Devine Scripture

Hosea 3:2

Hosea chapter 3 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.1And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins.

v.2This passage

v.3and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man’s wife: so will I also be toward thee.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 5:10

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

  • Exodus 22:17

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

  • 1 Samuel 18:25

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

  • Leviticus 27:16

    And if a man shall sanctify unto Jehovah part of the field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the sowing thereof: the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.

  • Genesis 34:12

    Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

  • Ezekiel 45:11

    The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, 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 after the homer.