King James Version

Hosea 14:4

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Hosea 14:5.

אֶרְפָּא֙erpacureרָפָאverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “cure”, an unfinished actionH7495properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to curecure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, [idiom] thoroughly, make whole. See H7503 (רָפָה).מְשׁ֣וּבָתָ֔םmeshuvatambackslidingמְשׁוּבָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “backsliding”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4878apostasybacksliding, turning away.אֹהֲבֵ֖םohavemloveאָהַבverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “love”, an unfinished actionH157to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)(be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.נְדָבָ֑הnedavahfree offeringנְדָבָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “free offering”, the ordinary formH5071properly (abstractly) spontaneity, or (adjectively) spontaneous; also (concretely) a spontaneous or (by inference, in plural) abundant giftfree(-will) offering, freely, plentiful, voluntary(-ily, offering), willing(-ly), offering).כִּ֛יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…שָׁ֥בshavagainשׁוּבverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “again”, a completed actionH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…אַפִּ֖יapifaceאַףnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “face”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH639properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ireanger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.מִמֶּֽנּוּmimenvfromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(14-5) I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for Mine anger is turned away from him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.

Young’s Literal Translation

I heal their backsliding, I love them freely, For turned back hath Mine anger from him.

World English Bible

“I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.

Darby Translation

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him.

Douay-Rheims

Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses, neither will we say any more: The works of our hands are our gods, for thou wilt have mercy on the fatherless that is in thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(14-5) I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for Mine anger is turned away from him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I will restore their dwellings, I will love them truly: for he has turned away my wrath from him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἰάσομαι τὰς κατοικίας αὐτῶν, ἀγαπήσω αὐτοὺς ὁμολόγως, ὅτι ἀπέστρεψε τὴν ὀργήν μου ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ.