HOS 2:15 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) I’ll give her back her vineyards,
⇔ and the depressing Akor Valley[ref] as a gateway for hope.
⇔ She’ll answer me there as in the days of her youth—
⇔ like at the time that she came out of Egypt (Heb. Mitsrayim):

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ ἐκδικήσω ἐπʼ αὐτὴν τὰς ἡμέρας τῶν Βααλεὶμ, ἐν αἷς ἐπέθυεν αὐτοῖς· καὶ περιετίθετο τὰ ἐνώτια αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰ καθόρμια αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐπορεύετο ὀπίσω τῶν ἐραστῶν αὐτῆς, ἐμοῦ δὲ ἐπελάθετο, λέγει Κύριος.
(Kai ekdikaʸsō epʼ autaʸn tas haʸmeras tōn Baʼaleim, en hais epethuen autois; kai perietitheto ta enōtia autaʸs, kai ta kathormia autaʸs, kai eporeueto opisō tōn erastōn autaʸs, emou de epelatheto, legei Kurios. )

BrTr And I will recompense on her the days of Baalim, wherein she sacrificed to them, and put on her ear-rings, and her necklaces, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith the Lord.

ULT I will give her back her vineyards,
⇔ and the Valley of Achor as a door of hope.
⇔ She will answer me there as in the days of her youth,
⇔ as in the days that she came out of the land of Egypt.

UST I will give her vineyards back to her once more,
⇔ and in the Valley of Achor I will cause her to hope once more.
⇔ She will answer me with love and delight, as it was back in the first days when we first loved each other—
⇔ when I set her free, and she came up out of Egypt.

BSB There I will give back her vineyards
⇔ and make the Valley of Achor[fn]
⇔ into a gateway of hope.
⇔ There she will respond as she did
⇔ in the days of her youth,
⇔ as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

OEB I will give her from there her vineyards,
⇔ and the valley of Achor as a door of hope.
⇔ There she will respond as in the days of her youth,
⇔ as in the days when she came up from the land of Egypt.

WEBBE I will give her vineyards from there,
⇔ and the valley of Achor for a door of hope;
⇔ and she will respond there
⇔ as in the days of her youth,
⇔ and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET From there I will give back her vineyards to her,
⇔ and turn the “Valley of Trouble” into an “Opportunity for Hope.”
⇔ There she will sing as she did when she was young,
⇔ when she came up from the land of Egypt.

LSV And given to her her vineyards from there,
And the Valley of Achor for an opening of hope,
And she has responded there as in the days of her youth,
And as in the day of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.

FBV There I will return her vineyards to her and make the Valley of Achor[fn] a door of hope. There she will respond to me as she did when she was young, as in the time when she left the land of Egypt.

2:15 “Achor” means “trouble.” See Joshua 7:26.

T4T I will give their vineyards back to them,
⇔ and I will cause Achor Valley, which means ‘valley of trouble', to become a valley where they will confidently expect me to do good things for them.
⇔ They will ◄respond to/want to please► me there
⇔ like they did long ago,
⇔ when I freed them from being slaves in Egypt.

LEB   • From there I will give her her vineyards,
   • and the Valley of Achor as a doorway of hope.
• And there she will respond,
  • as in the days of her youth,
  • just as in the day of her coming out of
   • the land of Egypt.

BBE And I will give her vine-gardens from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will give her answer there as in the days when she was young, and as in the time when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

Moff then I will restore her the vineyards,
⇔ and make the dale of Trouble a door of hope;
⇔ then shall she answer me
⇔ as in her youthful days,
⇔ when she came up from Egypt’s land;

JPS (2-17) And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall respond there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

ASV And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall make answer there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

DRA And I will give her vinedressers out of the same place, and the valley of Achor for an opening of hope: and she shall sing there according to the days of her youth, and according to the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.

YLT And given to her her vineyards from thence, And the valley of Achor for an opening of hope, And she hath responded there as in the days of her youth, And as in the day of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.

Drby And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

RV And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall make answer there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

SLT And I gave to her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she was humbled there as the days of her youth and as the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.

Wbstr And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came from the land of Egypt.

KJB-1769 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

KJB-1611 And I wil giue her, her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a doore of hope, and she shall sing there, as in the dayes of her youth, and as in the day when she came vp out of the land of Egypt.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps From thence wyll I geue her her vineyardes agayne, yea and the valley of Achor for an entry of hope: and she shall sing there as in the dayes of her youth, and as in the day when she came vp out of the lande of Egypt.
(From thence will I give her her vineyards again, yea and the valley of Achor for an entry of hope: and she shall sing there as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.)

Gnva And I will giue her her vineyardes from thence, and the valley of Achor for the doore of hope, and shee shall sing there as in the daies of her youth, and as in the daies when shee came vp out of the land of Egypt.
(And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for the door of hope, and she shall sing there as in the days of her youth, and as in the days when she came up out of the land of Egypt. )

Cvdl there wil I geue her hir vynyardes agayne, yee and the valley of Achor also, to shewe hir hope & comforte. Then shal she synge there as in the tyme of hir youth, & like as in the daye when she came out of the londe of Egipte.
(there will I give her her vineyards again, ye/you_all and the valley of Achor also, to show her hope and comfort. Then shall she sing there as in the time of her youth, and like as in the day when she came out of the land of Egypt.)

Wycl And Y schal yyue to it vyn tilieris therof of the same place, and the valei of Achar, that is, of disturblyng, for to opene hope. And it schal synge there bi the daies of hir yongthe, and bi the daies of hir stiyng fro the lond of Egipt.
(And I shall give to it vine tilieris thereof of the same place, and the valley of Achar, that is, of disturbing, for to open hope. And it shall sing there by the days of her youth, and by the days of her stiing from the land of Egypt.)

Luth Also will ich heimsuchen über sie die Tage Baalim, denen sie Räuchopfer tut, und schmückt sich mit Stirnspangen und Halsbändern und läuft ihren Buhlen nach und vergißt mein, spricht der HErr.
(So will I attack/beset/plague above they/she/them the days Baalim, those they/she/them incense_offerings does, and schmückt itself/yourself/themselves with foreheadspangen and neck/throatbändern and running your(pl) courting_(ones) after and forgets my, speaks/says the/of_the LORD.)

ClVg Et dabo ei vinitores ejus ex eodem loco, et vallem Achor, ad aperiendam spem; et canet ibi juxta dies juventutis suæ, et juxta dies ascensionis suæ de terra Ægypti.
(And I_will_give to_him winetores his from the_same instead, and the_valley Achor, to aperiendam hope; and canet there next_to days youth his/her_own, and next_to days ascensionis his/her_own from/about earth/land of_Egypt. )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 2:14–23: The LORD promised to renew his covenant with them

The purpose of the punishment in 2:1–13 was to make the people of Israel realize that their worship of false gods would result in harm. In this section, 2:14–23, the LORD showed that he continued to love the people of Israel. If they worshiped him, he would bless them and not harm them. In spite of their past sins, he would reestablish a covenant with them. In this section, the tone switches from negative to positive, so there is a sharp contrast between the previous section and this one.

Here are some other examples of section headings:

Future Repentance and Restoration of Israel (NET)

The Lord’s Love for Unfaithful Israel (NLT)

Paragraph 2:14–15

In this paragraph, the LORD described his intention to reestablish a covenant relationship with Israel. He used the image of a man courting a woman in the desert to illustrate it. This image referred to Israel’s past. After the Israelites left Egypt, they wandered for forty years in the desert of Sinai. It was there that the LORD first established his covenant with the Israelites.

2:15a

There I will give back her vineyards

From there I will return her vineyards to her.
I will make her vineyards grow again.

There I will give back her vineyards: The Hebrew word that the BSB translates as There is literally “From there,” as in the NRSV. In this context, it refers to the same image of Israel in the wilderness as 2:14b. It was from this desert that the LORD promised to restore to Israel her vineyards.Andersen and Freedman (page 272), Stuart (page 53), and McComiskey (page 42). Andersen and Freedman comment that “there” and “from there” often differ only slightly in meaning. This promise referred to the future restoration of vineyards in Israel. Some versions leave the word “there” or “from there” implied.

I will give back her vineyards: In 2:12, the LORD said that he would destroy Israel’s vineyards, but here in 2:15, he promised to restore them. Some versions indicate this idea of restoration explicitly. For example:

I will give back to her the vineyards she had (GNT)

I shall restore her vineyards to her (REB)

I will return her vineyards to her (NLT)

Other versions leave it implied. For example:

From there I will give her her vineyards (NRSV)

Be sure that the idea of restoration is clear in your translation.

2:15b

and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope.

And I will make the Valley of Trouble into a Gateway/Door of Hope.
And she will not have to experience trouble/danger any longer. I will give her hope for a better life.

and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope: The Hebrew word Achor means “trouble, disturbance.”BDB (#5911), TWOT (#1621a). The Valley of Achor was the place where Achan disobeyed the LORD. As a result, the LORD allowed the enemies of Israel to defeat them. This happened when they were entering the promised land of Canaan (Joshua 7:1–26).

Hosea probably uses the Valley of Achor as a figure of speech (synecdoche) that represents the whole land.Macintosh (pages 74–75). He means that the LORD will change Israel from a nation that experienced trouble to a nation where people have hope.

Some versions translate the meaning rather than the actual place name. For example:

Valley of Trouble (NET)

Trouble Valley (GNT)

Some versions include a footnote that gives the Joshua reference and a brief explanation as above. Consider whether any of these options will help your readers better understand the meaning.

a gateway of hope: The change from a place of disaster to a gateway of hope illustrated that Israel’s disastrous relationship with the LORD could be changed. Here, hope means “expectation, optimistic outlook.”HALOT (#10282).

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

gateway of hope (NLT)

Opportunity for Hope (NET)

Notice that the NET uses capital letters to show that this phrase is parallel to “Valley of Trouble.” Consider whether capital letters will help your readers to understand the parallelism.

If it is necessary to specify an object of hope, you may use a phrase that refers to prosperity or a better life. For example:

a place where people have hope for a good life

2:15c

There she will respond

And she will respond by loving me
And she will say ‘Yes’ to me there

There: This word refers to the same place as it does in 2:15a. Some versions leave it implied.

she will respond: There are two ways to interpret the Hebrew word that the BSB translates as respond:

It means respond. When the nation of Israel was young, she responded to the LORD’s love by accepting his covenant and obeying him. In this verse, the LORD said that she will respond like this again. For example:
There she will respond (NJB) (BSB, CEV, GNT, GW, NCV, NJB, NJPS, NLT, NRSV, REB)
It means sing. When the LORD rescued the nation of Israel from the Egyptians at the Red Sea, they sang a song of thanksgiving (Exodus 15). For example:
There she will sing (NET) (KJV, NASB, NET, NIV)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1) along with most versions.Wood (page 179), feels that “sing” is an appropriate meaning here, because the context calls for a joyful response. Keil (page 42), mentions Israel’s song of praise at the Red Sea as one of her responses, but says that the verb means “answer” rather than “sing.” Stuart (page 53), says that the verb indicates a range of positive responses, and Andersen and Freedman (page 276), argue that “respond” is more appropriate in the context of the husband speaking. “Respond” is the usual meaning of this verb. It also allows for more kinds of responses than just singing.

In some languages, it may be more natural to use direct speech to express her response. For example, here is a slight adaptation of the CEV:

she will say ‘Yes’ to me

In some languages, a verb such as respond is used only in the context of answering a question. If that is true in your language, you may need to use a different expression. For example:

She will give herself to me there (NLT)

As a result, she will accept my love for her

2:15d

as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

just as she did when she was a young woman, when she came out of Egypt.”
as she did when she left Egypt long ago when she was young.

Notice the parallelism:

as she did in the days of her youth,

as in the day she came up out of Egypt

The first line describes a period of time in the past. The second line describes an event that happened during that time.

days…day: These words refer here to periods of time, not to literal 24-hour days. In some languages, it may be more natural to use different expressions. For example:

as in her youth,

as when she came up from Egypt. (REB)