Hosea 14:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Those who live in his shade will return; they will flourish like grain, blossom like the vine, and their fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Ephraim shall say, What have I to do anymore with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green cypress tree. From me your fruit is found.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Ephraim{H669} [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols?{H6091} I have answered,{H6030} and will regard{H7789} him: I am like a green{H7488} fir-tree;{H1265} from me is thy fruit{H6529} found.{H4672}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Ephraim{H669} shall say, What have I to do any more with idols{H6091}? I have heard{H6030}{(H8804)} him, and observed{H7789}{(H8799)} him: I am like a green{H7488} fir tree{H1265}. From me is thy fruit{H6529} found{H4672}{(H8738)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    O Ephraim, what haue I to do with Idols eny more? I wil graciously heare him, & lede him forth. I wil be vnto the as a grene Fyrre tre, vpon me shalt thou fynde thy frute.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    (14:9) Ephraim shal say, What haue I to doe any more with idoles? I haue heard him, and looked vpon him: I am like a greene firre tree: vpon me is thy fruite founde.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Ephraim shall say what haue I to do with idols any more? I haue hearde him, and loked vpon him, I am like a greene firre tree, vpon me is thy fruite founde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard [him], and observed him: I [am] like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green fir tree; From me your fruit is found."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    O Ephraim, what to Me any more with idols? I -- I afflicted, and I cause him to sing: `I `am' as a green fir-tree,' From Me is thy fruit found.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Ephraim `shall say', What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    They will come back and have rest in his shade; their life will be made new like the grain, and they will put out flowers like the vine; his name will be like the wine of Lebanon.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green fir tree; from me your fruit is found."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    O Ephraim, I do not want to have anything to do with idols anymore! I will answer him and care for him. I am like a luxuriant cypress tree; your fruitfulness comes from me!

Referenced Verses

  • Job 34:32 : 32 'Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.'
  • Isa 41:19 : 19 I will put in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive. I will set junipers in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together,
  • Isa 55:13 : 13 In place of the thornbush, the cypress will grow; and instead of the nettle, the myrtle will rise. This will be for the LORD's renown, an everlasting sign that will not be destroyed.
  • Isa 60:13 : 13 The glory of Lebanon will come to you—cypress, pine, and box tree together—to beautify the place of my sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of my feet.
  • Jer 31:18-20 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim’s lamenting: 'You disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf. Restore me, and I will return, for you are the LORD my God.' 19 After I turned away, I repented; after I came to understand, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son, my precious child? For as often as I speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore, my heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, declares the LORD.
  • Hos 14:2-3 : 2 Return, Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled because of your sins. 3 Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: 'Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the sacrifice of our lips.'
  • Luke 15:20 : 20 And he rose up and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran, embraced him, and kissed him.
  • John 1:16 : 16 From His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.
  • John 1:47-48 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said about him, 'Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!' 48 Nathanael asked Him, 'How do you know me?' Jesus replied, 'Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig tree, I saw you.'
  • John 15:1-8 : 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and show yourselves to be my disciples.
  • Acts 19:18-20 : 18 Many who had believed came confessing and disclosing their practices. 19 A large number of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in front of everyone. They calculated the value of the books and found it to be fifty thousand silver coins. 20 So the word of the Lord continued to grow and prevail mightily.
  • Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
  • Eph 5:9 : 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.)
  • Phil 1:11 : 11 Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
  • Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God who works in you, both to will and to act in order to fulfill His good purpose.
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
  • 1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For they themselves tell about how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.
  • Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.
  • 1 Pet 1:14-16 : 14 As obedient children, do not conform to the desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But just as the One who called you is holy, so also be holy in all your conduct. 16 For it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."
  • 1 Pet 4:3-4 : 3 For you have already spent enough time in the past doing what the Gentiles choose to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry. 4 They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.
  • Job 33:27 : 27 They sing before others and say, 'I have sinned and perverted what was right, but it was not repaid to me.'

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