Hosea 2:20
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.
Hosea 2:20 in other translations
| BSB | And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.” |
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| WEB | I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know the LORD. |
| ASV | I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know Jehovah. |
| YLT | And betrothed thee to Me in faithfulness, And thou hast known Jehovah. |
| DARBY | and I will betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know Jehovah. |
| BBE | I will take you as my bride in good faith, and you will have knowledge of the Lord. |
| Webster | I will even betroth thee to me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. |
What does Hosea 2:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hosea 2:19-20
19-20. "Betroth" is thrice repeated, implying the intense love of God to His people; and perhaps, also, the three Persons of the Triune God, severally engaging to make good the betrothal. The marriage covenant will be as it were renewed from the beginning, on a different footing; not for a time only, as before, through the apostasy of the people, but "forever" through the grace of God writing the law on their hearts…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 2:14-23
After these judgments the Lord would deal with Israel more gently. By the promise of rest in Christ we are invited to take his yoke upon us; and the work of conversion may be forwarded by comforts as well as by convictions. But usually the Lord drives us to despair of earthly joy, and help from ourselves, that, being shut from every other door, we may knock at Mercy's gate. From that time Israel would be more truly…
Hosea 2:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Hosea 2:20
- John 17:3
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
- 1 John 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.
- 1 John 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 eternal life.
- Jeremiah 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.
- Colossians 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;
- Hosea 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.
- Jeremiah 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 delight, saith the Lord.
- Ezekiel 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.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 31:33-34
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, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
- Matthew 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.
- Philippians 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 Christ,
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- Hosea 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.
- Hosea 2:20
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.
- Hosea 2:21
And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
Hosea 2:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y te desposaré conmigo en fe, y conocerás á Jehová. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et je ferai pour eux, en ce jour-là, une alliance avec les bêtes des champs, et avec les oiseaux des cieux, et avec les reptiles du sol; et j’ôterai du pays, en les brisant, l’arc et l’épée et la guerre; et je les ferai reposer en sécurité. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und ich will dich mir verloben in Treue; und du wirst Jehova erkennen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et sponsabo te mihi in fide; et scies quia ego Dominus. |