: idols/images/objects of worship
• *ʿānîtî*: answered/responded/heard
• *ʾăšûrennû*: observe him/look after him/regard him
• *bĕrôš*: cypress/fir tree/juniper (evergreen symbol)
• *raʿănān*: luxuriant/green/flourishing
• *peryĕḵā nimṣāʾ*: your fruit is found/your fruitfulness comes

Referenced Verses

• Ps 107:43 : 43 Whoso is wise will give heed to these things; And they will consider the lovingkindnesses of Jehovah.
• Prov 10:29 : 29 The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
• Jer 9:12 : 12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and [who is] he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? wherefore is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?
• Zeph 3:5 : 5 Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
• John 8:47 : 47 He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.
• Luke 2:34 : 34 and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this [child] is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against;
• John 18:37 : 37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
• Dan 12:10 : 10 Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but they that are wise shall understand.
• Deut 32:4 : 4 The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.
• Job 17:9 : 9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
• Job 34:10-12 : 10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. 11 For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways. 12 Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
• Job 34:18-19 : 18 [Him] that saith to a king, [Thou art] vile, [Or] to nobles, [Ye are] wicked; 19 That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.
• Ps 19:7-8 : 7 The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul: The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart: The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes.
• Ps 84:5 : 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; In whose heart are the highways [to Zion].
• Ps 84:7 : 7 They go from strength to strength; Every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
• Ps 111:7-8 : 7 The works of his hands are truth and justice; All his precepts are sure. 8 They are established for ever and ever; They are done in truth and uprightness.
• Ps 119:75 : 75 I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
• Ps 119:128 : 128 Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts concerning all [things] to be right; [And] I hate every false way.
• Prov 1:5-6 : 5 That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels: 6 To understand a proverb, and a figure, The words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
• Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
• Gen 18:25 : 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
• Ezek 18:25 : 25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
• Ezek 33:17-20 : 17 Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. 18 When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die therein. 19 And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. 20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
• Isa 1:28 : 28 But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.
• Isa 8:13-15 : 13 Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 15 And many shall stumble thereon, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
• Isa 26:7 : 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou that art upright dost direct the path of the just.
• Rom 7:12 : 12 So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good.
• Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. {G3551} {G1063} They stumbled at the stone of stumbling; 33 even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
• 2 Cor 2:15-16 : 15 For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish; 16 to the one {G3303} a savor from death unto death; {G1161} to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
• 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 [None even he], whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe a lie: 12 that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
• 1 Pet 2:7-8 : 7 For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; 8 and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
• Luke 4:28-29 : 28 And they were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these things; 29 and they rose up, and cast him forth out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong.
• Luke 7:23 : 23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.
• John 3:19-20 : 19 And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
• John 9:39 : 39 And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.
• John 15:24 : 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
• Matt 11:19 : 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her [ works.]
• Matt 13:11-12 : 11 And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.