Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

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

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.

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."

New Heart English Bible

I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know 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 And I betrothed thee to me forever; and I betrothed thee to me in justice and in judgment, and in kindness and in compassions. 20 And I betrothed thee to me in faithfulness, and thou knewest Jehovah. 21 And it was in that day, I will answer, says Jehovah, I will answer the heavens and they shall answer the earth;



Cross References

Jeremiah 31:33-34

For this the covenant that I will cut out with the house of Israel: After those days, says Jehovah; I gave my law in the midst of them, and upon their heart will I write it; and I was to them for God, and they shall be to me for a people.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life, that they might know thee the only true God, and whom thou hast sent, Jesus Christ.

Jeremiah 9:24

But he boasting shall boast in this, to understand and know me, that I am Jehovah, doing mercy, judgment and justice in the earth: for in these I delighted, says Jehovah.

Jeremiah 24:7

And I gave to them a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah: and they were to me for a people, and I will be to them for God: for they shall turn back to me with all their heart

Ezekiel 38:23

And I magnified myself, and I consecrated myself; and I was made known to the eyes of many nations, and they knew that I am Jehovah.

Hosea 2:19

And I betrothed thee to me forever; and I betrothed thee to me in justice and in judgment, and in kindness and in compassions.

Hosea 6:6

For I delighted in mercy and not sacrifice; the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

Hosea 13:4

And I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt not know a God except me: and none saving but me.

Matthew 11:27

All things were delivered to me by my Father; and none knows the Son, except the Father; nor knows any one the Father, except the Son, and to whom the Son will reveal

Luke 10:22

All things were delivered me by my Father: and none knows who is the Son, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and to whomsoever the Son would wish to reveal.

John 8:55

And ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, having spoken light to shine out of darkness, who shone in our hearts, to the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 3:8

But surely, I also think all things to be loss for the superiority of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have been made to lose all things, and I think to be offscourings, that I shall gain Christ,

Colossians 1:10

For you to walk worthy of the Lord in all pleasing behavior, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

2 Timothy 1:12

By which cause I also suffer these things: but I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and have been persuaded that he is able to watch my deposits to that day.

Hebrews 8:11

And they should not teach each his neighbor, and each his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from their little even to their great ones.

1 John 4:6

We are of God: he knowing God hears us; he is not of God who hears us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

1 John 5:20

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

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