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New American Standard Bible
So I
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
Bible in Basic English
So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;
Darby Translation
So I bought her to me for fifteen silver pieces, and for a homer of barley, and a half-homer 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;
Themes
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Barter
Marriage » Presents given to parents to secure their favor
Marriage » Wives obtained » By purchase
Measure » A homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahs
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 3:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Another Symbolic Marriage
1
Jehovah said to me: Go again and love a woman beloved by her friend. Love an adulteress, even as Jehovah loves the children of Israel. Though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins for feasts.
2 So I
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Cross References
Leviticus 27:16
If a person gives part of a field to Jehovah as something holy, its value will be based on the seed planted on it. Ground planted with two quarts of barley will be worth twenty ounces of silver.
Ezekiel 45:11
The dry and liquid measures must always be the same: The ephah and the bath should hold the same as one-tenth of a homer. The homer must be the standard measure.
Genesis 31:41
I have been in your house twenty years! I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters. I kept your flock for six years. You changed my wages ten times.
Genesis 34:12
Ask anything as the bride price, no matter how expensive. I will do anything. Just let me marry Dinah.
Exodus 22:17
If her father refuses to give her to him, he must pay an amount of money equal to the bride price for virgins.
1 Samuel 18:25
When the officers told Saul what David had said,
Isaiah 5:10
A ten-acre vineyard will produce only six gallons of wine, and two quarts of seed will produce only four quarts of grain.