Hosea 13:5

World English Bible (WEB)

I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

In context

3 Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the chimney.

4 “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.

5 I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

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

7 Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.

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Hosea 13:5 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
KJV King James Version: I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
ASV American Standard Version: I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: I — I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.
DBY Darby Translation: I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
WBS Webster Bible: I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drouth.