Hosea 14:6
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Hosea 14:6 in other translations
| BSB | His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. |
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| WEB | His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon. |
| ASV | His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. |
| YLT | Go on do his sucklings, And his beauty is as an olive, And he hath fragrance as Lebanon. |
| DARBY | His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. |
| BBE | His branches will be stretched out, he will be beautiful as the olive-tree and sweet-smelling as Lebanon. |
| Webster | His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. |
What does Hosea 14:6 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 14:4-8
Israel seeks God's face, and they shall not seek it in vain. His anger is turned from them. Whom God loves, he loves freely; not because they deserve it, but of his own good pleasure. God will be to them all they need. The graces of the Spirit are the hidden manna, hidden in the dew; the grace thus freely bestowed on them shall not be in vain. They shall grow upward, and be more flourishing; shall grow as the lily…
Hosea 14:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Hosea 14:6
- Psalms 52:8
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
- Psalms 128:3
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
- Romans 11:16-24
For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. …
- Philippians 4:18
But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
- 2 Corinthians 2:14-15
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
- Genesis 27:27
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed:
- Ezekiel 31:3-10
Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. …
- Ezekiel 17:5-8
He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree. And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation. It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine.
- Song of Solomon 4:11-15
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: …
- John 15:1
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
- Daniel 4:10-15
Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; …
- Jeremiah 11:16
The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ps 80:9-11; Eze 17:5-8; 31:3-10; Da 4:10-15; Mt 13:31; Joh 15:1
Ro 11:16-24
spread. Heb. go. and his beauty.
Ps 52:8; 128:3
his smell.
Ge 27:27; So 4:11-15; 2Co 2:14,15; Php 4:18
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Context
- Hosea 14:5
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
- Hosea 14:6
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
- Hosea 14:7
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
Hosea 14:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Extenderse han sus ramos, y será su gloria como la de la oliva, y olerá como el Líbano. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Je serai pour Israël comme la rosée; il fleurira comme le lis, et il poussera ses racines comme le Liban. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Seine Schößlinge sollen sich ausbreiten, und seine Pracht soll sein wie der Olivenbaum, und sein Geruch wie der Libanon. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ero quasi ros; Israël germinabit sicut lilium, et erumpet radix ejus ut Libani. |