Hosea 14:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots;

New Living Translation
I will be to Israel like a refreshing dew from heaven. Israel will blossom like the lily; it will send roots deep into the soil like the cedars in Lebanon.

English Standard Version
I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon;

Berean Study Bible
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of 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.

NASB 1995
I will be like the dew to Israel; He will blossom like the lily, And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

NASB 1977
I will be like the dew to Israel; He will blossom like the lily, And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Amplified Bible
I shall be like the dew to Israel; He will blossom like the lily, And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Christian Standard Bible
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

Contemporary English Version
I will be like the dew--then you will blossom like lilies and have roots like a tree.

Good News Translation
I will be to the people of Israel like rain in a dry land. They will blossom like flowers; they will be firmly rooted like the trees of Lebanon.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will be like dew to the people of Israel. They will blossom like flowers. They will be firmly rooted like cedars from 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.

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.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

New King James Version
I will be like the dew to Israel; He shall grow like the lily, And lengthen his roots like Lebanon.

King James 2000 Bible
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as 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.

World English Bible
I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

American King James Version
I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as 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.

A Faithful Version
I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall blossom as the lily and cast out his roots like Lebanon.

Darby Bible Translation
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

English Revised Version
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Webster's Bible Translation
I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
(14:6) I will be as the dewe vnto Israel: he shall grow as the lilie and fasten his rootes, as the trees of Lebanon.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
I wyll be vnto Israel as the deawe, and he shall growe as the lilie, and his roote shall breake out as the trees of Libanus.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Yee I wolde be vnto Israel as the dewe, and he shulde growe as ye lylie, & his rote shulde breake out as Libanus.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
I am as dew to Israel, he flourishes as a lily, "" And he strikes forth his roots as Lebanon.

Young's Literal Translation
I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.

Smith's Literal Translation
I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall blossom as the lily and strike his roots as Lebanon.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus.

Catholic Public Domain Version
I will be like the dew; Israel will spring forth like the lily, and his root will spread out like that of the cedars of Lebanon.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And I shall be like dew to Israel and he will bud as a lily, and he shall put out his roots like those of Lebanon

Lamsa Bible
I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall spring up as the lily, and cast forth his roots as cedars of Lebanon.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
I will be as the dew unto Israel; He shall blossom as the lily, And cast forth his roots as Lebanon.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I will be as dew to Israel: he shall bloom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Libanus.
















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