Hosea 3:2
King James Version (KJV)
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
Translations
Hosea 3:2 - Amplified Bible
So I bought her for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley [the price of a slave].
Hosea 3:2 - 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;
Hosea 3:2 - Bible in Basic English
So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;
Hosea 3:2 - Darby Bible
So I bought her to me for fifteen silver [pieces], and for a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley.
Hosea 3:2 - English Standard Version
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.
Hosea 3:2 - 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:
Hosea 3:2 - La Biblia de las Americas
La compré, pues, para mì por quince siclos (Un siclo equivale aprox. a 11.4 gramos) de plata y un homer (Un homer equivale aprox. a 220 litros) y medio de cebada.
Hosea 3:2 - The Message
I did it. I paid good money to get her back.
It cost me the price of a slave.
Then I told her, "From now on youre living with me.
No more whoring, no more sleeping around.
Youre living with me and Im living with you."
Hosea 3:2 - New American Standard Bible
So I bought her for myself for fifteen {shekels} of silver and a homer and a half of barley.
Hosea 3:2 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy
La compré, pues, para mì por 15 siclos (171 gr) de plata y 330 litros de cebada.
Hosea 3:2 - World English Bible
So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;
Hosea 3:2 - Young's Living Translation
And I buy her to me for fifteen silverlings, and a homer and a letech of barley;
Hosea 3:2 - Additional Comments
He bought her for fifteen shekels of silver. The price he paid to redeem Gomer shows the depth to which she had sunk - 30 pieces was the price commonly paid for a slave (Ex 21:32). Also, barley was considered food fit only for animals and eaten only by the poorest people.
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