Hosea 3:2

In 11 translations

BSB

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.15 shekels is approximately 6 ounces or 171 grams of silver.Or a homer and a half of barley; that is, a total of approximately 9.36 bushels or 330 liters (probably about 436 pounds or 198 kilograms of barley); LXX a homer of barley and a wineskin full of wine

KJV

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:half…: Heb. lethech

WEB

So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.1 homer is about 220 liters or 6 bushels

ASV

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

LSV

And I buy her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer and a lethech of barley;

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

So I bought her to me for fifteene pieces of siluer, and for an homer of barlie and an halfe homer of barlie.

JPS

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

LXXE

So I hired her to myself for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a flagon of wine.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Original-language editions

WLC

וָאֶכְּרֶ֣הָ לִּ֔י בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר כָּ֑סֶף וְחֹ֥מֶר שְׂעֹרִ֖ים וְלֵ֥תֶךְ שְׂעֹרִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐμισθωσάμην ἐμαυτῷ πεντεκαίδεκα ἀργυρίου, καὶ γομὸρ κριθῶν, καὶ νέβελ οἴνου.

Who and where

People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 34:12Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”
• Ezekiel 45:11The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure for both.
• Leviticus 27:16If a man consecrates to the LORD a parcel of his land, then your valuation shall be proportional to the seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver for every homer of barley seed.
• Exodus 22:17If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.
• Isaiah 5:10For ten acres of vineyard will yield but a bath of wine, and a homer of seed only an ephah of grain.”
• 1 Samuel 18:25Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.
• Genesis 31:41Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).