Hosea 13:4

What does Hosea 13:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Hosea 13:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Yet I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; and thou shalt know no god but me, and besides me there is no saviour.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Yet I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; and thou shalt know no god but me, and besides me there is no saviour.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

But I am the Lord your God, from the land of Egypt; you have knowledge of no other God and there is no saviour but me.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, And a God besides Me thou dost not know, And a Saviour--there is none save Me.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt: and thou shalt know no God but me, and there is no saviour beside me.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Yet I [am] Jehovah thyGod from the land of Egypt, and thou hast known noGod but me; and there is no saviour besides me.

Context

v.3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

v.4This passage

v.5I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Acts 4:12

    And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.

  • Hosea 12:9

    But I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tents, as in the days of the solemn feast.

  • Isaiah 43:10

    Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

  • Psalms 81:9

    There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

  • Isaiah 44:6

    Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.

  • Isaiah 43:3

    For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead.

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