Hosea 13:14

“From the hand of Sheol I will ransom them; from death I will redeem them. Where are your plagues, death? Where is your destruction, Sheol? Relenting will be hidden from my eyes.”

Hosea 13:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Quotation · 1 Corinthians 15:55

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Where the Hebrew says “Where are your plagues, O death? Where, O Sheol, is your destruction?”, Paul says “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”

Formula: γεγραμμένος “written” (1 Corinthians 15:54)

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Greek of the New Testament: ποῦ σου θάνατε τὸ νῖκος ποῦ σου θάνατε τὸ κέντρον

Hebrew (Masoretic text): מִיַּד שְׁאוֹל אֶפְדֵּם מִמָּוֶת אֶגְאָלֵם אֱהִי דְבָרֶיךָ מָוֶת אֱהִי קָטָבְךָ שְׁאוֹל נֹחַם יִסָּתֵר מֵעֵינָי

Septuagint (Hosea 13:14 in the Septuagint numbering): ἐκ χειρὸς ᾅδου ῥύσομαι καὶ ἐκ θανάτου λυτρώσομαι αὐτούς· ποῦ ἡ δίκη σου, θάνατε; ποῦ τὸ κέντρον σου, ᾅδη παράκλησις κέκρυπται ἀπὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μοῦ,

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 2 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Hosea 13:14, word by word

From the handיַּדyad

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

Where else “yad” appears
of Sheolשְׁאוֹלsheol

Sheol

Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.

Where else “sheol” appears
I will ransom themאֶפְדֵּefde

redeem

To set someone free from slavery or danger, as God did with Israel.

Where else “efde” appears
from deathמָּוֶתmavet

death

The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.

Where else “mavet” appears
I will redeem themאֶגְאָלֵegale

redeem

To buy back a relative or their land.

Where else “egale” appears
Whereאֱהִיehi

where?

"Where?": a question word asking for the place of someone or something.

Where else “ehi” appears
are your plaguesדְבָרֶיdevare

plague, pestilence

Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.

Where else “devare” appears
is your destructionקָטָבְkatav

destruction

Destruction, ruin that sweeps away.

Where else “katav” appears
Relentingנֹחַםnocham

relenting, sorrow

Relenting, sorrow: a change of heart about something one had intended to do.

Where else “nocham” appears
will be hiddenיִסָּתֵרyisater

hide

To put someone or something out of sight, to keep it safe or to flee.

Where else “yisater” appears
from my eyesעֵינָena

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

Where else “ena” appears

Translation note

Paul quotes this verse in 1 Corinthians 15:55. “Where” can also be read “I will be”: “I will be your plagues, death; I will be your destruction, Sheol.”

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Quotation · 1 Corinthians 15:55

Where the Hebrew says “Where are your plagues, O death? Where, O Sheol, is your destruction?”, Paul says “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”

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Hosea 13:14

14From the hand of Sheol I will ransom them; from death I will redeem them. Where are your plagues, death? Where is your destruction, Sheol? Relenting will be hidden from my eyes.

1 Corinthians 15:55

55Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?

The context

13The pains of a woman giving birth will come on him; he is a son not wise, for at the time he does not present himself at the opening of the womb for children.

14 · This verse (above)

15Though he is fruitful among brothers, an east wind will come, the wind of YHWH rising from the wilderness; and his spring will dry up, and his fountain will be parched; it will plunder the treasure of every precious object.

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