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Hos. 14:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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His branches shall ζspread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

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Psa. 80:9‑11• ⁹Thou preparedst [space] before it,{HR}And it took deep root and filled the land.
¹⁰Mountains were covered with its shadow,{HR}And its boughs [were] cedars of God .
¹¹It sent out its branches unto the sea,{HR}And its shoots unto the river. (Psa. 80:9‑11)

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Ezek. 17:5‑8• ⁵And he took of the seed of the land, and put it in a field of seed; he placed it by great waters, he set it as a willow.
⁶And it sprouted, and became a spreading vine of low stature, the tendrils of which should turn towards him, and its roots be under him: so it became a vine and brought forth branches and sent out shoots.
⁷And there was another great eagle with great wings and much plumage; and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him and shot forth its tendrils toward him, that he might water it from the terraces of its plantation.
⁸It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. (Ezek. 17:5‑8)

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Ezek. 31:3‑10• ³Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
⁴The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.
⁵Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.
⁶All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
⁷Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
⁸The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.
⁹I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
¹⁰Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; (Ezek. 31:3‑10)

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Dan. 4:10‑15• ¹⁰Thus were the visions of my head upon my bed: I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.
¹¹The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached unto the heavens, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth.
¹²Its leaves were beautiful, and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all: the beasts of the field found shade under it, and the birds of the heavens dwelt in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.
¹³I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the heavens;
¹⁴he cried aloud, and said thus: Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit; let the beasts get away from under it, and the birds from its branches.
¹⁵Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be bathed with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth. (Dan. 4:10‑15)

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Matt. 13:31• ³¹Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard [seed] which a man took and sowed in his field; (Matt. 13:31)

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John 15:1• ¹I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. (John 15:1)

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Rom. 11:16‑24• ¹⁶But if the firstfruit [be] holy, the lump [is] also; and if holy the root, the branches also.
¹⁷But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou being a wild olive wert grafted in among them and becamest a fellow-partaker of the root and the fatness of the olive tree,
¹⁸boast not against the branches; but if thou boastest against [them], thou bearest not the root but the root thee.
¹⁹Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.
²⁰Right: through unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest through faith. Be not highminded, but fear;
²¹for if God spared not the natural branches, [fear] lest somehow thee he will not even spare.
²²Behold then God's goodness and severity: upon those that fell severity, and upon thee God's goodness, if thou abide in the goodness; since [otherwise] thou also shalt be cut off.
²³And they too, if they abide not in unbelief, shall be grafted in; for God is able to graft them in again.
²⁴For if thou hast been cut out of the naturally wild olive tree, and contrary to nature wert grafted into a good olive tree, how much more shall these that [are] natural be grafted into their own olive tree? (Rom. 11:16‑24)

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Heb. go.

and his beauty.

Psa. 52:8• ⁸But for me, I [am] like a green olive tree in the house of God;{HR}I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. (Psa. 52:8)

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Psa. 128:3• ³Thy wife as a fruitful vine on the sides of thy house;{HR}Thy sons as plants of olives around thy table. (Psa. 128:3)

his smell.

Gen. 27:27• ²⁷And he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothes, and blessed him and said, See, my son's smell, [is] as a field's smell which Jehovah hath blessed. (Gen. 27:27)

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Song of Sol. 4:11‑15• ¹¹Thy lips, spouse, drop honeycomb;{HR}Honey and milk [are] under thy tongue;{HR}And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
¹²A garden shut up is my sister spouse,{HR}A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
¹³Thy shoots [are] an orchard of pomegranates with precious fruits{HR}Henna with spikenard plants;
¹⁴spikenard and saffron;{HR}Calamus and cinnamon with all trees of frankincense;{HR}Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
¹⁵A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters,{HR}Which stream from Lebanon. (Song of Sol. 4:11‑15)

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2 Cor. 2:14‑15• ¹⁴But thanks [be] to God that always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the odour of his knowledge through us in every place.
¹⁵Because we are a sweet odour of Christ to God in those to be saved, and in those that perish: (2 Cor. 2:14‑15)

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Phil. 4:18• ¹⁸But I have all things and abound; I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God. (Phil. 4:18)

J. N. Darby Translation

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His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

W. Kelly Translation

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His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)