Hosea 2:14

In 11 translations

BSB

“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.

KJV

¶ Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.comfortably: or, friendly: Heb. to her heart

WEB

“Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.

ASV

Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

LSV

“Therefore, behold, I am enticing her, || And have caused her to go to the wilderness, || And I have spoken to her heart,

YLT

Therefore, lo, I am enticing her, And have caused her to go to the wilderness, And I have spoken unto her heart,

DBY

Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak to her heart.

DRC

Therefore, behold I will allure her, and will lead her into the wilderness: and I will speak to her heart.

GNV

Therefore beholde, I will allure her, and bring her into the wildernesse, and speake friendly vnto her.

JPS2:16

Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly unto her.

LXXE2:16

Therefore, behold, I will cause her to err, and will make her as desolate, and will speak comfortably to her.

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WLC2:16

לָכֵ֗ן הִנֵּ֤ה אָֽנֹכִי֙ מְפַתֶּ֔יהָ וְהֹֽלַכְתִּ֖יהָ הַמִּדְבָּ֑ר וְדִבַּרְתִּ֖י עַל לִבָּֽהּ׃KJV:Hos.2.14Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.Marks an anomalous form.We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

LXX-Br2:16

Διὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ πλανῶ αὐτὴν, καὶ τάξω αὐτὴν ὡς ἔρημον, καὶ λαλήσω ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῆς,

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• Isaiah 40:1–2“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God. “Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD…
• Revelation 12:6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
• Ezekiel 20:35–36And I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, where I will enter into judgment with you face to face. Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter…
• Isaiah 30:18Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
• Genesis 34:3And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
• John 6:44“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
• Romans 11:26–27And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob. And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”
• Revelation 12:14But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
• Zechariah 1:12–17Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?” So the LORD spoke kind and comforting…
• Jeremiah 33:6–26Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth. I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former…
• Song of Songs 1:4Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
• Micah 7:14–20Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. As in the days when you came out…
• Ezekiel 36:8–15But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home. For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown. I will…
• Isaiah 35:3–4Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees! Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
• Ezekiel 34:22–31I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another. I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their…
• Zephaniah 3:9–20For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder. From beyond the rivers of Cush My worshipers, My scattered people, will bring Me an…

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