Hosea 14:9 BSB — MannaFest

Hosea 14:9

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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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Commentary

4 voices

Origen of Alexandria

AGAINST CELSUS 3:45 (253)

And to such a degree does the gospel desire that there should be wise people among believers, that for the sake of exercising the understanding of its hearers, it has spoken certain truths in enigmas, others in what are called "dark" sayings, others in parables, and others in problems. And one of the prophets—Hosea—says at the end of his prophecy, "Who is wise, and he will understand these things? Or prudent, and he shall know them?"

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Jerome

Commentary on Hosea 14:10 (420)

"Who is wise and will understand these things? Who is prudent and will know them? Because the ways of the Lord are straight, and the just shall walk in them; But the transgressors shall fall therein." LXX: "Who is wise and will understand these things, or prudent and will know them? For the ways of the Lord are straight and the just shall walk in them: but the wicked shall fall therein." When he says, "Who is wise and will understand these things?

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

And the ways wherein God walks towards us, in afflicting or comforting are all righteous and equal. Shall walk in them - Will approve them all, justifying the righteousness of God's displeasure, and confessing he remembereth mercy in the midst of judgment.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Who is wise and he shall understand these things? - The prophet says this, not of the words in which he had spoken, but of the substance. He does not mean that his style was obscure, or that he had delivered the message of God in a way difficult to be understood. This would have been to fail of his object. Nor does he mean that human acuteness is the key to the things of God. He means that those only of a certain character, those “wise,” through God, unto God, will understand the things of God.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מִ֤י	mi	who?	H4310 →
חָכָם֙	cha.Kham	[is] wise	H2450 →
וְיָ֣בֵֽן	ve.Ya.ven	and let him understand	H995 →
אֵ֔לֶּה	'E.leh	these [things]	H428 →
נָב֖וֹן	na.Von	discerning?	H995 →
וְיֵֽדָעֵ֑ם	ve.ye.da.'Em	and let him know them	H3045 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
יְשָׁרִ֞ים	ye.sha.Rim	[are] upright	H3477 →
דַּרְכֵ֣י	dar.Khei	[the] ways of	H1870 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וְצַדִּקִים֙	ve.tza.di.Kim	and righteous [people]	H6662 →
יֵ֣לְכוּ	Ye.le.khu	they walk	H1980 →
בָ֔ם	Vam	in them
וּפֹשְׁעִ֖ים	u.fo.she.'Im	and transgressors	H6586 →
יִכָּ֥שְׁלוּ	yi.Ka.she.lu	they stumble	H3782 →
בָֽם׃	Vam	in them

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Daniel 12:10
Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
leads to
- Revelation 22:11
  Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”
- Daniel 11:35
  Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.
Through
John 8:47
Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
leads to
- John 10:26–27
  But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
- 2 John 1:9
  Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.
- John 18:37
  “Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone…
- 1 John 3:10
  By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
- John 6:45–46
  It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—
Through
Proverbs 10:29
The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.
leads to
- Proverbs 21:15
  Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Hosea

Where the connections lead

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Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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