But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

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But I am like an olive tree(A)
    flourishing in the house of God;
I trust(B) in God’s unfailing love
    for ever and ever.

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12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

13 Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.

14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;

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12 The righteous will flourish(A) like a palm tree,
    they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;(B)
13 planted in the house of the Lord,
    they will flourish in the courts of our God.(C)
14 They will still bear fruit(D) in old age,
    they will stay fresh and green,

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But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

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But I trust in your unfailing love;(A)
    my heart rejoices in your salvation.(B)

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His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

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.

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.

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    his young shoots will grow.
His splendor will be like an olive tree,(A)
    his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon.(B)
People will dwell again in his shade;(C)
    they will flourish like the grain,
they will blossom(D) like the vine—
    Israel’s fame will be like the wine(E) of Lebanon.(F)
Ephraim, what more have I[a] to do with idols?(G)
    I will answer him and care for him.
I am like a flourishing juniper;(H)
    your fruitfulness comes from me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 14:8 Or Hebrew; Septuagint What more has Ephraim

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

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That person is like a tree(A) planted by streams(B) of water,(C)
    which yields its fruit(D) in season
and whose leaf(E) does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers.(F)

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16 The 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.

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16 The Lord called you a thriving olive tree(A)
    with fruit beautiful in form.
But with the roar of a mighty storm
    he will set it on fire,(B)
    and its branches will be broken.(C)

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Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

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Your wife will be like a fruitful vine(A)
    within your house;
your children(B) will be like olive shoots(C)
    around your table.

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24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

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24 After all, if you were cut out of an olive tree that is wild by nature, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree,(A) how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!

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11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

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11 the Lord delights(A) in those who fear him,(B)
    who put their hope(C) in his unfailing love.(D)

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18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

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18 But the eyes(A) of the Lord are on those who fear him,
    on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,(B)

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