# Hosea 14.6 **Book:** [Hosea](/codex/hosea/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 4. I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him. 5. I will be as the dew unto 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.** > > 7. They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. 8. 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. (Hosea 14:4-8, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 4. “I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him. 5. I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon. > > **6. His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.** > > 7. Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon. 8. Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green cypress tree; from me your fruit is found.” (Hosea 14:4-8, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 4. I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. 5. I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. grow: or, blossom cast: Heb. strike > > **6. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. spread: Heb. go** > > 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. grow: or, blossom scent: or, memorial 8. 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. (Hosea 14:4-8, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 4. I heal their backsliding, I love them freely, For turned back hath Mine anger from him. 5. I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon. > > **6. Go on do his sucklings, And his beauty is as an olive, And he hath fragrance as Lebanon.** > > 7. Return do the dwellers under his shadow, They revive [as] corn, and flourish as a vine, His memorial [is] as wine of Lebanon. 8. 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. (Hosea 14:4-8, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.