Hosea 13:4

Hosea 13:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
• New International Version (NIV)“But I have been the Lord your God ever since you came out of Egypt. You shall acknowledge no God but me, no Savior except me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt; you know no God but me, and besides me there is no savior.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Yet I am the Lord your God Ever since the land of Egypt, And you shall know no God but Me; For there is no savior besides Me.

Context of Hosea 13:4

2But now, they sin more and more. They made themselves molten images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say about them: “Let those who sacrifice kiss the calves.” 3Therefore they will be like morning clouds, like dew passing away early, like chaff blown from the threshing-floor, or like smoke from a chimney. “Yet I have been Adonai your God since the land of Egypt. You should know no God but Me, and there is no Savior apart from Me. 5I Myself knew you in the wilderness, in a land of terrible drought. 6While they were fed, they were satisfied. Filled, their hearts became haughty. Therefore they forgot Me.

Hosea 13:4 word by word

וְאָנֹכִ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וֵאלֹהִ֤ים זֽוּלָתִי֙ לֹ֣א תֵדָ֔ע וּמוֹשִׁ֥יעַ אַ֖יִן בִּלְתִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• from the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• and thou shalt knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• but meזוּלָהzûlâh · exceptionH2108
• no saviourיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
• beside meבִּלְתִּיbiltîy · lestH1115

Cross-references for Hosea 13:4

• Hosea 12:9Now Ephraim has said: “How rich I have become! I found wealth by myself. I won’t be guilty of any sin with any of my property.”
• Exodus 20:2“I am Adonai your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
• Psalms 81:9Hear, My people, I will admonish you— if you would listen to Me, O Israel!
• Isaiah 43:3For I am Adonai your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
• Isaiah 44:6Thus says Adonai, Israel’s King and his Redeemer, Adonai-Tzva’ot: “I am the first, and the last, and there is no God beside Me.
• Isaiah 43:11“I, I am Adonai— and there is no savior beside Me.
• Isaiah 45:21Declare and present your case, Indeed, let them consult together. Who foretold this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Is it not I, Adonai? There is no other God beside Me —a righteous God and a Savior— there is none besides Me!
• Acts 4:12There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved!”

Commentaries on Hosea 13:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I am the Lord thy God - This was the first discovery I made of myself to you, and the first commandment I gave; and I showed you that besides me there was no Savior. There is a remarkable addition in the Septuagint here: "But I am Jehovah thy God, who stretched out the heavens and created the earth. And I showed them not to thee, that thou shouldest walk after them. And I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt," etc. This might have been once in the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Yet - , (literally, and) I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt God was still the same God who had sheltered them with His providence, ever since He had delivered them from Egypt. He had the same power and will to help them. Therefore their duty was the same, and their destruction arose, not from any change in Him, but from themselves. “God is the God of the ungodly, by creation and general providence.” And thou shalt - (i. e., oughtest to) know no…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. 44. (Ho 12:9; Is 43:11). no saviour--temporal as well as spiritual. besides me--(Is 45:21).Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 13:4

• God Continued...
• Idolatry

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• God
• Egypt, Egyptian
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Ransom
• Calf, Golden
• Hosea
• Zechariah, Book of
• I am Yahweh

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