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 · 2000I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I had knowledge of you in the waste land where no water was.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862I--I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I knew thee in the desert, in the land of the wilderness.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
Context
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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