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 that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney. 4Yet I am Yhwh thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me. I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. 6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. 7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:

Hosea 13:5 word by word

אֲנִ֥י יְדַעְתִּ֖יךָ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר בְּאֶ֖רֶץ תַּלְאֻבֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• I did knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• thee in the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of great droughtתַּלְאֻבָהtal'ûbâh · droughtH8514

Cross-references for Hosea 13:5

• Exodus 2:25And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
• Psalms 1:6For Yhwh knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
• Psalms 31:7I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
• Psalms 142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
• Nahum 1:7Yhwh is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
• 1 Corinthians 8:3But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
• Galatians 4:9But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
• Deuteronomy 2:7For Yhwh thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Yhwh thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
• Deuteronomy 8:15Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was 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 led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
• Jeremiah 2:2Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Yhwh; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
• Psalms 63:1O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

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