5I — I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.


In Context

2 And now do they add to sin, And make to them a molten image of their silver, By their own understanding — idols, A work of artisans — all of it, Of them they say, who are sacrificers among men, 'The calves let them kiss.'

3 Therefore they are as a cloud of the morning, And as dew, rising early, going away, As chaff tossed about out of a floor, And as smoke out of a window.

4 And I am 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.

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

6 According to their feedings they are satiated, They have been satiated, And their heart is lifted up, Therefore they have forgotten Me,

7 And I am to them as a lion, As a leopard by the way I look out.

Hosea 13:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:5I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:5I cared for you in the desert, in the land of burning heat.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:5I knew thee in the desert, in the land of the wilderness.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:5I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:5I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:5I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:5I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:5I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drouth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:5I did know you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.