2So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:


In Context

1 Then said the LORD to me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.

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

3 And I said to her, You shall abide for me many days; you shall not play the harlot, and you shall not be for another man: so will I also be for you.

4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

Hosea 3:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:2So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and [for] an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:2So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and about a homer and a lethek of barley.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:2And I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a core of barley, and for half a core of barley.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:2So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2So I bought her to me for fifteen silver pieces, and for a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:2So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2And I buy her to me for fifteen silverlings, and a homer and a letech of barley;