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Hosea 3:2–3

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a yhomer and a lethech1 of barley. And I said to her, “You must zdwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you.”

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Hosea 3:2–3 — The New International Version (NIV)

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and about a homer and a lethek of barley. Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.”

Hosea 3:2–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.

Hosea 3:2–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

So I bought her back for fifteen pieces of silver and five bushels of barley and a measure of wine. Then I said to her, “You must live in my house for many days and stop your prostitution. During this time, you will not have sexual relations with anyone, not even with me.”

Hosea 3:2–3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver, and one and one-half homers of barley. And I said to her, “You shall stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man—so, too, will I be toward you.”

Hosea 3:2–3 — New Century Version (NCV)

So I bought her for six ounces of silver and ten bushels of barley. Then I told her, “You must wait for me for many days. You must not be a prostitute, and you must not have sexual relations with any other man. I will act the same way toward you.”

Hosea 3:2–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Hosea 3:2–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

So I bought her to me for fifteen silver pieces, and for a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley. And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be another man’s, and I will also be for thee.

Hosea 3:2–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

So I bought her for 23 ounces of silver and 10 bushels of barley. Then I told her, “You must wait for me a long time. Don’t be a prostitute or offer yourself to any man. I will wait for you.” 

Hosea 3:2–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

So I bought her for 15 shekels of silver and five bushels of barley. I said to her, “You must live with me many days. Don’t be promiscuous or belong to any man, and I will act the same way toward you.”

Hosea 3:2–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barley and a measure of wine. And I said to her, “You must remain as mine for many days; you shall not play the whore, you shall not have intercourse with a man, nor I with you.”

Hosea 3:2–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver

and a homer of barley and a measure of wine.

And I said to her,

“You must remain as mine for many days,

and you will not play the whore;

you will not belong to a man,

and I will belong to you.”

Hosea 3:2–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

So I bought Gomer for six ounces of silver and about ten bushels of barley. Then I told her, “You must wait for me for a long time. You must not be a prostitute. You must not have sex with any man. And I will wait for you.”

Hosea 3:2–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

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

Then I said to her, “You shall stay with me for many days. You shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man; so I will also be toward you.”


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