Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

So I bought her back for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and one and a half omers of barley.

New American Standard Bible

So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley.

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.

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 fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley [the price of a common slave].

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
So I bought
כּרה 
Karah 
Usage: 3

her to me for fifteen
עשׂר 
`asar 
Usage: 339

כּסף 
Keceph 
Usage: 403

and for an homer
חמר 
Chomer 
Usage: 31

of barley
שׂעור שׂער שׂעורה שׂערה 
S@`orah 
Usage: 34

and an half homer
לתך 
Lethek 
Usage: 1

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Hosea 3:2

Context Readings

Another Symbolic Marriage

1 Then the LORD told me: "Go love your wife again, even though she is being loved by another and is committing adultery. Love her the same way the LORD loves the people of Israel, even though they look to other gods and love raisin cakes." 2 So I bought her back for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and one and a half omers of barley. 3 I told her, "You will remain with me a long time, you won't be promiscuous, you won't be involved with any man, and I'll do the same."


Cross References

Leviticus 27:16

"If a person consecrates to the LORD a portion of the field from his inheritance, then your valuation is to be based on its capacity for yielding a harvest. Each omer of barley is to be valued at 50 shekels of silver.

Ezekiel 45:11

The ephah and the bath are to be of equal volume; that is, the bath is to contain one tenth of an omer and the ephah one tenth of an omer. The omer is to be the standard on which their volume measurement is to be based.

Genesis 31:41

I've lived in your house these 20 years serving fourteen years for your two daughters and another six years for your flocks. During all that time you changed my wages ten times.

Genesis 34:12

No matter how big or how extensive your demands are for a dowry and wedding presents from me, I'll provide whatever you ask. Only give me the young lady to be my wife."

Exodus 22:17

If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he is to pay an amount equal to the bride price for virgins.

1 Samuel 18:25

Saul said, "This is what you are to tell David, "The king desires no bride price except 100 Philistine foreskins to take vengeance on the king's enemies.'" Now Saul thought he would cause David to die at the hand of the Philistines.

Isaiah 5:10

For ten acres of vineyard will produce only one bath, and one omer of seed will produce only one ephah."

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