Hosea 3:2

So I paid fifteen shekels of silver and about seven bushels of barley ¹  to purchase her.

biblegateway Hos 3:2

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and about a homer and a lethek of barley.

biblegateway Hos 3:2

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

biblegateway Hos 3:2

So I bought her back for fifteen pieces of silver and about five bushels of barley and a measure of wine.

biblegateway Hos 3:2

I did it. I paid good money to get her back. It cost me the price of a slave.

SABDAweb Hos 3:2

So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;

bibleoremus Hos 3:2

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barley and a measure of wine.

biblegateway Hos 3:2

So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver, and one and one–half homers of barley.

biblegateway Hos 3:2

So I paid fifteen shekels of silver and about seven bushels of barley ¹  to purchase her.

¹ tc The LXX reads “a homer of barley and a measure of wine,” a reading followed by some English translations (e.g., NRSV, NLT).

¹ tn Heb “a homer of barley and a lethech of barley.” A homer was about 5 bushels (180 liters) and a lethech about 2.5 bushels (90 liters).