Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

So I bought her to me for fifteen silver pieces, and for a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley.

New American Standard Bible

So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley.

King James Version

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

Holman Bible

So I bought her for 15 shekels of silver and five bushels of barley.

International Standard Version

So I bought her back for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and one and a half omers of barley.

A Conservative Version

So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley.

American Standard Version

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;

Amplified

So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley [the price of a common slave].

Bible in Basic English

So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;

Julia Smith Translation

And I shall buy her to me for fifteen of silver, and an homer of barley, and a measure of barley:

King James 2000

So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley:

Lexham Expanded Bible

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barely and a measure of wine.

Modern King James verseion

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a homer of barley and a half homer of barley.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

So I gat her for fifteen silverlings, and for a homer and a half of barley,

NET Bible

So I paid fifteen shekels of silver and about seven bushels of barley to purchase her.

New Heart English Bible

So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.

The Emphasized Bible

So I secured n her to me, for fifteen pieces of silver, - and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;

Webster

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley:

World English Bible

So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.

Youngs Literal Translation

And I buy her to me for fifteen silverlings, and a homer and a letech of barley;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
So I bought
כּרה 
Karah 
Usage: 3

her to me for fifteen
עשׂר 
`asar 
Usage: 339

כּסף 
Keceph 
Usage: 403

and for an homer
חמר 
Chomer 
Usage: 31

of barley
שׂעור שׂער שׂעורה שׂערה 
S@`orah 
Usage: 34

and an half homer
לתך 
Lethek 
Usage: 1

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Hosea 3:2

Context Readings

Another Symbolic Marriage

1 And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of a friend, and an adulteress, according to the love of Jehovah for the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love raisin-cakes. 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen silver pieces, and for a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley. 3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be another man's, and I will also be for thee.

Cross References

Leviticus 27:16

And if a man hallow to Jehovah part of a field of his possession, thy valuation shall be according to what may be sown in it: the homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.

Ezekiel 45:11

The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, so that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure thereof shall be according to the homer.

Genesis 31:41

I have been these twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

Genesis 34:12

Impose on me very much as dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give me the maiden as wife.

Exodus 22:17

If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall weigh money according to the dowry of virgins.

1 Samuel 18:25

And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David: The king does not desire any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

Isaiah 5:10

Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an ephah.

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