KJV King James Version
I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Hosea 13:14
I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
WEB World English Bible
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.
ASV American Standard Version
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
From the hand of Sheol I do ransom them, From death I redeem them, Where is thy plague, O death? Where thy destruction, O Sheol? Repentance is hid from Mine eyes.
Surrounding context — Hosea 13
11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took [him] away in my wrath.
12 The iniquity of Ephraim [is] bound up; his sin [is] hid.
13 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he [is] an unwise son; for he should not stay long in [the place of] the breaking forth of children.
14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
15 Though he be fruitful among [his] brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
מִיַּ֤דH3027 · yadhandשְׁאוֹל֙H7585 · she.olhell: Sheolאֶפְדֵּ֔םH6299 · pa.dahto ransomמִמָּ֖וֶתH4194 · ma.vetdeathאֶגְאָלֵ֑םH1350 · ga.alto redeem: redeemאֱהִ֨יH165 · e.hiwhere?דְבָרֶיךָ֜H1698 · de.verpestilenceמָ֗וֶתH4194 · ma.vetdeathאֱהִ֤יH165 · e.hiwhere?קָֽטָבְךָ֙H6987 · qo.tevdestructionשְׁא֔וֹלH7585 · she.olhell: Sheolנֹ֖חַםH5164 · no.chamrepentanceיִסָּתֵ֥רH5641 · sa.tarto hideמֵעֵינָֽי׃H5869 · a.yineye
Cross-references
Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken [it].1 Corinthians 15:52-57In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.Revelation 21:4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.Isaiah 26:19Thy dead [men] shall live, [together with] my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew [is as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.Psalm 49:15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.1 Corinthians 15:21-22For since by man [came] death, by man [came] also the resurrection of the dead.Psalm 30:3O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.Romans 11:29For the gifts and calling of God [are] without repentance.Job 33:24Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.1 Samuel 15:29And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he [is] not a man, that he should repent.Psalm 86:13For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.Ezekiel 37:11-14Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.Revelation 20:13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.Romans 11:15For if the casting away of them [be] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], but life from the dead?Malachi 3:6For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.Psalm 16:10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
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