Hosea 13:5

Hosea 13:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
• New International Version (NIV)I cared for you in the wilderness, in the land of burning heat.
• English Standard Version (ESV)It was I who knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought;
• New King James Version (NKJV)I knew you in the wilderness, In the land of great drought.

Context of Hosea 13:5

3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the lattice. 4Yet I [am] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou hast known no God but me; and there is no saviour besides me. I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought. 6According to their pasture, they became full; they became full, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me. 7And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;

Hosea 13:5 word by word

אֲנִ֥י יְדַעְתִּ֖יךָ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר בְּאֶ֖רֶץ תַּלְאֻבֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• knewיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Hosea 13:5

• Exodus 2:25and God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged [them].
• Psalms 1:6For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
• Psalms 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul,
• Psalms 142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they hidden a snare for me.
• Nahum 1:7Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
• 1 Corinthians 8:3But if any one love God, he is known of him):
• Galatians 4:9but now, knowing God, but rather being known by God, how do ye turn again to the weak and beggarly principles to which ye desire to be again anew in bondage?
• Deuteronomy 2:7for 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 hath Jehovah thy God been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
• Deuteronomy 8:15who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, [a wilderness of] fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there is no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
• Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, And in the waste, howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he watched over him, He preserved him as the apple of his eye.
• Jeremiah 2:2Go 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, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
• Psalms 63:1O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water:

Commentaries on Hosea 13:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5I did know thee - I approved of thee; I loved thee; and by miraculously providing for thee in that land of drought, I demonstrated my love.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5I did know thee in the wilderness - “God so knew them, as to deserve to be known by them. By “knowing” them, He shewed how He ought to be acknowledged by them.” “As we love God, because He first loved us,” so we come to know and own God, having first been owned and known of Him. God showed His knowledge of them, by knowing and providing for their needs; He knew them “in the wilderness, in the land of great drought,” where the land yielded neither food nor…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5there is no Savior: The Lord proved this to Israel during the exodus and their time in the wilderness.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. I did know thee--did acknowledge thee as Mine, and so took care of thee (Psa 144:3; Am 3:2). As I knew thee as Mine, so thou shouldest know no God but Me (Ho 13:4). in ... land of ... drought--(De 8:15).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Ransom
• Hosea
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings