Parallel Verses

King James 2000

I will even betroth you unto me in faithfulness: and you shall know the LORD.

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.

Julia Smith Translation

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

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 will betroth you unto me forever; yea, I will betroth you unto me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. 20  I will even betroth you unto me in faithfulness: and you shall know the LORD. 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, says the LORD, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth;



Cross References

Jeremiah 31:33-34

But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

John 17:3

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

Jeremiah 9:24

But let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD.

Jeremiah 24:7

And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

Ezekiel 38:23

Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Hosea 2:19

And I will betroth you unto me forever; yea, I will betroth you unto me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

Hosea 6:6

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Hosea 13:4

Yet I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt, and you shall know no god but me: for there is no savior besides me.

Matthew 11:27

All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knows the Son, but the Father; neither knows any man the Father, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son will reveal him.

Luke 10:22

All things are delivered to me by my Father: and no man knows who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

John 8:55

Yet you have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 3:8

Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but rubbish, that I may win Christ,

Colossians 1:10

That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

2 Timothy 1:12

For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

Hebrews 8:11

And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

1 John 4:6

We are of God: he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God hears not us. 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 is come, and has given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

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