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Hosea 2:20

I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.

KJV

Et sponsabo te mihi in fide ; et scies quia ego Dominus.

Vulgate

καὶ μνηστεύσομαί σε ἐμαυτῷ ἐν πίστει, καὶ ἐπιγνώσῃ τὸν κύριον.

LXX

I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know Jehovah.

ASV

וְ/כָרַתִּ֨י לָ/הֶ֤ם בְּרִית֙ בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֔וּא עִם חַיַּ֤ת הַ/שָּׂדֶה֙ וְ/עִם ע֣וֹף הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם וְ/רֶ֖מֶשׂ הָֽ/אֲדָמָ֑ה וְ/קֶ֨שֶׁת וְ/חֶ֤רֶב וּ/מִלְחָמָה֙ אֶשְׁבּ֣וֹר מִן הָ/אָ֔רֶץ וְ/הִשְׁכַּבְתִּ֖י/ם לָ/בֶֽטַח

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בֶ֖טַח
btch
noun · 41×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הִכְרַתִּ֥י
hkrty
verb · 283×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
י
y
noun · 280×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
yshkb
verb · 211×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מִּלְחָמָ֔ה
mlchmh
noun · 316×
נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ
nshbrv
verb · 149×
ע֣וֹף
'vp
noun · 71×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
קֶ֣שֶׁת
qsht
noun · 76×
רֶ֖מֶשׂ
rmsh
noun · 17×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:13 — There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to esca
  • 1John 4:6 — We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
  • 1John 5:20 — And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and
  • 2Cor 4:6 — For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • 2Tim 1:12 — For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against th
  • Col 1:10 — That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • Ezek 36:11 — And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall kno
  • Ezek 38:23 — Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
  • Hos 2:19 — And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
  • Hos 6:3 — Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
  • Hos 6:6 — For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
  • Hos 6:6 — For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
  • Hos 13:4 — Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
  • Isa 11:5 — And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
  • Jer 9:24 — But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I deligh
  • Jer 24:7 — And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
  • Jer 31:33 — But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God
  • John 8:55 — Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
  • John 17:3 — And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
  • Luke 10:22 — All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
  • Matt 11:27 — All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
  • Phil 3:8 — Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win