Hosea 3:2
What does Hosea 3:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Hosea 3:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So 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 · 1611So 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 · 1901So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I buy her to me for fifteen silverlings, and a homer and a letech of barley;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a core of barley, and for half a core of barley.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890So I bought her to me for fifteen silver [pieces], and for 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.
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