Hosea 13:5

What does Hosea 13:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Hosea 13:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

I had knowledge of you in the waste land where no water was.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

I--I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I knew thee in the desert, in the land of the wilderness.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

Context

v.4Yet 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.

v.5This passage

v.6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.

Cross references

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

  • Exodus 2:25

    And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them.

  • Jeremiah 2:2

    Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

  • Deuteronomy 8:15

    who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

  • Deuteronomy 2:7

    For Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand; he hath known thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Jehovah thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

  • Psalms 142:3

    When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.

  • Jeremiah 2:6

    Neither said they, Where is Jehovah that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?

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