11 translations · Hebrew
Hosea 6:1
“Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.
Hosea 6:1 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.
- KJV King James Version
- Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- “Come, and we turn back to YHWH, || For He has torn, and He heals us, || He strikes, and He binds us up.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- “Come on! Let's go back to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces, but now he will heal us. He has struck us down, but now he will bind up our wounds.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “Come! Let’s return to the LORD; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and let us return to the Lord:
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| לְכוּ֙ | lə·ḵū | Come | H1980 הָלַךְ to go: went |
| וְנָשׁ֣וּבָה | wə·nā·šū·ḇāh | let us return | H7725 שׁוּב to return: return |
| אֶל־ | ’el- | to | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
| יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| כִּ֛י | kî | For | H3588 כִּי for |
| ה֥וּא | hū | He | H1931 הוּא he/she/it |
| טָרָ֖ף | ṭā·rāp̄ | has torn us to pieces | H2963 טָרַף to tear |
| וְיִרְפָּאֵ֑נוּ | wə·yir·pā·’ê·nū | but He will heal us | H7495 רָפָא to heal |
| יַ֖ךְ | yaḵ | He has wounded us | H5221 נָכָה to smite |
| וְיַחְבְּשֵֽׁנוּ׃ | wə·yaḥ·bə·šê·nū | but He will bind up our wounds | H2280 חָבַשׁ to saddle/tie |
Related verses
- Job 5:18
For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.
- Deuteronomy 32:39
“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
- 1 Samuel 2:6
“Yahweh kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.
- Lamentations 3:40–41
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh. Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
- Hosea 14:4
“I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him.
- Job 34:29
When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,
- Isaiah 2:3
Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For out of Zion the law shall go out, and Yahweh’s word from Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
- Jeremiah 30:17
For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds,” says Yahweh; “because they have called you an outcast, saying, ‘It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.’”
- Hosea 14:1
Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 “Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.
2 After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.
3 Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.”
Read all of Hosea 6 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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