Hosea 13 · Verse 5

Hosea 13:5

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

Hosea 13:5 in other translations

BSBI knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
WEBI knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
ASVI did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
YLTI--I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.
DARBYI knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
BBEI had knowledge of you in the waste land where no water was.
WebsterI did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drouth.

What does Hosea 13:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. 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).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 I 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.

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 13:5 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.

אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
יְדַעְתִּ֖יךָye.da'.Ti.khaI knew youH3045
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.Barin the wildernessH4057
בְּאֶ֖רֶץbe.'E.retzin a land ofH776
תַּלְאֻבֽוֹת\׃tal.'u.Votdrought<s>H8514

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Cross references for Hosea 13:5

  • Deuteronomy 32:10

    He 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.

  • Deuteronomy 8:15

    Who 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 2:7

    For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

  • Galatians 4:9

    But 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?

  • Psalms 142:3

    When 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.

  • Exodus 2:25

    And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.

  • Psalms 63:1

    A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O 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;

  • Nahum 1:7

    The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

  • Jeremiah 2:2

    Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; 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.

  • 1 Corinthians 8:3

    But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

  • Psalms 1:6

    For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • Psalms 31:7

    I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
know.
Ex 2:25; Ps 1:6; 31:7; 142:3; Na 1:7; 1Co 8:3; Ga 4:9
in the wilderness.
De 2:7; 8:15; 32:10; Jer 2:2,6
great drought. Heb. droughts.
Ps 63:1

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Context

  • 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.

  • Hosea 13:6

    According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

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Hosea 13:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Yo te conocí en el desierto, en tierra seca.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Moi, je t’ai connu dans le désert, dans une terre aride.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ich habe dich ja gekannt in der Wüste, in dem Lande der Gluten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ego cognovi te in deserto, in terra solitudinis.