Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know the LORD.

New American Standard Bible

And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness.
Then you will know the Lord.

King James Version

I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.

Holman Bible

I will take you to be My wife in faithfulness,
and you will know Yahweh.

International Standard Version

I will make you my wife because of my faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.

A Conservative Version

I will even betroth thee to me in faithfulness, and thou shall know LORD.

American Standard Version

I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know Jehovah.

Amplified


“I will betroth you to Me in stability and in faithfulness.
Then you will know (recognize, appreciate) the Lord [and respond with loving faithfulness].

Bible in Basic English

I will take you as my bride in good faith, and you will have knowledge of the Lord.

Darby Translation

and I will betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know Jehovah.

Julia Smith Translation

And I betrothed thee to me in faithfulness, and thou knewest Jehovah.

King James 2000

I will even betroth you unto me in faithfulness: and you shall know the LORD.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{I will take you as my wife} in faithfulness, and you will know Yahweh.

Modern King James verseion

I will even betroth you to Me in faithfulness. And you shall know Jehovah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

In faith also will I marry thee, unto myself, and thou shalt know the LORD.

NET Bible

I will commit myself to you in faithfulness; then you will acknowledge the Lord."

The Emphasized Bible

Yea I will take thee unto myself, in faithfulness, - So shalt thou know Yahweh.

Webster

I will even betroth thee to me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.

World English Bible

I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know Yahweh.

Youngs Literal Translation

And betrothed thee to Me in faithfulness, And thou hast known Jehovah.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I will even betroth
ארשׂ 
'aras 
Usage: 11

אמנה אמוּנה 
'emuwnah 
Usage: 49

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Hosea 2:20

Context Readings

Israel's Adultery Forgiven

19 I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion. 20 I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know the LORD. 21 It will happen in that day, I will respond," says the LORD, "I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth;



Cross References

Jeremiah 31:33-34

"But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days," says the LORD: "I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:

John 17:3

This is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

Jeremiah 9:24

but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight," says the LORD.

Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return to me with their whole heart.'

Ezekiel 38:23

I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am the LORD.'

Hosea 2:19

I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.

Hosea 6:6

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Hosea 13:4

"Yet I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.

Matthew 11:27

All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

Luke 10:22

"All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him."

John 8:55

You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I do not know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.

2 Corinthians 4:6

seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 3:8

More than that, I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

Colossians 1:10

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

2 Timothy 1:12

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

Hebrews 8:11

They will not teach every man his fellow citizen, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for all will know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.

1 John 4:6

We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

1 John 5:20

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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