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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 you’re living with me.
   No more whoring, no more sleeping around.
   You’re living with me and I’m 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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