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Hosea 14

Hos. 14:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Who is wise
chakam (Hebrew #2450)
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
Pronounce: khaw-kawm'
Origin: from 2449
, and he shall understand
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
these things? prudent
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
, and he shall know
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
them? for the ways
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
are right
yashar (Hebrew #3477)
straight (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: yaw-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
, and the just
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
shall walk
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
in them: but the transgressors
pasha` (Hebrew #6586)
to break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarrel
KJV usage: offend, rebel, revolt, transgress(-ion, -or).
Pronounce: paw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root (identical with 6585 through the idea of expansion)
shall fall
kashal (Hebrew #3782)
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
KJV usage: bereave (from the margin), cast down, be decayed, (cause to) fail, (cause, make to) fall (down, -ing), feeble, be (the) ruin(-ed, of), (be) overthrown, (cause to) stumble, X utterly, be weak.
Pronounce: kaw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
therein.

Cross References

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wise.
Psa. 107:43• 43Whoso [is] wise and observeth these things,{HR}Even they shall understand the mercies of Jehovah. (Psa. 107:43)
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Prov. 1:5‑6• 5He that is wise will hear and increase learning,{HR}And the intelligent will attain to sound counsels:
 6To understand a proverb and an allegory,{HR}The words of the wise and their enigmas. (Prov. 1:5‑6)
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Prov. 4:18• 18But the path of the righteous is as the shining light{HR}Going on and brightening to the perfect day. (Prov. 4:18)
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Jer. 9:12• 12{i}Who is a wise man, that he may understand this? and he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished, burnt up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?{/i} (Jer. 9:12)
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Dan. 12:10• 10Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. (Dan. 12:10)
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Matt. 13:11‑12• 11{i}And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;{/i}
 12{i}for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.{/i} (Matt. 13:11‑12)
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John 8:47• 47He that is of God heareth the words of God; for this cause ye hear [them] not, because ye are not of God. (John 8:47)
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John 18:37• 37Pilate then said to him, Art thou then a king? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. I have been born for this, and for this I have come into the world, that I might bear witness to the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. (John 18:37)
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Gen. 18:25• 25{i}Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked—far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?{/i} (Gen. 18:25)
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Deut. 32:4• 4{i}He is the Rock{/i}, his doing is perfect:{HR}For all his ways are judgment:{HR}A God of truth without iniquity,{HR}Just and right is he. (Deut. 32:4)
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Job 34:10‑12,18‑19• 10Therefore, hear me, ye men of heart;{HR}Far be it from God [El] to do wickedness,{HR}And [from] Shaddai to do perverseness.
 11For the work of man he reporteth to him,{HR}And causeth each to find according to his way.
 12Yea, verily, God [El] doth not act wickedly,{HR}And Shaddai doth not pervert the right.
 18Shall one to a king say, Belial; to princes, Wicked?
 19Who accepteth not the person of princes,{HR}Nor hath known the rich before the poor?{HR}For the work of his hands [are] they all; (Job 34:10‑12,18‑19)
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Psa. 19:7‑8• 7The law of Jehovah [is] perfect, restoring the soul;{HR}The testimony of Jehovah [is] true, making wise the simple.
 8The precepts of Jehovah [are] right, rejoicing the heart;{HR}The commandment of Jehovah [is] clear, enlightening the eyes. (Psa. 19:7‑8)
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Psa. 119:75,128• 75I know, Jehovah, that thy judgments [are] righteousness,{HR}And [in] faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
 128Therefore all precepts [as to] all I count right;{HR}Every path of falsehood I hate. (Psa. 119:75,128)
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Ezek. 18:25• 25Yet ye say, The way of Jehovah is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? (Ezek. 18:25)
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Ezek. 33:17‑20• 17Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
 18When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
 19But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
 20Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Ο ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. (Ezek. 33:17‑20)
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Zeph. 3:5• 5The just Jehovah is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. (Zeph. 3:5)
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Rom. 7:12• 12So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good. (Rom. 7:12)
and the.
Job 17:9• 9But the righteous shall hold on his way,{HR}And the clean of hands increase in strength. (Job 17:9)
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Psa. 84:5,7• 5Blessed the man whose strength [is] in thee,{HR}In whose heart [are] the highways!
 7They go from strength to strength;{HR}[Each] will appear before God in Zion. (Psa. 84:5,7)
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Prov. 10:29• 29The way of Jehovah [is] strength to the upright one;{HR}But destruction to the workers of iniquity. (Prov. 10:29)
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Isa. 8:13‑15• 13Jehovah of hosts, him shall ye sanctify; and [let] him [be] your fear, and [let] him [be] your dread.
 14And he will be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
 15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken and snared and taken. (Isa. 8:13‑15)
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Matt. 11:19• 19{i}The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man [that is] eating and wine-drinking, a friend of tax-gatherers, and of sinners: —and wisdom has been justified by her children.{/i} (Matt. 11:19)
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Luke 2:34• 34And Simeon blessed them, {i}and{/i} said to Mary his mother, Lo, this [child] is set for the fall and rising up of many in Israel; and for a sign spoken against (Luke 2:34)
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Luke 4:28‑29• 28{i}And hearing these things in the synagogue,{/i} they were filled with rage,
 29and rising up, they cast him forth out of the city, and led him up to the brow of the mountain upon which their city was built, so that they might throw him down the precipice. (Luke 4:28‑29)
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Luke 7:23• 23and blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me. (Luke 7:23)
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John 3:19‑20• 19And this is the judgment, that the light hath come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
 20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not unto the light lest his works should be convicted; (John 3:19‑20)
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John 9:39• 39And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, that they that see not may see, and they that see may become blind. (John 9:39)
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John 15:24• 24If I did not among them the works which no other did, they had not had sin; but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. (John 15:24)
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Rom. 9:32‑33• 32Why? Because not by faith but as by works [of law], for they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,
 33even as it is written, “Behold I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; and he that believeth on him shall not be ashamed.” (Rom. 9:32‑33)
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2 Cor. 2:15‑16• 15Because we are a sweet odour of Christ to God in those to be saved, and in those that perish:
 16to the one an odour from death unto death, but to the others an odour from life unto life; and who [is] sufficient for these things? (2 Cor. 2:15‑16)
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2 Thess. 2:9‑12• 9whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
 10and in all deceit of unrighteousness for those that perish, because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved.
 11And for this cause God sendeth them a working of error that they should believe falsehood,
 12that all might be judged who believed not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (2 Thess. 2:9‑12)
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1 Peter 2:7‑8• 7To you therefore that believe [is] the preciousness; but to disobedient [ones] a stone which the builders rejected, this became head of corner,
 8and stone of stumbling, and rock of offence; stumbling as they do at the word, being disobedient, unto which also they were appointed. (1 Peter 2:7‑8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? intelligent, and he shall know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors shall fall therein.

W. Kelly Translation

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Who is wise, that he may understand these things? intelligent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors shall stumble thereon.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)