Hosea 3:2
ContextNET © | So I paid fifteen shekels of silver and about seven bushels of barley 1 to purchase her. |
NIV © | So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and about a homer and a lethek of barley. |
NASB © | So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley. |
NLT © | So I bought her back for fifteen pieces of silver and about five bushels of barley and a measure of wine. |
MSG © | I did it. I paid good money to get her back. It cost me the price of a slave. |
BBE © | So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley; |
NRSV © | So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barley and a measure of wine. |
NKJV © | So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver, and one and oneāhalf homers of barley. |
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NET © [draft] ITL | |
NET © | So I paid fifteen shekels of silver and about seven bushels of barley 1 to purchase her. |
NET © Notes |
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). 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). |