Hosea 13 · Verse 4

Hosea 13:4

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.
Hosea 13:4, King James Version

Hosea 13:4 in other translations

BSBYet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
WEB“Yet I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.
ASVYet I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt; and thou shalt know no god but me, and besides me there is no saviour.
YLTAnd 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.
DARBYYet 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.
BBEBut I am the Lord your God, from the land of Egypt; you have knowledge of no other God and there is no saviour but me.
WebsterYet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God but me: for there is no savior besides me.

What does Hosea 13:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. (Ho 12:9; Is 43:11). no saviour--temporal as well as spiritual. besides me--(Is 45:21).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 I 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 Hebrew text.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 13:1-8

The abuse of God's favour leads to punishment. (Hos. 13:1-8) A promise of God's mercy. (Hos. 13:9-16) Verses 1-8 While Ephraim kept up a holy fear of God, and worshipped Him in that fear, so long he was very considerable. When Ephraim forsook God, and followed idolatry, he sunk. Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves, in token of their adoration of them, affection for them, and obedience to them; but the Lord…

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Hosea 13:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאָנֹכִ֛יve.'a.no.Khiand IH595
יְהוָ֥הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
מֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776
מִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
וֵאלֹהִ֤יםve.lo.Himand godsH430
זֽוּלָתִי֙zu.la.Tibesides meH2108
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תֵדָ֔עte.Da'you must knowH3045
וּמוֹשִׁ֥יעַu.mo.Shi.a'and [is] a delivererH3467
אַ֖יִן'A.yinthere notH369
בִּלְתִּֽי\׃bil.Tiexcept meH1115

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Cross references for Hosea 13:4

  • Isaiah 45:21-22

    Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

  • Hosea 12:9

    And I that am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.

  • Exodus 20:2-3

    I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

  • Isaiah 43:10-13

    Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour. I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God. Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

  • Isaiah 43:3

    For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.

  • Acts 4:12

    Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

  • Isaiah 44:6-8

    Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

  • Psalms 81:9-10

    There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I am.
12:9; Ex 20:2; Ps 81:9,10; Isa 43:3,10; 44:6-8
for.
Isa 43:11-13; 45:21,22; Ac 4:12

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Context

  • Hosea 13:3

    Therefore 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.

  • Hosea 13:4

    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.

  • Hosea 13:5

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

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Hosea 13:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas yo soy Jehová tu Dios desde la tierra de Egipto: no conocerás pues Dios fuera de mí, ni otro Salvador sino á mí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et moi, je suis l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, dès le pays d’Égypte; et tu n’as pas connu d’autre Dieu que moi, et il n’y a pas de sauveur hors moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich aber bin Jehova, dein Gott, vom Lande Ägypten her; und du kennst keinen Gott außer mir, und da ist kein Retter als ich.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ego autem Dominus Deus tuus, ex terra Ægypti; et Deum absque me nescies, et salvator non est præter me.