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Hosea 2:19–20

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And then I’ll marry you for good—forever!

I’ll marry you true and proper, in love and tenderness.

Yes, I’ll marry you and neither leave you nor let you go.

You’ll know me, God, for who I really am.

Read in Logos
Hosea 2:19: And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And I will betroth you to me forever. I will betroth you to me in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I will betroth you to me forever;

I will betroth you in righteousness and justice,

in love and compassion.

I will betroth you in faithfulness,

and you will acknowledge the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will take you to be my wife forever.

I will take you to be my wife in righteousness,

justice, love, and compassion.

I will take you to be my wife in faithfulness,

and you will know the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

I will make you my wife forever,

showing you righteousness and justice,

unfailing love and compassion.

I will be faithful to you and make you mine,

and you will finally know me as the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I will take you as my wife forever;

I will take you as a wife for myself in righteousness and in justice,

in steadfast love and in mercy.

I will take you as my wife in faithfulness,

and you will know Yahweh.

KJV 1900King James Version

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever;

Yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment,

And in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness:

And thou shalt know the Lord.