KJV King James Version
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
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Hosea 14:6
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.
WEB World English Bible
His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.
ASV American Standard Version
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Go on do his sucklings, And his beauty is as an olive, And he hath fragrance as Lebanon.
Surrounding context — Hosea 14
3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye are] our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
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.
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 corn, and grow 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 heard [him], and observed him: I [am] like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
9 Who [is] wise, and he shall understand these [things]? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD [are] right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
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Psalm 52:8But I [am] like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.Philippians 4:18But 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.Psalm 128:3Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.Jeremiah 11:16The 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.Romans 11:16-24For if the firstfruit [be] holy, the lump [is] also [holy]: and if the root [be] holy, so [are] the branches.Song of Solomon 4:11-15Thy 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.Daniel 4:10-15Thus [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.Ezekiel 17:5-8He 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.2 Corinthians 2:14-15Now 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.John 15:1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.Genesis 27:27And 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:Psalm 80:9-11Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.Ezekiel 31:3-10Behold, 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.Matthew 13:31Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
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