HOS 9:2 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) The grain threshing floor and the winepress won’t provide enough
⇔ ≈ and the grape harvest will fail them.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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 Ἅλων καὶ ληνὸς οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτούς, καὶ ὁ οἶνος ἐψεύσατο αὐτούς.
(Halōn kai laʸnos ouk egnō autous, kai ho oinos epseusato autous. )

BrTr The threshing-floor and wine-press knew them not, and the wine disappointed them.

ULT The threshing floor and the winepress will not feed them;
⇔ and the new wine will fail them.

UST Now you will not have enough grain or wine to feed your people.
⇔ You will have no hope for any new wine, for the vines will fail you.

OEB Threshing floor and wine vat won’t feed them,
⇔ the new wine will fail them.

WEBBE The threshing floor and the wine press won’t feed them,
⇔ and the new wine will fail her.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Threshing floors and wine vats will not feed the people,
⇔ and new wine only deceives them.

LSV Floor and winepress do not feed them,
And new wine fails in her,

FBV Your threshing floors and winepresses will not feed you; the land will fail to produce your new wine.

T4T But soon there will not be enough grain [MTY, PRS] and wine [MTY, PRS] for you.

LEB • Threshing floor and wine vat will not feed them, and new wine will fail her.[fn]

9:? That is, Israel

BBE The grain-floor and the place where the grapes are crushed will not give them food; there will be no new wine for them.

Moff But threshing-floor and wine-vat fail you,
⇔ and the new wine shall disappoint you.

JPS The threshing-floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.

ASV The threshing-floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.

DRA The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the wine shall deceive them.

YLT Floor and wine-press do not delight them, And new wine doth fail in her,

Drby The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.

RV The threshing-floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.

SLT The threshing-floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.

Wbstr The floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.

KJB-1769 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.[fn]

9.2 winepress: or, winefat

KJB-1611 [fn]The floore and the winepresse shall not feede them, and the new wine shall faile in her.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

9:2 Or, winefat.

Bshps The corne floore and the wine presse shall not feede them: and the newe wine shall fayle them.
(The corn-floor/storage-barn and the wine-press shall not feed them: and the new wine shall fail them.)

Gnva The floore, and the wine presse shall not feede them, and the newe wine shall faile in her.
(The floor, and the wine-press shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. )

Cvdl Therfore shall they nomore enioye the cornefloores and wyne presses, and their swete wyne shal fayle the.
(Therefore shall they no more enjoy the corn-floors/storage-barns and wine-presss, and their sweet wine shall fail them.)

Wycl The cornfloor and pressour schal not feede hem, and wyn schal lie to hem.
(The corn-floor/storage-barn and pressour shall not feed hem, and wine shall lie to hem.)

Luth Darum so sollen dich die Tennen und Kelter nicht nähren, und der Most soll dir fehlen.
(Therefore so should you/yourself the threshing-floor and wine-press not nourish/feed, and the/of_the cider should you/to_you(sg) miss/lack.)

ClVg Area et torcular non pascet eos, et vinum mentietur eis:
(Area and winepress not/no he_will_feed them, and wine he_will_lie to_them: )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 9:1–9: The LORD will punish the Israelites

This section warns the people of Israel that the LORD will punish them because they have been unfaithful to him. When that happens, the people will no longer be able to celebrate at harvest time or enjoy the crops from their land. The section describes aspects of daily life that the people in Israel would clearly understand. Some examples are harvest festivals (9:1, 5), threshing grain and making wine (9:2), unclean food (9:3–4), offerings and sacrifices (9:4), briers and thorns (9:6), and prophets (9:7–8). There is also an indirect reference to Israel’s past (9:9).

Here are some other examples of section headings:

The Lord Will Punish Israel (ESV)

Hosea announces Israel’s Punishment (NLT)

Israel Will Be Punished (CEV)

The Sorrows of Exile (NJB)

Paragraph 9:1–6

This paragraph tells about joyful activities that the people will no longer experience when they are in exile in Assyria. In exile, they will no longer have joyful harvests or be able to offer acceptable sacrifices to God. Instead of rejoicing, they will mourn.

9:2

Notice the parallel parts that are similar in meaning:

^2a The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them,

^2band the new wine will fail them.

This verse tells about one of the consequences of the people of Israel rejecting the LORD. He will take away their grain and wine. This consequence probably resulted from their worship of the false god Baal. They believed that Baal gave them their grain and wine. This warning is similar to the words in Hosea 2:8. See the note in 2:8b on “the grain, the new wine and oil” for more details.

9:2a

The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them,

But soon the threshing floors and winepresses will not produce enough food and drink to feed everyone.
Soon your people will go hungry. Your^(sing) grain and wine will not be sufficient for them.

The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them: This clause has two related figures of speech (metonymy). They represent the products, grain and wine, that are produced at the threshing floor and winepress. It means that there will not be enough grain for the people to eat or enough wine for them to drink. In some languages, it may be more natural to translate the meaning directly. For example:

There won't be enough grain to feed people. There won't be enough wine to go around. (GW)

winepress: There are two main interpretations of the Hebrew word that the BSB translates as winepress:

The word means winepress. A winepress is a device that presses the juice from grapes. For example:
The threshing-floor and wine-press will not feed them (NJB) (BSB, CEV, ESV, GW, KJV, NAB, NASB, NET, NJPS, NCV, NIV, NJB, NLT, NRSV, REB)
The word means “olive-press.” An olive-press is a device that presses the oil from olives. For example, the GNT lists the products associated with a threshing-floor and an olive-press:
But soon you will not have enough grain and olive oil (GNT) (GNT)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1) along with most versions.

9:2a–b

(combined/reordered)

But there will not be enough grain and wine for everyone.

9:2b

and the new wine will fail them.

The new/fresh wine will be inadequate.
There will be no more grapes to press/squeeze into wine.

the new wine will fail them: This clause indicates that the amount of new wine will not be enough to meet the needs of the people.Wood (page 204), Davies (page 214).

Here is another way to translate this clause:

there won't be enough new wine (NCV)

new wine: See the note on this same product in 2:8b for more details. If new wine is not familiar in your language area, you may use a more general term. For example:

there will be no wine (GNT)

them: There is a textual difference here that involves the word them:

The LXX and other ancient versions have them. them refers to the people of Israel. For example:
the new wine shall fail them (RSV) (BSB, ESV, NAB, NASB, NET, NIV, NRSV, REB)
The Masoretic Text has “her.” “Her” refers to the nation of Israel. For example:
the new wine shall betray her (NJPS) (NJPS)

Options (1) and (2) are two ways to refer to Israel. It is recommended that you follow option (1) along with most versions.

General Comment on 9:2a–b

In some languages, it may be more natural to combine and/or reorder the parallel parts. For example:

But you will run short of grain and wine (CEV)