Hosea 13:5 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

I -- I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.

English ASV

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

English Amplified

I knew (recognized, understood, and had regard for) you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

I knew (recognized, understood, and had regard for) you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

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

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

English EASY 2024

I took care of you in the wilderness, where it was very hot and dry.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

I knew you in the desert—I knew you in that dry land.

It was I who knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought;

English GNT (Good News Translation)

I took care of you in a dry, desert land.

English God's Word - GW 1995

I took care of you in the desert, in a dry land.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

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

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

I Myself knew you in the wilderness, In the land of drought.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

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

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

I cared for you in the wilderness, In the land of drought.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

I fed you in the desert, in the torrid land.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

I cared for you in the wilderness, in the dry desert where no water was.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

I took care of you in the desert. It was a land of burning heat.

English NIV

I cared for you in the desert, in the land of burning heat.

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

I took care of you in the wilderness, in that dry and thirsty land.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

It was I who fed you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

I tenderly cared for you in the desert, in the land of dreadful drought.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

It was I who knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

I took care of you in the wilderness, in that dry and thirsty land.

English Tyndale 1537

I took diligent heed of thee in the wilderness, that dry land.

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